A dozen journalists threatened online, while others attacked at government press conference
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) has received a list of names of Iraqi journalists, bloggers and writers who have been subjected to a campaign of defamation by
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Letter to H.E Prime Minister of Norway about awarding Bahrain an honorary award
To: H.E Erna Solberg Prime Minister of Norway The Office of the Prime MinisterOslo, Norway 2 September 2019 Your Excellency, Norway has been at
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Journalists forcibly disappeared and arbitrarily detained by all parties to the conflict
Journalists in Yemen face great difficulties as they carry out their work professionally, including being subjected to all forms of repression, such as arbitrary arrest
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Fifteen Bedoon activists on hunger strike in the Public Prison
According to reliable reports received by the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR), 15 activists from the Bedoon community currently detained in Kuwait’s Public
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Over 75 organisations call for mandate of Group of Eminent Experts to be renewed, emphasising violations against human rights defenders
We, the undersigned more than 75 international, regional and Yemeni CSOs, call for the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) to extend and broaden the mandate of the
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Hadeel Buqrais and Youssef Bou Hamad attacked on Twitter, while 15 Bedoon activists remain in prison
Since the crackdown on Bedoon activists began in July 2019, human rights defenders Hadeel Buqrais (pictured at right) and Youssef Bou Hamad (pictured at left) have been
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Human rights defender Osama Al-Najjar finally released
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) has received reports confirming that human rights defender Osama Al-Najjar along with two other prisoners of conscience, Badr
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Allegations of torture of Bedoon activists must be investigated, and they must be freed immediately
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) has received reports that Kuwait’s State Security Bureau is still holding peaceful Bedoon activists Hamoud Al-Rabah,
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Young citizen killed following severe torture
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR)expresses deep concern over the death of a young man, Maher Radi Abdulhussain, 36, who died after being severely tortured at
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