Five participants in peaceful protests in May released, in addition to popular broadcaster
The Omani authorities have recently released five peaceful protesters after detaining them for several weeks. All of them were charged with participating in a gathering
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Poet Jamal Al-Sayer is subjected to arbitrary arrest
On 05 July 2021, late at night, members of the State Security Apparatus arrested the poet Jamal Al-Sayer after they raided his house, by order of the Public Prosecution,
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Rights defender Alaa Mohammed Al-Siddiq remembered at a condolences and memorial session
On 02 July 2021, a condolences and memorial session was held in memory of courageous woman human rights defender Alaa Mohammed Al-Siddiq from the United Arab Emirates
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Authorities in Iraqi Kurdistan use judiciary to silence voices calling for reform
The decision of the Court of Cassation in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq dated 28 April 2021, to uphold the six-year prison sentences against five journalists and
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Free members of UAE94 and all prisoners of conscience
On the eighth anniversary of the verdicts in the mass trial of prominent human rights defenders, judges, academics and students known as the UAE94, the Gulf Centre for
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Actress Entisar Al-Hammadi attempts suicide and journalist Mohammed Al-Azizi attacked
On 28 June 2021, actress and model Entisar Al-Hammadi (photo on the left) was transferred to a hospital inside the Central Prison in Sana'a where she is being held after
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Two prominent women human rights defenders released
Two prominent Saudi women human rights defenders, Nassima Al-Sadah and Samar Badawi, were released from prison today, according to the Gulf Centre for Human Rights
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Tribute to Emirati woman human rights defender Alaa Al-Siddiq
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) is deeply saddened by the loss of courageous Emirati human rights defender Alaa Al-Siddiq, Executive Director of ALQST for Human
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Authorities continue to detain ten Egyptian citizens arrested in connection with Nubian symposium in July 2020
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) calls for the release of ten Egyptian citizens in Saudi Arabia who remain in prison without charge since their arrest in July
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