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On the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists, the GCHR calls for an end to attacks and killings of journalists

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  • MENA
  • 2/11/2023

As we mark the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists on 02 November 2023, the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) mourns the deaths of over

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Women journalists under the guillotine in Iraq… media directors mastering harassment

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  • Iraq
  • 2/11/2023

An Iraqi woman journalist speaks about harassment. For more than a year, B.A., an Iraqi journalist aged 30, has been trying to heal from wounds she sustained

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Campaign to promote freedom of expression law receives boost from members of parliament

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  • Iraq
  • 31/10/2023

Iraqi human rights groups have been campaigning to increase public awareness of serious human rights violations stipulated in Iraq's Draft Law of Freedom of Expression

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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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