Youth Rising Forum prevented from holding its Third Annual Platform
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
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
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
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
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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Continued Attacks on Freedom of Expression in Yemen
Beirut, 24 February, 2012 -- The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) is deeply concerned by the attack on freedom of expression in Yemen. It is particularly concerned
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Gulf Centre for Human Rights and 31 Human Rights Organizations call on Syrian authorities to release Mazen Darwish and other detained activists immediately and unconditionally
The undersigned Organisations call on the Syrian authorities to immediately and unconditionally release Mazen Darwish, a prominent Syrian human rights defender and
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Bahrain: Arrest and detention of two human rights defenders
Beirut, 16 February, 2012 --- On February 14, 2012, at 16:20 the security forces in Bahrain arrested two human rights defenders, Naji Fateel and Hasan Al-Jaber, as
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Arrest of Human Rights Defender Zainab Al-Khawaja
Beirut, 14 February, 2012 --- A Bahraini Blogger and activist, Zainab Al-Khawaja (@angryarabia) -28 years old- was arrested on February 12, 2012, while marching
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