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Court of appeal issues unfair verdict against prominent human rights defender Awad Al-Sawafi

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  • Oman
  • 11/07/2025

Prominent human rights lawyer Awad Bin Ali Al-Sawafi faces ongoing judicial harassment in Oman that violates his civil rights solely due to his peaceful and legitimate

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Human rights defenders and journalists at high risk, Universal Periodic Review of Iran completed at UN

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  • Iran
  • 7/07/2025

As the Islamic Republic of Iran completed its final step in the United Nations Universal Periodic Review (UPR) process on 01 July 2025, the Gulf Centre for Human Rights

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Supreme Court sentences 24 more people to life in prison in malicious UAE84 case

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  • UAE
  • 2/07/2025

The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) protests the sentencing of 24 more people to life in prison in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) as part of the notorious

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More activists released while others languish in prison

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  • Saudi Arabia
  • 30/06/2025

The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) welcomes the release of more activists in Saudi Arabia after years of imprisonment. We have previously reported on a sudden

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Solidarity with detained MENA human rights defenders in front of European Parliament

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  • MENA
  • 26/06/2025

On 25 June 2025, five human rights organisations held a gathering in front of the European Parliament in Brussels in solidarity with detained women/human rights

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Periodic Report on Serious Human Rights Violations

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  • Yemen
  • 25/06/2025

The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) has documented numerous human rights violations in Yemen over the past two months, committed by various parties to the ongoing

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Overturn unfair sentences against former parliamentarians

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  • Kuwait
  • 18/06/2025

The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) is following with great concern the deterioration of civil and political rights in Kuwait, and particularly the targeting of

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State execution of journalist Turki Al-Jasser after 7 years of imprisonment is another blatant disregard of justice

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  • Saudi Arabia
  • 17/06/2025

The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) condemns the execution of journalist and blogger Turki Al-Jasser after seven years of imprisonment. The execution sent a

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Freedom for brave Bedoon rights defender Mohammed Al-Barghash

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  • Kuwait
  • 16/06/2025

The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) expresses its full solidarity with the prominent Bedoon rights defender Mohammed Al-Barghash, who has been imprisoned in Kuwait

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