Authorities must stop targeting journalist and human rights defender Mukhtar Al-Hinai
The Omani authorities continue to target human rights defenders, journalists, bloggers, and Internet activists in a systematic pattern that they have pursued for many
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On World Press Freedom Day, GCHR calls for more resources to protect journalists
On World Press Freedom Day, marked annually on 03 May, the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) calls for more resources to protect journalists in the Middle East and
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Bedoon rights defenders end their hunger strike
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) welcomes the news that defenders of the rights of the Bedoon community in Kuwait ended their two-week hunger strike after it had
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Release all prisoners of conscience immediately and unconditionally
The authorities in Qatar continue to detain an unlimited number of citizens who participated in or supported peaceful protests that broke out in the country during the
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Journalist Hala Fouad Badawi released
Reliable reports received by the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) confirmed that journalist Hala Fouad Badawi has been released from prison in Yemen. She was arrested
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New cybercrime law is another attempt to repress freedom of expression online
On 18 April 2022, Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad ratified the Cybercrime Law No. 20 of 2022, which includes penalties ranging from one month to 15 years in prison,
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GCHR calls for human rights lawyer Waleed Abu Al-Khair to be released after eight years in prison
On the eighth anniversary of the imprisonment of human rights lawyer Waleed Abu Al-Khair in Saudi Arabia, the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) calls for his
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Human rights activist Abdullah Al-Maliki could face death penalty as trial begins
Authorities in Qatar continue to target human rights activist Abdullah Al-Maliki due to his peaceful and legitimate activities in the field of human rights, including
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Defenders of the Bedoon community organise hunger strike to demand their rights
On 28 March 2022, at four o'clock in the afternoon, six defenders of the rights of the Bedoon community in Kuwait began an open-ended hunger strike in the Sulaibiya area
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