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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Renewed demands for an international dual-use technology ban as further evidence of spyware campaign emerges
Reliable reports have uncovered a deeply concerning collaboration between hackers who have previously worked for the U.S. National Security Apparatus (NSA) and the
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Woman human rights defender Israa Al-Ghomgham no longer facing death penalty
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) welcomes reports that woman human rights defender Israa Al-Ghomgham is no longer facing the death penalty after
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Authorities continue to harass human rights defenders and impose restrictions on Internet activists
The Internal Security Service (ISS) continued its campaign against human rights as well as bloggers and Internet activists who supported the Palestinian cause in
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Journalist Sabri Bin Makhashin remains in prison more than a month after criticising Governor
Update: Yemen: On 28 January 2019, Sabri Salmeen bin Makhashin was released from the Military Intelligence Service's prison in the province of Hadhramaut. New reports
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Joint gathering held in front of Irish Parliament in solidarity with detained human rights defenders
On 24 January 2019, the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) in co-operation with human rights partners, Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB),
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GCHR Platform calls for freedom for detained human rights defenders in the Gulf and Neighbouring Countries
At a public event organised by the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) in Beirut on 19 January 2019 participants called for dozens of women and men human rights
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Freedom of opinion and expression at risk under new Cybercrime Law which imposes penalties of life imprisonment
In its session on 12 January 2019, the Iraqi parliament completed its first reading of the draft Cybercrime Law, which includes punishment amounting to life imprisonment
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