Bahrain- Three days after release of BCHR Report on Impunity, Arrest of its Acting Vice President Sayed Yousif Al-Muhafdhah
The Gulf Center for Human Rights (GCHR), The Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR), and the Bahrain Youth Society for Human Rights (BYSHR) express grave concern
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Press Release / Mission to the UAE calls for access to jailed human rights lawyers
As the United Arab Emirates (UAE) welcomes visitors to the Gulf state for the Formula 1 racing series this week, international human rights groups organized an urgent
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Iran- The GCHR calls on the Iranian Authorities to immediately release Human Rights Lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh
The Gulf Center for Human Rights expresses concern and solidarity with Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh winner of the 2012 European Parliament Sakharov Prize
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Syria- Free Peaceful Activists, Journalists, Aid Workers in Amnesty / Give Independent Monitors Access to Detention Facilities
October 24, 2012– President Bashar al-Assad should release all peaceful activists, media professionals, and humanitarian assistance providers as part of an amnesty
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Kuwait- Ongoing detention of peaceful Bedoon activists must end
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) has received information concerning the ongoing detention of four Bedoon human rights defenders. The four are among the
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Judicial crackdown continues on human rights defenders and activists
17 October 2012- The Gulf centre for Human Rights (BCHR) and Bahrain Centre for human rights (BCHR) express their deepest concern over the escalated judicial crackdown
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GCHR opens its Copenhagen office while co-founders remain behind bars in Bahrain
15 October 2012 - On a day marked by both hope and sadness, the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) opened its international office in Copenhagen. While noting the
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Kuwait- Bedoon protestors subjected to violence and arrests at the hands of security forces, 11 remain in detention
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) has received information that on Tuesday 2 October 2012, a peaceful protest in Taima Square near Kuwait City, attended by
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Attacks and Smear Campaign against prominent human rights defender Ahmed Mansoor
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) and the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) are deeply concerned that prominent human rights defender Ahmed Mansoor
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