Shutting minds and silencing the future: what the Dubai Expo really covers up
(Geneva/Beirut) — From 1 October 2021 to March 2022, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) will host the Dubai Expo, the first World Expo to be held in the Arab
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Mid-term report shows Saudi authorities failing to reform, ignoring 2018 UPR recommendations
An NGO report on Saudi Arabia’s progress mid-way through its Universal Periodic Review (UPR) cycle reveals a shocking lack of action from the Saudi
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Blogger Mesaed Al-Mesaileem faces forced deportation from Bosnia and Herzegovina
Kuwaiti blogger Mesaed Al-Mesaileem is at risk of forced deportation from Bosnia and Herzegovina to his home country of Kuwait, where he faces a long prison sentence
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Show elections and the total absence of women’s voices
On 02 October 2021, elections were held in Qatar to select 30 members of the 45-member Shura Council. The Shura Council does not possess substantive political power as
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Appeal for UAE to release detained human rights activists ahead of Dubai Expo
Your highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al Nahyan, As the Expo Dubai 2020 opens for six months starting on 1 October 2021 in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) under the
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Various parties to the conflict continue to commit grave human rights violations
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) is concerned about the arrests of human rights defenders and the use of the death penalty after unfair trials in which those
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EU calls for release of Ahmed Mansoor and the end to sales of surveillance tools
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) calls on the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to heed the call by the European Parliament to free all human rights defenders,
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Authorities must immediately and unconditionally release all prisoners of conscience
Authorities continue to detain 21 Qatari citizens who participated in the recent peaceful protests that took place in Qatar against a recently-issued law regulating the
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Three human rights defenders and a researcher added to government’s terror list
On 13 September 2021, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Cabinet issued ministerial resolution number 83 of 2021 adding 38 individuals and 13 entities to the government's
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