GCHR highlights use of torture to suppress dissidents, supports resolutions on Syria and migrants during UNHRC 47th Session
At the 47th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) held between 21 June to 14 July 2021, the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) and partners
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Gulf Centre for Human Rights files complaint in France against NSO Group over use of Pegasus spyware
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) filed a complaint in France on 28 July 2021 against the Israeli software company NSO Group, which is responsible for harm caused
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Internet activist Ghaith Al-Shibli arrested and writer Saud Al-Zadjali targeted online
On 23 July 2021, Internet activist Ghaith Al-Shibli was arrested after security forces raided his home in Sohar. Reliable local reports confirmed that he is still being
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MENA Surveillance Coalition demands an end to the sale of surveillance technology to the region’s autocratic governments
We, the undersigned human rights organizations, call for an immediate halt to the use, sale and transfer of surveillance technology to autocratic oppressive governments
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GCHR mourns the loss of prominent human rights defender Fatima Al-Bahadli’s son Ali, murdered in Basra
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) expresses its deep sorrow about the murder of Ali Karim, the 26-year-old son of prominent human rights defender Fatima
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Journalist Fahd Yahya Al-Arhabi arrested for his work
On 12 July 2021, an armed group affiliated with the Houthi group arrested journalist Fahd Yahya Al-Arhabi in Amran Governorate, some 50 kilometers north of the
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Prominent Jailed Activist Ahmed Mansoor in Danger
Ahmed Mansoor’s Leaked Letter Details Mistreatment in Prison (Beirut, July 19, 2021) - A prominent Emirati human rights defender may face retaliation after a private
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GCHR’s 16th Periodic Report on Human Rights Violations in Iraq during the Popular Protests
This is the sixteenth periodic report of the Gulf Centre for Human Rights on human rights (GCHR) violations in Iraq. The report highlights the killings of demonstrators
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Poet Jamal Al-Sayer remains detained amid ongoing violations of prisoners’ rights in Central Prison as well as migrant workers’ rights
Update: Kuwait: On 13 July 2021, the Criminal Court ordered the release of poet Jamal Al-Sayer without bail. The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) is concerned about
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