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Climate Prospects Campaign calls for national strategy on climate change and protection for climate activists in Iraq

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  • Iraq
  • 26/10/2023

Several Iraqi human rights groups have issued a Position Paper on “Climate Change and Environmental Activity in Iraq for the Climate Prospects Campaign”, following

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Saudi human rights defender Mohammed Al-Qahtani still disappeared after one year

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  • Saudi Arabia
  • 24/10/2023

The following is a joint letter sent to the Saudi authorities by 11 NGOs to authorities to immediately and unconditionally disclose Mohammed Al-Qahtani’s whereabouts

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Human rights organisations join the open call for an immediate physical and digital ceasefire in Gaza, and for Palestinians globally

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  • MENA
  • 22/10/2023

We, the undersigned digital and human rights organisations, join the open call for an immediate ceasefire to end the ongoing bloodshed in Gaza, to halt a

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Human rights groups condemn internet blocking and censorship in Yemen

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  • Yemen
  • 21/10/2023

We, the undersigned local and international human rights organisations, strongly condemn the ongoing internet blocking and censorship in Yemen. We call for immediate

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GCHR mourns the death of journalist Issam Abdullah, killed by Israeli army air strike

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  • Lebanon
  • 19/10/2023

The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) expresses its deep sadness over the killing of journalist Issam Abdullah, and sends its deep condolences to his family and

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Surveillance Technology in MENA: Different Levels of Accountability discussed at IGF

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  • MENA
  • 14/10/2023

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

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  • Iran
  • 13/10/2023

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

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  • Saudi Arabia
  • UAE
  • 30/09/2023

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

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  • Kuwait
  • 29/09/2023

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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