Authorities and armed groups continue to target protesters and activists
There is no sign that violence against protesters and activists in Iraq has abated as human rights groups continue to document daily attacks, including numerous murders
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Nabeel Rajab faces another defiant year in prison
By Brian Dooley He was the first person I met in Bahrain. I arrived at my hotel in the early hours of the morning one day in May 2011. He was waiting for me in the dark
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Journalist Abdulhafez Al-Samadi in poor health and must be freed
According to reliable reports received by the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR), the health of journalist Abdulhafez Al-Samadi has deteriorated while in detention and
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UN must assist Egyptian human rights lawyer Gamal Eid after brutal attack
On 29 December 2019, members of Egypt’s security forces attacked prominent human rights lawyer Gamal Eid, director of the Arabic Network for Human Rights Information
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Journalist Sabri Salmeen Bin Makhashen prohibited from traveling to Cairo to join his family
Update: Yemen: On the evening of 28 December 2019, journalist Sabri Salmeen Bin Makhasein arrived in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, from Sayoun International Airport
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Human rights defenders and activists assassinated and kidnapped, as peaceful demonstrations continue
As peaceful demonstrations continue in Iraq, human rights defenders and civil society activists, including doctors and medical support staff, have been arrested,
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Masterminds of murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi should be brought to justice
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) calls on the United Nations in addition to governments with influence in Saudi Arabia, such as the United States and the United
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Authorities must investigate use of lethal force against peaceful demonstrators
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) calls on authorities in Lebanon to take immediate steps to ensure that peaceful protesters are able to exercise their right to
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A common pattern emerges of kidnapping and assassinating peaceful protesters, civil society activists and human rights defenders
A chilling pattern has emerged in Iraq, whereby peaceful protesters, civil society activists and human rights defenders are being kidnapped, tortured and assassinated.
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