127 Rights groups call for immediate release of Nabeel Rajab after UN group calls his detention arbitrary and discriminatory
Paris-Geneva-Manama, 29 August 2018 – For the second time since 2013, the United Nations (UN) Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) has issued an Opinion
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Woman human rights defender Israa Al-Ghomgam could face death sentence while Samar Badawi and Nassima Al-Sadah remain detained incommunicado
According to reports received by the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR), human rights defender Israa Al-Ghomgam (pictured in the middle when she was younger) is
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Peaceful protests continue after demonstrator killed in Basra
Peaceful demonstrations continue across central and southern Iraq, including the capital Baghdad and the city of Basra where several demonstrators were severely wounded.
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Human rights lawyer Abeer Al-Haddad faces threats due to her ongoing defense of Bedoon rights
According to reports received by the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR), human rights lawyer Abeer Al-Haddad has received a large number of threats due to a recent
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Human rights defender Kamal Al-Shawish of Mwatana detained by Houthis in Hodeidah
On 14 August 2018, two armed men belonging to the armed group Ansar Allah (Houthis) arrested human rights defender Kamal Al-Shawish in a coffee shop on Sana'a Street in
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Free prominent human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) calls for the immediate release of prominent Iranian human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh, as we believe that her arrest and
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End threats directed against journalist Ahmad Al-Shaibani
On July 20, 2018, at 11:12 am, journalist and human rights defender Ahmed Al-Shaibani received a death threat by text message from an unknown number. Around the same
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Arrest of women human rights defenders Samar Badawi and Nassima Al-Sadah
Reports received by the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) confirm that on 30 July 2018 security forces arrested two women human rights defenders, Samar Badawi and
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Arbitrary dismissal of journalist for expressing his opinion on social media
PEN International and the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GC4HR) condemn the dismissal of journalist Ahmad Abdulhusain from his work at the Iraqi Media Network (IMN) which
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