Alternative Human Rights Expo campaign calls on MENA countries to support women’s rights and free all rights defenders
As the Alternative Human Rights Expo comes to a close this year, the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) reiterates the calls by over 80 rights groups, United Nations
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Trial of Dr. Safaa Zaman set for 11 January 2022
Update: Kuwait: On 29 March 2022, the Criminal Division of the Court of First Instance (Kulya Court) issued its ruling acquitting Dr. Safaa Zaman of the charges against
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Trial of ten Nubian Egyptians postponed until June
The Specialised Criminal Court (SCC) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia decided to postpone the trial of ten Egyptian Nubian citizens until June 2022. The charges directed against
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The Gulf Centre for Human Rights mourns the death of photojournalist Fawaz Al-Wafi
With great sadness and sorrow, the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR)received news of the killing of photojournalist, Fawaz Al-Wafii in Yemen. On 23 March 2022 in the
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GCHR launches its 2021 Annual Report
On 24 March 2022, the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) will launch its 2021 Annual Report. Throughout 2021, the COVID-19 pandemic continued to have a severe impact on
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Torture in Iraqi prisons… Pain behind bars
This report issued by the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) documents over a dozen cases of torture in Iraqi prisons, which are described as some of the most horrific
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GCHR condemns the politicised executions of 81 citizens
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) condemns in the strongest term the recent executions of 81 men which took place in Saudi Arabia on 12 March 2022. The executions
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Continuing grave violations of citizens’ civil and human rights
The Qatari authorities continue their grave violations of the civil and human rights of citizens, unjustly depriving a number of them of their right to freedom of
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Blogger and human rights defender Raif Badawi released
On 11 March 2022, Saudi blogger and human rights defender Raif Badawi was released from prison at the end of his ten-year sentence, which was related to the peaceful and
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