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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Covid-19 spreads in prisons, infecting hundreds of prisoners
Reliable reports received by the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) confirm that the Coronavirus (Covid-19) is spreading through the Kuwaiti prison system among
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Police and judiciary fail to protect women
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) is seriously concerned over reports that an intelligence employee stalked and murdered a woman in Kuwait with impunity. GCHR also
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Omani citizen released after unjust trial and sentencing in UAE
On 17 April 2021, Omani citizen Abdullah Al-Shamsi was released from prison in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and handed over to his family. Al-Shamsi was sentenced to
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Journalist Hassan Al-Banna Mubarak missing after deportation by Jordanian authorities back to Egypt
Update: Jordan: Egyptian journalist Hassan Al-Banna Mubarak was released after 30 hours of detention by the National Security Bureau (Mabahith) at Cairo airport
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All prisoners of conscience must be freed, as Covid-19 spreads in prisons
While welcoming the release of some prisoners of conscience in Bahrain as Ramadan begins, the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) calls on the authorities to release all
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