GCHR’s 18th Periodic Report on Human Rights Violations in Iraq
This is the eighteenth report issued since January 2020 by the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) that documents the human rights situation in Iraq. It sheds light on
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Four journalists tortured and ill-treated
According to reliable local reports received by the Gulf Centre for Human Rights, on the evening of 21 August 2021, four journalists being held in a prisoner exchange
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Authorities continue systematically targeting influential citizens, human rights defenders, journalists and Internet activists
Authorities continue their systematic policies to target talented and influential citizens, prominent journalists, and Internet activists who believe in reform and
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Surveillance of Bahraini human rights defenders, journalists and activists spurs urgent need for action
Following news of surveillance of nine Bahraini human rights defenders, activists, a blogger and a photojournalist, the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) renews calls
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Civil society activists and journalists face human rights violations including killing
Civil society activists and journalists in Yemen continue to face human rights violations, including being murdered or sentenced to death by the Houthis, the de facto
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Authorities carry out a new series of arrests of internet activists
The authorities in Oman have continued their campaign of arrests of Internet activists, imposing strict control on citizens, including writers and intellectuals, who
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Human rights defender Dr. Abduljalil Al-Singace remains on hunger strike after six weeks
As of 19 August 2021, imprisoned human rights defender Dr. Abduljalil Al-Singace, an academic and blogger, has been on hunger strike for six weeks. He began a
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Authorities continue to violate civil and human rights of the Bedoon community
The Bedoon community in Kuwait continue to be denied even their basic rights, according to research by the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR). There have been sizable
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Prominent human rights defender Mohammed Al-Qahtani on new hunger strike to protest ill-treatment in prison
Update: Saudi Arabia: On 15 August 2021, Dr. Mohammed Al-Qahtani began a new hunger strike due to the failure of prison authorities to implement his previous
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