Surveillance Technology in MENA: Different Levels of Accountability discussed at IGF
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) participated in many sessions during the Internet Governance Forum 2023 which was held in Kyoto, the cultural capital of Japan,
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Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi remains in prison along with many women’s rights activists
Update: Journalists Niloofar Hamedi and Elahe Mohammadi were sentenced to 13 and 12 years in prison in Iran respectively on several charges. Hamedi received seven
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Spyware on trial: Justice for Saudi Activist Loujain Al-Hathloul
On 26 September 2023, Access Now and the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) jointly submitted an amicus brief calling on the Oregon U.S. District Court to hold the
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Blogger Salman Al-Khalidi sentenced to three years in prison
Reliable reports received by the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) confirmed that blogger Salman Al-Khalidi was sentenced to another three years in prison in absentia
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Gulf Centre for Human Rights declares its full solidarity with writer Ahmed Hassan Al-Zoubi
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) declares its full solidarity with journalist Ahmed Hassan Al-Zoubi, who has been sentenced to one year in prison in violation of
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Journalists and activists among those facing serious violations of freedom of expression
Parties to the conflict in Yemen continue to commit grave violations that undermine the civil and human rights of all citizens, including journalists, human rights
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Free human rights lawyers Hazzaa Al-Marri and Rashid Al-Marri
Reliable reports received by the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) confirmed that the Court of Appeal in Qatar had, in the second half of 2022, ratified the initial
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Blogger Salman Al-Khalidi faces a new trial due to his peaceful activities
Blogger Salman Al-Khalidi is facing a new trial on trumped-up charges related to his peaceful human rights activities, as part of the ongoing targeting he is being
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Authorities continue to persecute imprisoned human rights defenders and other activists
The rise of Mohammed bin Salman to power as Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia in June 2017 initiated a new era of gross violations of the civil and human rights of human
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