Publications

Gulf Centre for Human Rights Annual Report 2015: Human Rights Defenders in Prison and in Peril throughout the Gulf and Neighbouring Countries

  • Publications
  • MENA
  • 23/02/2016

This is the fourth Annual Report of the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR), an independent NGO founded by human rights defenders from the Gulf region in 2011. GCHR

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SPECIAL REPORT: Yemeni journalists and human rights defenders at risk during wartime

  • Publications
  • Yemen
  • 2/05/2015

Download Early in April, the United Nations Security Council adopted a resolution calling for the swift resumption of peace talks and an end to violence in Yemen.

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Torture and Abuse in Prisons in the United Arab Emirates

  • Publications
  • UAE
  • 12/03/2015

Download This report details the torture and abuse of prisoners in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), focusing on prisoners from a group of 94 human rights defenders

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Hear their Voices: Alarming Times for Human Rights Defenders in the Gulf Region & Neighbouring Countries – GCHR 2014 Annual Report

  • Publications
  • MENA
  • 9/02/2015

This is the third annual report of the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR), which was founded in 2011 by human rights defenders from the region. The GCHR documents the

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Iraqi Kurdistan: No safe haven for human rights defenders and independent journalists

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  • Iraqi Kurdistan
  • 31/12/2014

Download Mission ReportDecember 2014 Contents I.      Introduction  II.    Civil Society Under

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OHCHR, the Human Rights Council and the Gulf Countries: An Analysis of actions undertaken since 2011

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  • MENA
  • 9/09/2014

Download This study, carried out in April 2014, is an analysis of the actions taken by UN mechanisms since 2011 in relation to six of the Gulf countries namely

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DIGNITY HAS NO PRICE IN KUWAIT

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  • Kuwait
  • 23/04/2014

Download INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY  Kuwait’s reputation is as one of the most democratic states in the Gulf, the state with an elected parliament and the

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Qatar Submission to the UN Universal Periodic Review 19th Session of the UPR Working Group

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  • Qatar
  • 28/03/2014

Urgent concern related to arbitrary restrictions on freedom of expression and of association in Qatar Submission by CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation,

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Rising Human Rights Challenges in the Gulf Region and Beyond: Annual Report of the Gulf Centre for Human Rights 2014

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  • MENA
  • 1/03/2014

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This is the second annual report of the Gulf Center for Human Rights (GCHR).  GCHR documents the human rights environment for human rights

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