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Ahmed Mansoor remains in isolation with no bed or water, despite unconfirmed report that hunger strike has ended

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  • UAE
  • 4/05/2019

The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) cautiously welcomes the news that imprisoned human rights defender and blogger Ahmed Mansoor may have ended his hunger strike

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On World Press Freedom Day, GCHR calls for protection of journalists and freedom of the press across the MENA region

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  • MENA
  • 3/05/2019

On World Press Freedom Day, 3 May 2019, the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) regrettably can only report on the very bleak conditions for the media in general and

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Jailed Emirati activist Ahmed Mansoor’s life is at risk, after six weeks on hunger strike – Mansoor has not eaten since 17 March

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  • UAE
  • 1/05/2019

This post was co-authored by Khalid Ibrahim, executive director of the Gulf Center for Human Rights (GCHR) and Joe Stork, chair of the GCHR advisory board. Our

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Mass executions of protesters raises alarm that international human rights standards continue to be violated

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  • Saudi Arabia
  • 25/04/2019

The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) deplores the mass execution by the Saudi authorities of 37 citizens, who have been put to death mostly for participating in

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Death of citizen journalist Ali Mahmoud Othman must be investigated

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  • Syria
  • 24/04/2019

The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) calls on the Syrian authorities to provide complete information on the circumstances of the death of a well-known citizen

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New wave of arrests targeting human rights community must stop!

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  • Saudi Arabia
  • 11/04/2019

On 09 April 2019, the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) received a list of at least 13 names of human rights defenders, including women’s rights activists, who

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Human rights defender Ahmed Mansoor on hunger strike to protest poor prison conditions and sham trial

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  • UAE
  • 7/04/2019

The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) is extremely concerned about the health of imprisoned human rights defender Ahmed Mansoor, after receiving reports from local

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Women human rights defenders remain in prison awaiting verdict

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  • Saudi Arabia
  • 4/04/2019

The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) calls for the release of all women’s rights defenders in Saudi Arabia, some of whom are currently on trial before the

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Formula One Group should support the safeguarding of human rights in Bahrain

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  • Bahrain
  • 28/03/2019

The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) is among 25 NGOs which signed an open letter to the Formula One Group on 26 March 2019 calling for concrete measures to safeguard

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