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Bedoon community rights defender Mohammed Al-Barghash sentenced to 3 years in prison

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  • Kuwait
  • 2/02/2024

The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) condemns in the strongest terms the three-year prison sentence issued against the prominent defender of the rights of the Bedoon

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Blogger Salman Al-Khalidi sentenced to additional three years in prison in new case

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  • Kuwait
  • 30/01/2024

Once again, the State Security Criminal Court in Kuwait issued a three-year prison sentence in a new case against blogger Salman Al-Khalidi as part of the ongoing

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Woman human rights defender Fatima Saleh Al-Arwali does not face imminent execution

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  • Yemen
  • 25/01/2024

Informed sources in the Yemeni capital, Sana’a, confirmed to the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) that the implementation of the death sentence against human

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Birthday in jail: Saudi Wikipedian Osama Khalid Remains Unjustly Imprisoned on his 30th Birthday

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  • Saudi Arabia
  • 19/01/2024

On 19 January 2024, a shadow hangs over the 30th birthday of Osama Khalid, a Saudi pediatrician, blogger, and prominent Wikipedian. Instead of celebrating with his

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Bedoon community rights defender Mohammed Al-Barghash on trial again

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  • Kuwait
  • 19/01/2024

A prominent defender of the rights of the Bedoon community, Mohammed Al-Barghash, has been put on trial again in Kuwait, over his peaceful human rights

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Rampant corruption amid absence of transparency and accountability

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  • Qatar
  • 17/01/2024

Amid a complete absence of transparency and effective accountability mechanisms, corruption is rampant in Qatar at a time when influential members of the ruling

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GCHR’s 31st Periodic Report on Human Rights Violations in Iraq

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  • Iraq
  • 12/01/2024

The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) has documented the human rights situation in Iraq during the past five years since the start of the popular movement, including

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GCHR mourns the death of Moroccan woman human rights defender Bouchra Chetouani

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  • MENA
  • 11/01/2024

The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) joins the many people in our community who are mourning the untimely death of Moroccan woman human rights defender Bouchra

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Various parties to the conflict continue to commit serious human rights violations

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  • Yemen
  • 10/01/2024

Parties to the conflict in Yemen continue to commit serious violations that undermine the civil and human rights of all citizens, including journalists, human rights

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