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Intelligence cooperation leads to extradition of Dr. Khalaf Al-Romaithi from Jordan to UAE in violation of local and international laws

  • News
  • Jordan
  • UAE
  • 17/05/2023

Reliable sources confirmed to the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) that close cooperation between the Jordanian Intelligence Service and the United Arab Emirates

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Dr. Khalaf Al-Romaithi, a member of the UAE94, has been subjected to enforced disappearance

  • News
  • Jordan
  • UAE
  • 15/05/2023

The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) announces its deep concern about the fate of Dr. Khalaf Abdulrahman Al-Romaithi, a member of the UAE94 group and

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Human rights defender Jdea Abdullah Nawfal viciously attacked

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  • Syria
  • 14/05/2023

The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) expresses its deep concern after prominent human rights defender Jdea Abdullah Nawfal, executive director of the Syrian

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Authorities must stop their massive human rights violations

  • News
  • Bahrain
  • 12/05/2023

Despite the tireless efforts made by human rights organisations inside and outside Bahrain, in addition to international mechanisms, including the United Nations,

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Imprisoned human rights defenders Dr. Mohammed Al-Qahtani and Issa Al-Nukhaifi brought to court months after sentences ended

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  • Saudi Arabia
  • 9/05/2023

The Saudi authorities continue to systematically target detained human rights defenders and other activists with all available means, including the use of the

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On World Press Freedom Day, GCHR called for better protection for journalists and freedom of expression in the MENA region

  • News
  • Iran
  • Iraq
  • MENA
  • Syria
  • 8/05/2023

On World Press Freedom Day, celebrated every year on 03 May, the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) called on the authorities in the Middle East and North Africa

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Joint Statement: UAE Human Rights Record Ahead of COP28

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  • UAE
  • 1/05/2023

Authorities in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) continue their sustained assault on human rights and freedoms, including targeting human rights activists, enacting

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Saudi authorities must release human rights defender Mohammed Al-Qahtani and other ACPRA members who are arbitrarily detained

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  • Saudi Arabia
  • 24/04/2023

We, the undersigned human rights organisations, call on Saudi authorities to reveal the health condition of and immediately and unconditionally release prominent Saudi

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Four journalists released three years after being sentenced to death

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  • Yemen
  • 17/04/2023

The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) welcomes the implementation of the prisoner exchange agreement and the release of four journalists who were facing the death

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