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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Leading human rights defender Nabeel Rajab on hunger strike after the authorities refused to allow him to attend the condolence gathering of his mother
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) and Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) express concern over the deprivation of imprisoned human rights defender Nabeel Rajab
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Six medical professionals arrested and imprisoned for the legitimate exercise of their profession
On 2 October 2012, six medical professionals and human rights defenders were arrested in Bahrain following early morning raids on their homes. Their arrests came
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Syria- Arrest and incommunicado detention of Human rights lawyer Khalil Matouk
On 02 October 2012, a group of armed men in civilian clothes have arrested human rights lawyer Khalil Matouk, executive director of the Syrian Centre for Legal Studies
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Bahrain- Court refuses to release human rights defender Nabeel Rajab, and imprisonment sentence passed on human rights activist Zainab Al-Khawaja
The Gulf Center for Human Rights (GCHR) and the Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) condemn the continued detention of leading human rights defender Nabeel Rajab and
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Saudi Arabia- The authorities continue their ongoing war on human rights defenders through imprisonment and judicial harassment
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights has received confirmed information concerning the continuation of the Saudi authorities in its war against human rights defenders
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Reprisals and intimidation against human rights defender Mohammed Al-Maskati must end immediately
Joint press statement Wednesday, 19 September 2012 Geneva – The government of Bahrain must ensure threats against human rights defender Mohammed Al-Maskati are
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