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GCHR releases annual report documenting human rights defenders and protesters reclaiming civic space in 2019

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  • MENA
  • 3/04/2020

The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) is releasing its eighth annual report today, entitled: “Reclaiming civic space: Documenting the actions of fearless human

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Five years into the war in Yemen, human rights organisations welcome Germany’s decision to extend its arms embargo on Saudi Arabia and encourage others to follow suit

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  • Saudi Arabia
  • 31/03/2020

ALQST, ACAT-France, Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT), Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) and MENA Rights Group have welcomed Germany’s decision to extend its

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All human rights defenders in MENA must be freed as COVID-19 pandemic spreads

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  • MENA
  • 30/03/2020

As the COVID-19 pandemic worsens worldwide, the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) repeats its call for all human rights defenders to be freed in the Middle East and

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Activists and journalists detained across the country

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  • Yemen
  • 28/03/2020

Civil society activists and journalists have been detained in various regions of Yemen by all parties to the current conflict, according to reports received from local

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Authorities must immediately release Ahmed Mansoor, who has spent three years in solitary confinement since his arrest on 20 March 2017

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  • UAE
  • 20/03/2020

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) should immediately and unconditionally release human rights defender Ahmed Mansoor, who has so far been in prison for three years in

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Imprisoned human rights defenders must be freed across MENA as COVID-19 pandemic spreads

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  • MENA
  • 17/03/2020

The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) welcomes the appeal by the United Nations special rapporteur on human rights in Iran for the authorities in Iran to free all

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Killing and kidnapping of human rights activists, journalists and lawyers continues

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  • Iraq
  • 12/03/2020

Human rights defenders, journalists and lawyers have been kidnapped and killed in Iraq since the beginning of the month, reports the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR),

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Third periodic report on violations during the ongoing popular demonstrations

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  • Iraq
  • 9/03/2020

Demonstrators continued to demand comprehensive reform in the various Governorates of central and southern Iraq, as well as in the city of Sulaymaniyah in the Kurdistan

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The authorities must stop targeting the tweets and restrict freedom of expression

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  • Kuwait
  • 3/03/2020

The authorities in Kuwait have targeted three bloggers for expressing their views on their personal Twitter accounts, according to reports received by the Gulf Centre

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