Five-year sentence upheld against women’s rights defender Nassima Al-Sadah
Reliable reports received by the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) confirmed that the Court of Appeal in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia has upheld the verdict issued against
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Sanaa Seif sentenced to 18 months in prison in Egypt after protesting assault
Human rights activist and film editor Sanaa Seif has been sentenced to 18 months in prison in Egypt for protesting crowded, unsanitary conditions in which prisoners,
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Specialised Criminal Court of Appeal postpones case of Dr. Nasr Al-Salami and his group
On Sunday, 07 March 2021, the Specialised Criminal Appeals Court in the Yemeni capital Sana’a held its first session in the case of Dr. Nasr Al-Salami and his group,
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Gulf Centre for Human Rights launches joint report, “Patterns of Torture in Bahrain: Perpetrators must Face Justice”
On 17 March 2021, the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) in co-operation with its human rights partners Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (AHRDB),
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European Parliament adopts urgent resolution calling for human rights defenders to be freed
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) welcomes the news that on 11 March 2021, the European Parliament overwhelmingly adopted an urgent resolution which
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The authorities decide to block the Clubhouse app
On 14 March 2021, the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority in Oman decided to ban the voice chat application Clubhouse, claiming that it had not been licensed by the
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30 prisoners of conscience on hunger strike to protest ill-treatment
Update: Saudi Arabia: GCHR welcome news that 30 Saudi prisoners of conscience, including human rights defenders Dr. Mohammed Al-Qahtani, Fawzan Al-Harbi and Issa
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Two environmental activists await trial after a third activist acquitted
On 03 March 2021, the First Instance Court in Salalah, the capital city of Dhofar Governorate, held a session during which it decided to release the environmental
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Popular poet Jaseb Hattab Al-Heliji, father of kidnapped human rights lawyer, assassinated
The whole of Iraq was distressed after the news spread of the assassination of popular poet Jaseb Hattab Al-Heliji, father of kidnapped human rights lawyer Ali
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