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Ninth periodic report on violations during popular demonstrations – Part 1

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  • Iraq
  • 10/11/2020

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

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  • Iraq
  • 10/11/2020

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

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  • MENA
  • 3/11/2020

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

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  • MENA
  • 2/11/2020

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

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  • MENA
  • 30/10/2020

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

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  • Iraqi Kurdistan
  • 26/10/2020

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

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  • MENA
  • UAE
  • 26/10/2020

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

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  • Yemen
  • 21/10/2020

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

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  • UAE
  • 21/10/2020

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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