GCHR commits to open and free internet
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) launches an alternative option to access its website where it is blocked. As societies are growing more dependent on access to
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Authorities execute two torture survivors
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) condemns in the strongest terms the execution of two torture survivors who were imprisoned in Bahrain. They have been executed
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State Security continues series of arbitrary arrests of Bedoon activists
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) has received reliable reports about the continued series of arrests by the State Security of activists from the Bedoon community
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Prominent activist and journalist Hamoud Al-Rabah kidnapped following tweet
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) have received reliable reports that on 23 July 2019, a group of several persons dressed in civilian clothes kidnapped prominent
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A dozen Bedoon activists must be freed immediately
According to reports received by the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR), a dozen Bedoon activists who were arrested earlier this month have been ordered by the Public
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UN Human Rights Council side events call for release of detained rights defenders and enhanced protection of journalists in MENA region
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) and partners carried out advocacy at the 41st session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva in June and
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Authorities arrest a number of activists after a demonstration to support the rights of the Bedoon community
According to reports received by the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR), the General Department of Criminal Investigation, and the State Security Bureau have arrested a
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New pledges not credible without action, say press freedom groups
On 09 July, 33 press freedom and media development organisations met in London in advance of the Global Media Freedom Conference to call on all participating States to
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Journalist Haidar Al-Hamdani threatened at his home
On 06 June 2019, journalist Haidar Al-Hamdani published a video on his Facebook page in which he revealed alarming threats painted on the front door of the home he
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