Human Rights in the Gulf Region and Neighbouring Countries: 2021 Annual Report of the Gulf Centre for Human Rights
I.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
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Help save the life of Dr. Abduljalil Al-Singace, spending his 60th birthday on hunger strike in prison
Please take action to help save the life of imprisoned Bahraini human rights defender Dr. Abduljalil Al-Singace, who has been on a liquids-only hunger strike for
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The other impact of COVID-19: Heightened Surveillance and Tracking in Gulf & Neighbouring Countries
This report is a production of the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) and was written by Ghina Ghanem. The author would like to thank the project lead and report
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The other impact of COVID-19: Heightened Surveillance and Tracking in Gulf & Neighbouring Countries
This report provides a comprehensive overview of the landscape of the COVID-19 pandemic governance in eight Gulf and neighbouring countries: Bahrain, Iran, Jordan,
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Prominent human rights defenders not among those freed from prison on National Day
On 16 December 2021, Bahrain's National Day, the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) calls for the immediate and unconditional release of all human rights defenders and
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Campaign to free prisoners launched ten years after Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry
Ahead of Bahrain's Independence Day on 16 December 2021, the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) and over a dozen human rights groups are working together on a
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Take action for Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja, on hunger strike in prison
Update: Bahrain: On 18 November 2021, human rights defender Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja called his family to say his blood sugar level had dropped to a dangerously low level
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Who will be Left to Defend Human Rights? Persecution of Online Expression in the Gulf and Neighbouring Countries
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Human Right Defenders (HRDs) in the Gulf region and neighbouring countries face an increasingly hostile environment for exercising freedom of
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Surveillance of Bahraini human rights defenders, journalists and activists spurs urgent need for action
Following news of surveillance of nine Bahraini human rights defenders, activists, a blogger and a photojournalist, the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) renews calls
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