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GCHR’s tenth periodic report on violations during popular demonstrations

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  • Iraq
  • 23/12/2020

This is the tenth periodic report of the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) about violations during popular demonstrations in Iraq. This report sheds light on killings,

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Journalist Hussain Khattab assassinated

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  • Syria
  • 20/12/2020

Syria is still one of the most dangerous places for journalists, who continue to be targeted with murder and harassment while performing their journalistic work. On 12

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Repressive policies by the authorities continue amid ongoing popular protests in Iraqi Kurdistan

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  • Iraqi Kurdistan
  • 19/12/2020

Citizens of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq continued their popular demonstrations in December which called for the overthrow of the government, a solution to the financial

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Sale of surveillance technology to oppressive governments in MENA region should be halted, say NGOs

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  • MENA
  • 18/12/2020

During an event held online on 16 December 2020, a group of NGOs said the sale of surveillance technology to oppressive governments in Middle East and North Africa

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Loujain Al-Hathloul faces fabricated charges related to her peaceful human rights activities

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  • Saudi Arabia
  • 17/12/2020

After more than two and a half years of arbitrary detention, Saudi woman human rights defender Loujain Al-Hathloul was brought to trial on 25 November 2020.

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Imprisoned activist’s health at risk – Ahmed Mansoor held in indefinite solitary confinement; denied necessities, medication

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  • UAE
  • 16/12/2020

(Beirut) – The Emirati human rights defender Ahmed Mansoor’s health is at grave risk following more than three years in solitary confinement without basic

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GCHR honours human rights defenders in Iraq at its second annual awards ceremony

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  • Iraq
  • 15/12/2020

Baghdad - On International Human Rights Day, the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) honoured human rights defenders in Iraq at its second annual awards ceremony, which

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Authorities must provide immediate medical care to journalist Tawfiq Al-Mansouri, appealing death sentence

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  • Yemen
  • 13/12/2020

Reliable local reports received by the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) confirmed that journalist Tawfiq Mohammed Al-Mansouri, who has appealed a death sentence

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Gulf Centre for Human Rights celebrates International Human Rights Day with partners

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  • MENA
  • 12/12/2020

On 10 December 2020, the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) celebrated International Human Rights Day at an event held in Beirut in partnership with IFEX, the

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