No to Impunity
A report published by the Gulf Centre for Human Rights to mark the International Day to End Impunity 02 November 2020 Murders & other serious violations continue
Read more
Cybersecurity Highlights and Digital Protection for Human Rights Defenders and Journalists
On 26 October 2020, the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) held an online event for Cybersecurity Awareness Month. Relying on digital communication and devices to stay
Read more
Campaign continues of arbitrary arrests carried out by local authorities in Iraqi Kurdistan
Since August 2020, local authorities in Iraqi Kurdistan have continued targeting various activists, arresting them, and curtailing public freedoms, including media
Read more
The voices and words of those imprisoned will not be silenced
On 22 October 2020, the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) and Amnesty Westminster Bayswater held an online event, The Prisoner and the Pen, to feature the
Read more
Journalist freed after a month in captivity, while others continue to suffer in prison
Update: Yemen: On October 19, 2020, journalist Mohammed Ali Al-Maqri was released from the Political Security prison in Ma’rib, and his first question was about
Read more
Ahmed Mansoor and other prominent human rights defenders should be released
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) remains concerned about the fate of human rights defenders and other activists imprisoned in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
Read more
GCHR activities during UN Human Rights Council’s 45th session
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) was involved in various activities during the 45th session of the United Nation’s Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva,
Read more
GCHR calls on UK Foreign Secretary to hold UAE to account after UK citizen alleges sexual assalut by UAE Minister for Tolerance
PRESS RELEASE The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) today called on the UK Foreign Secretary, Dominic Raab, to hold the United Arab Emirates to account after UK
Read more
Five journalists finally released six months after judge’s order, while four others still facing execution
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) welcomes the news that on 15 October 2020, five imprisoned Yemeni journalists, Hisham Ahmed Tarmoom, Hisham Abdulmalik
Read more