Publications

GCHR’s periodic report on human rights violations in the Iraqi Kurdistan Region

  • Publications
  • Iraq
  • Iraqi Kurdistan
  • 19/06/2026

The local government in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq continues to commit serious violations of the civil and human rights of citizens, including civil society

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Pursued Beyond Borders: Patterns of Transnational Repression Linked to States in the Middle East and North Africa

  • Publications
  • Bahrain
  • Egypt
  • Jordan
  • Kuwait
  • MENA
  • Saudi Arabia
  • UAE
  • 18/06/2026

Executive Summary This report by the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) documents how transnational repression linked to States in the Middle East and North Africa

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GCHR’s 37th Periodic Report on Human Rights Violations in Iraq

  • Publications
  • Iraq
  • 14/04/2026

The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) has been documenting the human rights situation in Iraq over the past five years since the start of the popular uprising in

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The Gulf region and neighbouring countries: Ongoing repression by authorities

  • Publications
  • Bahrain
  • Jordan
  • Kuwait
  • MENA
  • Oman
  • Qatar
  • UAE
  • 2/04/2026

Introduction The Gulf region and its neighbouring countries are witnessing an unprecedented and systematic campaign of repression. The ongoing war is being used as a

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Human Rights in the Middle East Countries: 2025 Annual Report of the Gulf Centre for Human Rights

  • Publications
  • Bahrain
  • Iran
  • Iraq
  • Iraqi Kurdistan
  • Jordan
  • Kuwait
  • Lebanon
  • MENA
  • Oman
  • Qatar
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Syria
  • Tunisia
  • UAE
  • Yemen
  • 31/03/2026

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The main objective of the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) is to foster a vibrant and safe civic space in which human rights defenders (HRDs)

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The Gulf region and neighbouring countries: Authorities exercising more repression and silencing free voices, exploiting current war

  • Publications
  • Bahrain
  • Iran
  • Jordan
  • Kuwait
  • MENA
  • UAE
  • 19/03/2026

Most governments in the Gulf region and neighbouring countries, exploiting the current war, are intensifying their systematic repression to suppress public freedoms,

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When freedom becomes a crime; A state of persecution and delayed justice

  • Publications
  • Tunisia
  • 17/03/2026

Fifteen years after a "revolution" that raised the slogans of "freedom, dignity, and justice," Tunisia is now experiencing one of its most sensitive periods regarding

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On IWD, GCHR Recognises the Role of WHRDs: Defending Rights, Bearing the Burden with a new report

  • Publications
  • MENA
  • 6/03/2026

On International Women’s Day, marked annually on 08 March, the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) honours the extraordinary contributions of women worldwide, with

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Periodic Report on Serious Human Rights Violations

  • Publications
  • Yemen
  • 5/02/2026

The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) has documented numerous human rights violations in Yemen over the past three months, perpetrated by parties to the ongoing

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