Health of Dr. Nasser Bin Ghaith failing following prolonged hunger strike
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) is concerned about the health of imprisoned human rights defender Dr. Nasser Bin Ghaith, a prominent academic and economist, who
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Human rights defender Reza Khandan released, while Nasrin Sotoudeh and Farhad Meysami remain in prison after ending hunger strikes
Human rights defender Reza Khandan, the husband of imprisoned human-rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh, was released from prison in Iran on 23 December 2018, his lawyer
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Journalist and writer Aisha Al-Rasheed detained under Cyber Crimes Law
Update: Kuwait: On 06 January 2019, the Public Prosecutor's Office ordered the release of writer and journalist Aisha Al-Rasheed on bail after she was detained on 02
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On New Year’s Eve, two members of GCHR’s team, Nabeel Rajab and Ahmed Mansoor, face show trials while appealing prison sentences
As the New year 2019 approaches, prominent human rights defenders Nabeel Rajab and Ahmed Mansoor are going to court for the final appeals of their prison
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Prominent human rights defender Dr. Mohammad Al-Qahtani placed in solitary confinement
Update: Saudi Arabia: On 19 December 2018 Dr. Mohammed Al-Qahtani was returned from solitary confinement to the general prison population. 2018-12-22 The Gulf Centre
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Authorities continue ill-treatment of detained human rights defenders, including refusing to release those who served their full sentence
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) is concerned about ongoing ill-treatment of imprisoned human rights defenders in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and the failure
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On international Human Rights Day, commit to these, eight specific human rights initiatives to end the human rights crisis
On 10 December 2018, international Human Rights Day, ALQST hosted a conference to assess the state of human rights in Saudi Arabia. Representatives from Amnesty
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Family of journalist Sabri Salmeen bin Makhashin calls for efforts to end his arbitrary detention
On 08 December 2018, the family of journalist Sabri Salmeen bin Makhashin, Editor-in-Chief of Al-Mohrer newspaper and the online Al-Mohrer.Net, issued a public appeal to
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Cycle continues as another online activist detained, and two other activists released
According to reliable reports received by the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) and the Omani Human Rights Association (OHRA), the Internal Security Service (ISS) in
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