End the arbitrary detention of prominent human rights defender Dr. Mohammed Al-Qahtani
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) reiterates its concerns about the mistreatment of detained human rights defender Dr. Mohammed Fahad Al-Qahtani, who
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Call to stop hosting Conference of Parties (COP) annual climate summits in authoritarian countries
Open letter to the secretariat for the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Bonn, Germany 13 August 2024 Re: Call to stop hosting Conference of
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End legal harassment, detention and abuse of detained women’s rights activist Manahel Al-Otaibi
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) has received disturbing news about the condition of Saudi women’s rights activist Manahel Al-Otaibi, who is currently
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Freedom for journalist Ahmed Hassan Al-Zoubi
On 02 July 2024, Jordanian security forces arrested well-known writer and journalist Ahmed Hassan Al-Zoubi while he was with his wife and children on his way to his
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GCHR’s 33rd Periodic Report on Human Rights Violations in Iraq
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) has documented the human rights situation in Iraq during the past five years since the start of the popular movement, including
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UAE84 trial is a mockery of justice
Human rights defenders and political dissidents must be freed The United Arab Emirates (UAE)’s mass trial of 84 human rights defenders and political dissidents was
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Court sentences 57 Bangladeshi residents to prison for demonstrating
Update: On 03 September 2024, the Federal Public Prosecution announced on its Facebook page that the President of the State had pardoned 57 Bangladeshi citizens,
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International access will be needed to follow up on mixed Saudi response to UPR recommendations
Saudi Arabia’s mixed and often self-contradictory response to its fourth Universal Periodic Review (UPR), the outcome of which has now been adopted, casts doubt on
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Unfair Trial, Unjust Sentences
Human Rights Defenders, Political Dissidents Unjustly Convicted The convictions of at least 44 defendants in the United Arab Emirates (UAE)’s mass trial of at
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