World Press Freedom Day in the MENA region, between death and death sentences
As we mark another World Press Freedom Day on 03 May 2020, the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) is working on cases that are examples of the extreme lack of freedom
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Freedom Forum Adds 11 Names to Journalists Memorial, including journalists killed in Iraq and Syria
On Monday, 04 May 2020, the Freedom Forum adds the stories of 11 men and women to its Journalists Memorial to represent all journalists who died or were killed while
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Online activists released, while human rights lawyer Hani Hussain remains detained
Update: Kuwait: On 09 April 2020, the Criminal Court ordered the release of human rights lawyer Hani Hussain on a bail of 5000 Kuwaiti Dinar (approx.
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Four journalists appeal death sentence
On 22 April 2020, four journalists filed an appeal after being sentenced to death in Yemen on charges of spying and spreading false news. Six other journalists in the
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The Gulf Centre for Human Rights mourns the death of prominent human rights defender Dr. Abdullah Al-Hamid
With great sadness and sorrow, the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) received the news of the death of prominent Saudi human rights defender Dr. Abdullah Al-Hamid, at
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Journalist Mohammed Ali Al-Maqri must be released
According to reliable reports received by the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR), journalist Mohammed Ali Al-Maqri is suffering from deteriorating physical
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GCHR calls for human rights defender Dr. Abdullah Al-Hamid, who is in a coma, to be freed
According to local reports received by the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR), prominent human rights defender Dr. Abdullah Al-Hamid, 71 years old, was transferred from
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Four journalists sentenced to death
On 11 April 2020, a court in Yemen’s capital Sanaa, which is controlled by Houthi authorities, sentenced four journalists to death for spying, among ten
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Fourth periodic report on violations during the ongoing popular demonstrations
The outbreak of COVID-19 in Iraq resulted in a large number of protesters staying in their homes, although a few dozen decided to remain present in the sit-in squares in
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