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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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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