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Syria/Turkey: Message of solidarity with victims of the devastating earthquake

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  • MENA
  • Syria
  • 16/02/2023

The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) shares its grief and sorrow with the families of all the victims of the recent earthquake that occurred in Syria and Turkey, and

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Gross human rights violations committed at the Central Prison in Sana’a

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  • Yemen
  • 15/02/2023

The Central Prison in the Yemeni capital, Sana'a, is the site of gross violations of the civil and human rights of its inmates, including women prisoners who require

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GCHR’s 26th Periodic Report on Human Rights Violations in Iraq

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  • Iraq
  • 6/02/2023

This report, issued by the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR), documents the human rights situation in Iraq during the past two months, including mass protests against

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GCHR declares its full solidarity with the Algerian League for the Defence of Human Rights

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  • MENA
  • 5/02/2023

The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) offers its full solidarity with the Algerian League for the Defence of Human Rights (LADDH) after the Algerian authorities

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Two human rights defenders released, while others forcibly disappeared and sentenced to lengthy prison terms

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  • Saudi Arabia
  • 4/02/2023

Saudi authorities continue their systematic repressive policies aimed at completely eliminating the human rights movement, including keeping imprisoned human rights

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Four Internet activists on trial over YouTube videos

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  • Yemen
  • 29/01/2023

In the Yemeni capital, Sana'a, the trial opened in the case of four peaceful Internet activists, who have been charged in connection with YouTube videos, in violation of

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Authorities should restore citizenship to journalist Faraj Mezher Al-Shammari and his family

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  • Qatar
  • 25/01/2023

Despite his repeated demands, the authorities in Qatar continue to refuse to return the Qatari nationality to independent journalist Faraj Mezher Al-Shammari after they

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Call for release of two Saudi Wikipedians

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  • Saudi Arabia
  • 18/01/2023

Access Now, ALQST for Human Rights, ARTICLE 19, Global Voices (GV), the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) and IFEX call for the immediate release of two Saudi doctors

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Morocco should not extradite young Saudi citizen Hassan Mohammed Al-Rabie

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  • Saudi Arabia
  • 16/01/2023

Information received by the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) confirmed that the Moroccan authorities are about to deport a young Saudi citizen back to his country,

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