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European Parliament issues resolution condemning imprisonment of Ahmed Mansoor and reveals he is appealing his 10-year sentence

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  • UAE
  • 6/10/2018

Prominent human rights defender Ahmed Mansoor is appealing his ten-year prison sentence to the Supreme Court of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The news comes as

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Detained economist faces show trial while journalist disappears at Saudi Consulate in Istanbul as persecution of critics continues

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  • Saudi Arabia
  • 4/10/2018

The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) is concerned about the show trial of prominent economist Essam Al-Zamel, an entrepreneur known for his writing about the need for

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At UN HRC side events, GCHR and partners call for accountability and the need to end impunity for human rights violations in Yemen, Bahrain, and Saudi Arabia

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  • MENA
  • 1/10/2018

The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) and partners held four successful and well-attended side events during the 39th session of the United Nations Human Rights

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New GCHR Report questions Saudi Reform plan, as Women Human Rights Defenders cease to exist

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  • Saudi Arabia
  • 28/09/2018

In light of the current alarming situation of human rights defenders in Saudi Arabia and considering the crackdown on the feminist movement and women’s rights

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Radio station attacked, killing four people; and Mwatana researcher released

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  • Yemen
  • 27/09/2018

The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) expresses great sorrow at the loss of life following an attack on a radio station in Yemen during the battle for control of

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Woman human rights defender Dr. Su’ad Al-Ali assassinated in Basra

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  • Iraq
  • 26/09/2018

According to reports received by the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR), on 25 September 2018, human rights defender Dr. Su’ad Al-Ali, the head of Al-Weed

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Authorities must release Yemeni Writer Marwan Al-Muraisy

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  • Saudi Arabia
  • 25/09/2018

ALQST for Human Rights in Saudi Arabia, English PEN, the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR), Index on Censorship, PEN International, Reporters Without Borders (RSF)

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Human rights lawyer Yasser Al-Saleem arrested

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  • Syria
  • 24/09/2018

In the early hours of the morning on 22 September 2018, an armed group stormed the home of human rights lawyer Yasser Al-Saleem in Kafr Nabl, located in Idlib governate

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No information about civil society activist and independent journalist Marwan Al-Hamid more than two weeks after his arrest

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  • Syria
  • 19/09/2018

Although more than two weeks have passed since the arrest of civil society activist and independent journalist Marwan Al-Hamid, there is no accurate information about

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