Bahrain emboldened by international silence, sentences Nabeel Rajab to 3 years imprisonment
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
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
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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Calls for the immediate release of human rights defender Nabeel Rajab
Beirut, 04 August 2012- The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) and the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights (BCHR), call on the authorities in Bahrain to immediately release
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Arrest and Ill-treatment of Human Rights Defender Zainab Al-Khawaja
Beirut, 03 August 2012- Human rights activist Zainab Al-Khawaja was yet again arrested last night when she was protesting alone in Al Qadam roundabout. Zainab
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Syria-Fears for life of human rights activist Fatima Saad following her torture in detention
Beirut, 01 August 2012- The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) has received information that the life of detained human rights activists Fatima Saad is in danger after
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Human rights defender Dr Ahmed Yousef Al-Zaabi sentenced to twelve months in prison
Beirut, 24 July 2012- The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) has received information that human rights defender Dr. Ahmed Yousef Al-Zaabi was sentenced to twelve
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Oman- Human rights defenders sentenced to prison as crackdown continues
Beirut, 18 July 2012- Further to an appeal dated 29 June 2012, regarding the trial of human rights defenders in Oman (https://www.gc4hr.org/news/view/185) the Gulf
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Syria- The Gulf Centre for Human Rights calls for the immediate release of Bassel Khartabil
Beirut, 16 July 2012-- On 15 March 2012, information technology expert Bassel Khartabil was detained in a wave of arrests in the Mazzeh district of Damascus. He remains
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