GCHR commits to open and free internet
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) launches an alternative option to access its website where it is blocked. As societies are growing more dependent on access to
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Authorities execute two torture survivors
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) condemns in the strongest terms the execution of two torture survivors who were imprisoned in Bahrain. They have been executed
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Digital security expert Mohammed Al-Maskati honoured as Access Now Human Rights Hero at RightsCon
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) offers congratulations to Bahraini activist and digital security consultant Mohammed Al-Maskati as one of five recipients of
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Targeting of human rights defenders and online activists accelerates
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) is concerned at ongoing efforts of the Bahraini authorities to persecute human rights defenders and silence online activists
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Formula One Group should support the safeguarding of human rights in Bahrain
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) is among 25 NGOs which signed an open letter to the Formula One Group on 26 March 2019 calling for concrete measures to safeguard
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Joint gathering held in front of Irish Parliament in solidarity with detained human rights defenders
On 24 January 2019, the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) in co-operation with human rights partners, Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB),
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Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja, Nabeel Rajab and other prisoners of conscience banned from physical contact with their families
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) calls for an end to the persecution of prisoners of conscience in Bahrain, including its founding directors Abdulhadi
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On New Year’s Eve, sentences upheld for Nabeel Rajab and Ahmed Mansoor in court of last resort
Prominent human rights defenders Ahmed Mansoor and Nabeel Rajab remain in prison after both of their appeals were rejected by a court of last resort
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Detained human rights defender Naji Fateel on hunger strike following reports of torture
On 12 November 2018, authorities at Jaw prison in Bahrain put imprisoned human rights defender Naji Fateel in solitary confinement immediately after he leaked an audio
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