Publications

Seventh periodic report on violations during popular demonstrations

  • Publications
  • Iraq
  • 17/08/2020

In its seventh periodic report on violations during the popular demonstrations which began in Iraq in October 2019, the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) documents

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Sixth periodic report on violations during popular demonstrations

  • Publications
  • Iraq
  • 3/07/2020

Introduction Larger demonstrations have been renewed throughout Iraq, demanding the civil and human rights of citizens, and during the past month, sit-in squares in

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Joint Submission on the United Arab Emirates to the 71st Session of the UN Committee Against Torture

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  • UAE
  • 26/06/2020

Download This submission to the United Nations Committee Against Torture (CAT) on the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is made in advance of the review in April 2021 at

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Fifth periodic report on violations during popular demonstrations

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  • Iraq
  • 15/05/2020

Despite the measures taken to limit the spread of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Iraq, which resulted in a large number of people being forced to stay in their homes, a

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Reports on Women Human Rights Defenders Advocacy to free Saudi women’s human rights activists detained since May 2018

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  • Saudi Arabia
  • 14/05/2020

Download Despite certain political and social reforms made since the turn of the century, the authorities in Saudi Arabia continue their decades-long clampdown on

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Fourth periodic report on violations during the ongoing popular demonstrations

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  • Iraq
  • 10/04/2020

The outbreak of COVID-19 in Iraq resulted in a large number of protesters staying in their homes, although a few dozen decided to remain present in the sit-in squares in

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Reclaiming Civic Space: Documenting the Action of Fearless Human Rights Defenders & Citizens in 2019

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  • MENA
  • 3/04/2020

GCHR Annual Report 2019 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Since its establishment in 2011, the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) has endeavoured to create a safer

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Third periodic report on violations during the ongoing popular demonstrations

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  • Iraq
  • 9/03/2020

Demonstrators continued to demand comprehensive reform in the various Governorates of central and southern Iraq, as well as in the city of Sulaymaniyah in the Kurdistan

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Second periodic report on violations during the ongoing popular demonstrations

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  • Iraq
  • 15/02/2020

Popular protests continue in central and southern cities of Iraq with the broad participation of various sectors of the population, including students and women, despite

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