Rights groups appeal to winners of the Sheikh Zayed Book Award
On 10 May 2021, the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) joined over two dozen NGOs, to call on winners of the Sheikh Zayed Book Awards to decline the awards and withdraw
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Court of Cassation upholds prison sentences against five activists and journalists
More than two months after prison sentences of six years each were issued against five journalists and activists on charges of acting against the state and sabotage, the
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GCHR’s 14th periodic report on human rights violations during popular protests
This is the 14th periodic report of the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) on human rights violations in Iraq. The report sheds light on killings, arrests, and
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Official’s Candidacy for Interpol Raises Human Rights Alarms; Emirates Have Notoriously Abusive State Security Apparatus
(Beirut, May 5, 2021) – The candidacy of a United Arab Emirates (UAE) Interior Ministry official for president of Interpol may jeopardize the global police
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A report on the situation of journalists in Yemen on the occasion of World Press Freedom Day
Journalists in Yemen suffer a bitter reality and a real tragedy as a direct consequence of the lack of respect for freedom of expression, and fear of the press and
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Actress and model Entisar Al-Hammadi remains detained since February
On 20 February 2021, Houthis in civilian clothes arrested actress and model Entisar Al-Hammadi without an arrest warrant at a checkpoint in Sana'a, the capital of Yemen.
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GCHR files complaint with French Prosecutor’s Office against General Al-Asiri for murder of Jamal Khashoggi
Ahead of World Press Freedom Day, on behalf of the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR), French human rights lawyer William Bourdon lodged an official
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Judiciary refuses to replace imprisonment sentences for three activists with fines
On 02 April 2020, the Amman Magistrate's Penal Court rejected for the fifth time in a row the request to replace a three-month prison sentence with a fine for three
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Ill-treatment of detained human rights defenders continues in Al-Ha’ir Prison
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) is very concerned that human rights defenders are not being provided proper medical treatment in prison for illness including
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