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Protest against Custody Laws, Pegasus targets journalists & Adnan Al-Rousan released

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  • Jordan
  • 25/10/2022

Jordanian women gather to protest the recent amendments to the Child Rights Law that further discriminate against women in regards to custody laws. Journalists and human

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Detained human rights activists subject to reprisals and additional prison sentences

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  • Saudi Arabia
  • 15/10/2022

The authorities in Saudi Arabia continue targeting detained human rights activists, who are at risk of reprisals and additional sentences. It’s a major part of Saudi

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Arbitrary prison sentences of up to 18 years issued against 10 Egyptian Nubian citizens

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  • Egypt
  • Saudi Arabia
  • 11/10/2022

After an unfair trial that lacked minimum international standards of fair trial and due process, heavy prison sentences were handed down to ten Egyptian Nubian citizens

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Journalists arrested and prevented from doing their jobs and woman human rights defender missing

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  • Yemen
  • 7/10/2022

The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) is concerned about the fate of a journalist and a woman human rights defender who have been arrested or kidnapped in Yemen. GCHR

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Dozens of women human rights defenders and journalists arrested following protests against Mahsa Amini’s death

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  • Iran
  • 7/10/2022

Since the death of 22-year-old Mahsa (Zhina) Amini in police custody on 16 September 2022, echoing demonstrations and strikes in Iran have spread around the 31

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Gulf Centre for Human Rights launches report on “Patterns of Torture in Iraq”

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  • Iraq
  • 6/10/2022

On 05-October-2022, the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) launched a report entitled “Patterns of Torture in Iraq” which focuses on the main

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As Universal Periodic Review and elections approach, NGOs call for prisoners of conscience to be released

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  • Bahrain
  • 3/10/2022

At an event on 28 September 2022 during the United Nations Human Rights Council’s 51st session, human rights NGOs called for UN member states to help secure

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Human rights defender Ahmed Mansoor remains held in solitary confinement five and half years on

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  • UAE
  • 30/09/2022

Amnesty International, and the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) urgently appeal to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to grant access to independent international experts

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Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman turns Saudi Arabia into a police state par excellence

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  • Saudi Arabia
  • 27/09/2022

Since Mohammed bin Salman was appointed Crown Prince in June 2017, Saudi Arabia has steadily transformed into a repressive police state par excellence. A new era of

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