Open letter to FIFA on human rights and the potential expansion of the 2022 World Cup
The following is an open letter sent in early March 2019 to FIFA about human rights concerns amidst talks of expanding the 2022 World Cup, scheduled to be held in Qatar,
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Women human rights defenders taken to court on charges which violate their right to freedom of expression
On 13 March 2019, nine women human rights defenders were brought for the first hearing of their trial in Riyadh. They were among 11 women defendants. The court was
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Feminist coalition calls for Saudi women’s rights activists to be freed after 300 days of imprisonment and gruesome torture at Commission on the Status of Women
A feminist coalition called for women’s rights activists imprisoned for over 300 days in Saudi Arabia to be freed, during a parallel event at the 63rd United Nations
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Targeting of activists and journalists continues
Update: Iraqi Kurdistan:The Metro Center for Defending the Rights of Journalists and the Gulf Center for Human Rights (GCHR)welcome
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Prominent Human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh sentenced to 38 years in Prison
On 11 March 2019, human rights defender Reza Khandan posted on his facebook page that, “Nasrin’s sentence in relation to her last cases has been informed to her in
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Women Human Rights Defender Loujain Al-Hathloul trial due tomorrow
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) has received reports confirming that Women Human Rights Defender (WHRD) Loujain Al-Hathloul will face her first hearing tomorrow,
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GCHR Releases its 2018 Annual Report
Beirut, Lebanon – The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) releases its seventh annual report on human rights activism in 2018, entitled “Breaking Boundaries”. On
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Internal Security Service continues to arrest Internet activists supporting the Palestinian cause
Update: Oman: Two Internet activists have been released from detention in Oman. Haytham Al-Mashaykhi was released on 03 March 2019 after two weeks in jail, and
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On International Women’s Day, HRC40 | Human Rights Council Stands with Saudi Women Human Rights Defenders
A cross-regional group of 36 States, including all EU Member States, have called yesterday 7 March, 2019 for the release of detained women human rights
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