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10 year travel ban imposed on writer and human rights defender Sheikh Mikhlif Al-Shammari

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  • Saudi Arabia
  • 10/04/2012

Beirut, 10 April, 2012 --  On 8 April 2012 human rights defender Sheikh Mikhlif Al-Shammari was told by the Department of Immigration, while trying to cross the

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Detained defender AlKhawaja between life and death

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  • Bahrain
  • 5/04/2012

 The Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR), the Gulf Center for Human Rights (GCHR), the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS), and El Nadeem Centre for

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Urgent appeal to save the life of Bahraini human rights defender Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja, who is facing death

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  • Bahrain
  • 3/04/2012

Open letter to the United Nations/governments of Denmark, US, UK and all other governments and organizations concerned with human rights:  Today, April 3, 2012,

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Human Rights Defender Nabeel Rajab received the Advocacy Award from Index on Censorship

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  • Bahrain
  • 31/03/2012

Index On Censorship - 29 March 2012 Human rights defender Nabeel Rajab, director of the Gulf Centre for Human Rights and Bahrain Centre for Human Rights have received

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Youth Rising Forum prevented from holding its Third Annual Platform

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  • Kuwait
  • 23/03/2012

Beirut, 23 March, 2012 -- On 22 March 2012, the Youth Rising Forum was informed by the Ministry of the Interior that it had no permission to hold its third platform in

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Travel ban imposed on lawyer and human rights defender Waleed Abu Alkhair

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  • Saudi Arabia
  • 22/03/2012

 Beirut, 22 March, 2012 -- On 21 March 2012 lawyer and human rights defender, Waleed Abu Alkhair, received an early morning telephone call from the Bureau of

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Gulf Centre for Human Rights welcomes the release of the 15 Bedoon human rights defenders

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  • Kuwait
  • 16/03/2012

Beirut, 16 March, 2012 --Further to an appeal (https://www.gc4hr.org/news/view/68) published by the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) on 13 February, 2012, we have

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FREEDOM FOR ABDULHADI AL-KHAWAJA

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  • Bahrain
  • 6/03/2012

The Founder of the Gulf Center for Human Rights Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja on Day 73 of his Hunger Strike for Freedom.  

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Open appeal to the king of Bahrain and the Bahraini government to release human rights defender Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja

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  • Bahrain
  • 25/02/2012

Beirut, 25  February  2012 -- The Gulf Centre for Human Rights appeals to the King of Bahrain and the Bahraini government to intervene rapidly to release the founder

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