Over 50 human rights groups call for immediate release of women’s rights defenders
The following letter was sent to over 30 Ministers of Foreign Affairs of States calling on UN Member States to adopt a resolution at the 40th session of the UN Human
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GCHR praises European Parliament resolution on women’s rights defenders and echoes calls for accountability for continuous human rights violations
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) welcomes the resolution of the European Parliament (EP) calling for the release of imprisoned human rights defenders in Saudi
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Release of human rights defenders
On 16 February 2019 human rights defender Awfa Al-Na’ami was released while her colleague, human rights defender Alhassan Al-Qaqtari, was released on 14 February
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Authorities continue to target human rights defenders supporting Bedoon rights
Authorities continue to target human rights defenders who took part in four sit-ins organised in front of the Central Apparatus for Illegal Residents’ Affairs, as
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Woman human rights defender Nassima Al-Sadah placed in solitary confinement
According to credible reports received by the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR), woman human rights defender Nassima Al-Sadah was returned to solitary confinement last
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Human rights defenders Abdulhakim Al-Fadhli and Hamed Jameel summoned for cyber-crime investigation
On 10 February 2019, human rights defenders Abdulhakim Al-Fadhli and Hamed Jameel were summoned by the Electronic and Cyber Crime Combatting Department (ECCCD)
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Journalist Sabri Salmeen bin Makhashin not allowed to travel for treatment after release from prison
Journalist Sabri Salmeen bin Makhashin, Editor-in-Chief of Al-Mohrer newspaper and the online Al-Mohrer.Net, was freed after almost a month in prison. However, on 09
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Arbitrary detention of human rights defenders Awfa Al-Na’ami and her colleague Alhassan Al-Qawtari
On 28 January 2019, human rights defenders Awfa Al-Na’ami and her colleague Alhassan Al-Qawtari were summoned by the National Security (Mokabarat) Office in
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Writer and novelist Dr. Alaa Mashthob Abboud assassinated
On 02 February 2019, gunmen opened fire on the writer and novelist Dr. Alaa Mashthob Abboud and killed him instantly in front of his house in Karbala, located about 100
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