As Universal Periodic Review and elections approach, NGOs call for prisoners of conscience to be released
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
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
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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Online activist released but two colleagues kept in arbitrary detention
Local reports confirmed that the authorities have released an Internet activist but kept his two colleagues in arbitrary detention. On 22 September 2022, the State
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The death of Mahsa Amini must be investigated
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) calls for a thorough, independent, impartial, and transparent investigation into the death of 22-year-old woman Mahsa Amini, also
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Prominent human rights defender Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja and other prisoners of conscience face reprisals
Reliable local reports confirmed that the Jaw Prison administration is currently targeting prominent human rights defender Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja and other prisoners of
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Four Bedoon human rights defenders must be released
Update: Kuwait: On 15 September 2022, a judge in the Magistrate's Court decided to release human rights defenders Mohammed Barghash Odeh, Fadel Farhan Saket, Basil
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Crackdown on Jordanian Journalists Persists: Release Adnan Al-Rousan
Freedom of expression and speech remains limited in Jordan as it is illegal to criticize the King, governmental officials, and institutions making it difficult for
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GCHR mission to Qatar finds grave violations against migrant workers
A Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) mission to Qatar has documented grave violations of the civil and human rights of foreign workers. According to testimony by a
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