Shocking charges against jailed women’s rights activists, who must be released amid second COVID-19 peak
Update: Iran: WHRD Narges Mohammadi, 48, was released from prison at 3am on 08 October 2020 after a 10-year sentence was commuted due to health concerns. She was in
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Migrant workers face racism, hate and lack of health care across the Gulf and neighbouring countries
This post was written by Khalid Ibrahim, executive director of the Gulf Center for Human Rights (GCHR), an independent, nonprofit organization that
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Freedom of expression continues to be targeted
Update: Oman: In a hearing on 16 June 2020, the Ibri Court of First Instance issued a verdict in which it convicted Internet activist Awad Al-Sawafi, sentencing him to
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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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