Time is Running Out: Civic Space Closing Rapidly in the Middle East
I. Introduction The emerging constraint on activism and advocacy for human rights in countries across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is the closure
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Violations persist in Bahrain as human rights defenders and journalists remain behind bars, under threat, or in exile
Download I. Introduction The current situation in Bahrain is dire, causing great concern to the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) and partners, as well as
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Joint Submission to the UN Universal Periodic Review – 32nd Session of the UPR Working Group
Introduction 1.1 CIVICUS is a global alliance of civil society organisations (CSOs) and activists dedicated to
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Mapping Cybercrime Laws and Violations of Digital Rights in the Gulf and Neighbouring Countries
Executive Summary: During the week before the arrest and detention of the prominent human rights defender, Ahmed Mansoor, the United Arab Emirates (UAE)
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Ahmed Mansoor, the Missing Prisoner
Download Report on the Mission to Find the Most Prominent Human Rights Defender in the United Arab Emirates Executive Summary On 26 February 2018, two
Read ReportBahrain: As appeal case continues, trial observation mission found Nabeel Rajab’s five-year prison sentence followed unfair trial proceedings
Download International Trial Observation Mission Report - 21 February 2018 (Publication date: 08 May 2018) I. INTRODUCTION On 21 February 2018, prominent
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Gulf Centre for Human Rights sixth annual report: Mapping human rights violations across 12 countries and reporting on 100 human rights defenders
Executive Summary The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) works to create a safer environment and offer support to human rights defenders. In 2017, GCHR
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JOINT SUBMISSION ON SAUDI ARABIA: 69th SESSION – COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN
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Read ReportYemen: Report on the situation of Human Rights
Download An independent international investigation must be established to document human rights violations and hold all perpetrators accountable I.
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