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Chairman and members of charitable committee arbitrarily arrested and imprisoned without charge

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  • Kuwait
  • 18/11/2021

According to reports received by the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR), the State Security Bureau arrested the head of a charitable committee in addition to seven of

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A united call to reject the candidacy of Maj. General Al-Raisi for INTERPOL president

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  • UAE
  • 16/11/2021

Paris - On 16 November 2021, the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR)’s Executive Director Khalid Ibrahim participated in a press conference organised by MP Hubert

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Actress and model Entisar Al-Hammadi sentenced to five years in prison, along with three other women handed prison terms

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  • Yemen
  • 12/11/2021

On 08 November 2021, the West Capital Municipality Court of First Instance in Sana’a, the Yemeni capital, handed down a five-year prison sentence to actress and

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Pregnant journalist killed by car bomb

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  • Yemen
  • 11/11/2021

Journalists in Yemen pay a heavy price for their work, and are targeted by all parties to the conflict. According to reports received by the Gulf Centre for Human Rights

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Ten Egyptian citizens from the Nubian community face trial

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  • Egypt
  • Saudi Arabia
  • 9/11/2021

Reports received by the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) confirmed that 10 Egyptian citizens who are members of the Nubian community in Riyadh will face a trial on

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Participants at joint event say “No to Impunity for Crimes against Journalists in the Arab Region”

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  • MENA
  • 2/11/2021

(Beirut) - On the eighth anniversary of the International Day to End Impunity (IDEI) for Crimes Against Journalists, on 02 November 2021, a group of local, regional and

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GCHR activities during UN Human Rights Council’s 48th session

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  • MENA
  • 30/10/2021

The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) was involved in various advocacy activities during the 48th session of the United Nation’s Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in

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Open letter to the General Assembly of INTERPOL to Reject the candidacy of Major General Ahmed Naser Al-Raisi for INTERPOL presidency

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  • UAE
  • 27/10/2021

Dear Members of the General Assembly, We, the undersigned, are writing to express our deep concern about the candidacy of Major General Ahmed Nasser Al-Raisi, Inspector

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GCHR expresses its full solidarity with targeted Palestinian human rights organisations

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  • MENA
  • 24/10/2021

The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) condemns the unjust decision of the Israeli Defense Minister on 19 October 2021, designating 6 Palestinian civil society

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