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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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Authors and Nobel laureates call on UAE to free human rights defenders and give them books, during Hay Festival Abu Dhabi
Over 60 civil society organisations, writers, personalities and Nobel laureates have appealed to the authorities in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to free detained human
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