Nabeel Rajab freed from prison to serve rest of sentence at home
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) welcomes the news that prominent human rights defender Nabeel Rajab, has been freed from prison in Bahrain. Rajab has been in
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Family of Egyptian human rights defender Mostafa Fouad harassed and threatened with reprisals
The members of the MENA Network for Countering Hate Speech express their serious concern over an ongoing campaign of reprisals and harassments against the family of its
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Photojournalist killed in Aden and another journalist arrested in Mukalla
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) is extremely concerned at the threats to journalists for doing their jobs in Yemen, including the murder of a photojournalist and
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Trial of writer and civil society activist Musallam Al-Ma’ashani postponed indefinitely
Local reports confirmed that the trial in Oman of writer and civil society activist Musallam Al-Ma’ashani has been postponed indefinitely due to the spread of
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Courage in Journalism Awards honours Solafa Magdy from Egypt and Yakeen Bido from Syria
The International Women’s Media Foundation (IWMF) honoured two journalists from the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) with the Courage in Journalism
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Internet activist Amani Al-Zain arrested after a large Twitter campaign
According to local reports received by the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR), on 17 May 2020 the Presidency of State Security arbitrarily arrested Internet activist
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Journalists remain in prison despite release order, while others kidnapped
It has been over a month since a court in Yemen sentenced four journalists to death and ordered six others to be freed, yet five remain behind bars. Earlier in
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Egyptian journalist Lina Attalah arrested and released on bail
Lina Attalah (picture on the left), co-founder and chief editor of independent online newspaper MADA Masr, was arrested on 17 May 2020 outside Tora Prison as she was
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Public freedoms, including freedom of expression and the right to privacy, must be protected
A series of measures by the Jordanian government to deal with the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic which were taken to preserve the life and safety of citizens have also
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