Detainees subjected to torture and ill-treatment
Detainees in Kuwait, including 11 members of the charitable committee headed by Habib Ghazanfari (photo on the left), were subjected to violations that began from the
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GCHR launches report, “Patterns of Torture in Saudi Arabia”
On 04 December 2021, the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) launched a report entitled, “Patterns of Torture in Saudi Arabia.” Drawing on GCHR and other
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State Security Bureau and Central Prison administration commit massive human rights violations
Kuwait’s State Security Bureau continues to arbitrarily arrest citizens on unknown charges. In the latest incident, on 23 November 2021, the State Security Bureau
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On International Women Human Rights Defenders Day, GCHR celebrates the defiance of feminists and pays tribute to those we lost
On 29 November 2021, the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR), stands in solidarity with all Women Human Rights Defenders (WHRDs) in the region, while paying tribute to
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GCHR’s 20th Periodic Report on Human Rights Violations in Iraq
This is the 20th periodic report issued by the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) since January 2020, documenting the human rights situation in Iraq. The report
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GCHR continues efforts to bring to justice new INTERPOL President Ahmed Nasser Al-Raisi
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) expresses its shock at the election of Major General Ahmed Nasser Al-Raisi as President of the International Criminal Police
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Campaign to free prisoners launched ten years after Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry
Ahead of Bahrain's Independence Day on 16 December 2021, the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) and over a dozen human rights groups are working together on a
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Ongoing grave violations of civil and human rights in a country that has become a police state par excellence
Members of civil society, particularly human rights defenders including journalists and Internet activists, have not escaped the human rights violations that Saudi
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State Security Bureau continues violating civil and human rights of citizens
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) is extremely concerned about the recent actions of Kuwait’s State Security Bureau, which has detained two citizens
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