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“Waging War On Human Rights” / Ongoing Crackdown on Human Rights Defenders in Oman

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  • Oman
  • 17/09/2012

Ladies and gentlemen, Good evening Thank you for taking time out of your busy schedule to attend this meeting. My name is Khalid Ibrahim, the acting director of the

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Attack on prominent human rights defender Ahmed Mansoor

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  • UAE
  • 13/09/2012

 On 11 Setember 2012, prominent human rights defender Ahmed Mansoor was attacked at Ajman University around 4:30pm, as he left the law building on his way to the

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Further details regarding the ill-treatment of Nabeel Rajab and Zainab Al-Khawaja in prison of Bahrain

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  • Bahrain
  • 9/09/2012

The Gulf Center for Human Rights (GCHR) and Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) express their grave concern for the information received regarding ill-treatment of

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In the Absence of International Consequences, High Court of Appeal Upholds Politically Motivated Sentences Against Leading Human Rights and Political Leaders

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  • Bahrain
  • 5/09/2012

Joint Statement Bahrain Center for Human Rights and Gulf Center for Human Rights September 5th, 2012 On September 4th, 2012, the High Court of Appeal in Bahrain ruled to

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The authorities continue to violate the rights of Bedoon -stateless citizens- and arbitrarily arrest four human rights defenders

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  • Kuwait
  • 31/08/2012

Authorities in Kuwait continue their series of violations against the Bedoon community -stateless citizens- which include deprive them of their basic civil and human

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An open letter to Mr. Barak Obama, the President of the United States of America from the Family of Bahraini prominent Human Rights Defender Nabeel Rajab

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  • Bahrain
  • 25/08/2012

An open letter to Mr. Barak Obama, the President of the United States of America from the Family of Bahraini prominent Human Rights Defender Nabeel Rajab President of

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Bahrain emboldened by international silence, sentences Nabeel Rajab to 3 years imprisonment

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  • Bahrain
  • 16/08/2012

The BCHR and GCHR condemn in the strongest terms the sentence passed today against the detained human rights defender Nabeel Rajab by the Bahraini government on charges

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An open letter from the family of Human Rights Defender Nabeel Rajab / To the governments of the USA, the UK and all governments who have influence on Bahrain And to the UN and all Regional and International Human Rights Organisations

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  • Bahrain
  • 11/08/2012

  My name is Sumaya Rajab, the wife of the prominent Bahraini human rights defender, Nabeel Rajab, who is currently detained in Bahrain. I write this letter in my

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Syria- Human rights defender Mazen Darwish at risk of facing a secret military tribunal

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  • Syria
  • 6/08/2012

Beirut, 06 August 2012- The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) has received information that prominent human rights defender Mazen Darwish is at risk of being brought

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