GCHR and ALQST submission to UK media freedom inquiry addresses threats to journalists, rights defenders and online activists across the Middle East
In August, the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) and ALQST made a submission to the United Kingdom Foreign Affairs Committee, in response to a call for
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Prominent human rights defender Nabeel Rajab faces ill-treatment
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) is deeply concerned that prominent human rights defender Nabeel Rajab is not being treated according to international standards
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Civil activist Mohammad Khadhum Al-Iraqi arrested after criticising government official on Facebook
On 05 September 2019, authorities in the province of Al-Muthanna in Iraq arrested and detained civil activist and blogger Mohammad Khadum Al-Iraqi over a Facebook post,
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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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