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Unfair “UAE84” Trial Illustrates Total Disregard for International Law

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  • UAE
  • 2/07/2024

In a new report entitled “Unfair Trial in the United Arab Emirates Illustrates Total Disregard for International Law”, the Emirates Detainees Advocacy Center (EDAC)

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Periodic report on gross human rights violations

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  • Yemen
  • 21/06/2024

The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) has documented many human rights violations against journalists, media, a woman human rights defender, and a judge in Yemen

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Politicised judiciary sentences Yemenis to death without due process

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  • Yemen
  • 12/06/2024

Politicisation of death sentences issued by Houthi-affiliated court Mwatana Organisation for Human Rights, the Cairo Center for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS), and the

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Four-year prison sentence issued against Former National Assembly candidate Mesaed Al-Quraifa  

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  • Kuwait
  • 28/05/2024

Reports received by the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) confirmed that an arbitrary prison sentence was issued against former National Assembly

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The silencing of musicians advocating for women’s rights 

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  • Iran
  • 23/05/2024

Two Iranian musicians have been sentenced over songs they created during protests in the wake of the death of woman human rights defender Mahsa Amini, who died on

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Authorities continue their repressive policies

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  • Jordan
  • 21/05/2024

While popular protests continue to take place denouncing the war on the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, reliable local sources have confirmed that the Jordanian

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How Europe is arming murderous Middle East regimes

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  • MENA
  • 15/05/2024

A new report highlights how the European Defence Fund subsidizes companies acting in total violation of the EU’s Common Position on arms exports, and without any

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GCHR marks World Press Freedom Day at sombre event in Lebanon

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  • MENA
  • 7/05/2024

The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) marked World Press Freedom Day at a small closed event in Lebanon with prominent human rights defenders and lawyers from the

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Former National Assembly candidate Mesaed Al-Quraifa must be freed

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  • Kuwait
  • 3/05/2024

Authorities in Kuwait continue to detain former National Assembly candidate Mesaed Al-Quraifa in flagrant violation of his right to freedom of expression. On 23

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