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