Ahmed Mansoor – Isolated But Not Alone
By Brian Dooley The thing that the articles, awards and biographical material on the prominent Emirati activist Ahmed Mansoor don't usually tell you is what
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Targeting of human rights defenders and online activists accelerates
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) is concerned at ongoing efforts of the Bahraini authorities to persecute human rights defenders and silence online activists
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Human rights defender Reda Al-Shaibani continues to be targeted for exposing corruption
In the early hours of the morning of 24 June 2019, the car of human rights defender Reda Al-Shaibani, which was parked next to the window of his house, was set on fire.
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Unjustly imprisoned Emirati human rights defender’s health at risk
Ahmed Mansoor is in solitary confinement in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), serving a 10-year sentence for the “crime” of speaking out about grave human rights
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Migrant workers have no unions to protect their civil and human rights, leaving them at risk of abuse
According to news reports, 26-year-old Lovely Acosta Baruelo, a Filipina maid who had been working for a wealthy Saudi family in Riyadh for several months, was tied to a
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Human rights defender Mohammed Al-Otaibi ill-treated in prison
According to information just received by the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR), human rights defender Mohammed Abdullah Al-Otaibi who is serving a 14-year
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Supreme Council for Combating Corruption restricts media freedom; and civil activist on trial
Update: Iraq: On 12 May 2019, the Nineveh Court acquitted Sorour Al-Hussainey and closed the case against her. 2019-05-12 The Supreme Council for Combating Corruption
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Authorities arbitrarily close Doha Centre for Media Freedom
On 16 April 2019, the Qatari authorities arbitrarily closed the Doha Centre for Media Freedom (DC4MF), thus canceling the employment contracts of its employees and
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Women human rights defenders temporarily freed, while others remain in prison
Update: Recent reports confirmed that at least four WHRDs including Hatoon Al-Fassi, Amal Al-Harbi, Maysaa al-Manea, and Abeer Namankani were temporarily released, while
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