Publications

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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Bahrain: The government continues to attack journalists and target press freedom

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  • Bahrain
  • 14/02/2014

Bahrain correspondent of France 24 and Radio Monte Carlo International, Nazeeha Saeed, this peaceful journalist exposed, blindfolded, to a brutal and inhuman torture

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TORTURE IN OMAN

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  • Oman
  • 29/01/2014

Download “I thought they were killing Said, and that I was next. I could hear beating and shouting. I didn’t want to die afraid; I wanted to be strong,

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UAE- Criminalizing Dissent UAE 94 Trial Deeply Flawed / Judicial Observation Report August 2013

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  • UAE
  • 27/08/2013

Download Contents I. INTRODUCTION.. 2 II. THE DEFENDANTS.. 3 III. THE CHARGES.. 3 IV. ARRESTS AND PRE-TRIAL DETENTION.. 4 V. THE HEARINGS.. 4 VI.

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Threats and Attacks Plague Yemen’s Brave Human Rights Defenders

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  • Yemen
  • 10/06/2013

Download Report of the Gulf Centre for Human Rights Mission to Yemen: 14 to 19 April 2013   May 2013  London/Beirut/Copenhagen  Gulf

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TRIAL OBSERVATION REPORT: Case Number 17/2013 “THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 94” / March 2013

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  • UAE
  • 25/03/2013

Download EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1. The first two hearings in the trial of 94 intellectuals, activists, and human rights defenders, took place before the Special

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