Ninth periodic report on violations during popular demonstrations – Part 1
1st Anniversary of the Popular Movement On 01 October 2020, thousands of Iraqis in various cities of the central and southern provinces marked the first anniversary of
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Ninth periodic report on violations during popular demonstrations – Part 2
This is part two of the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR)’s Ninth Periodic Report on Violations During Popular Demonstrations in Iraq. The focus is on the
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Rights groups mark International Day to End Impunity in Beirut
On 02 November 2020, the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) and 15 other organisations (mentioned below), in cooperation with UNESCO’s Beirut office, held an
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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).
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