Nabeel Rajab sentenced in free expression case, belying promises of reform
Prominent human rights defender Nabeel Rajab was sentenced to six months in jail on 20 January in his latest twitter case, which serves as yet another example of the
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Drop Twitter Charges Against Rights Advocate | European Allies Should Speak Up About Nabeel Rajab Case
(Beirut, January 16, 2015) – Bahrain’s allies including the United Kingdom, Germany, France and other European countries should publicly call on Manama to drop
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Ministry of Interior deliberately targets journalists during peaceful protests
Information received by the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) suggests that the Ministry of Interior in Bahrain is systematically targeting journalists as they cover
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Human rights defender Mohammed Al-Maskati sentenced to 6 months in prison
On 31 December 2014, the Lower Criminal Court in Bahrain sentenced human rights defender Mohammed Al-Maskati, a digital security expert at Front Line Defenders, to six
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Letter to Human Rights Defenders from Abdulhadi Alkhawaja
As human rights defenders you are like sailors and as sailors you are fighting the waves and watching the wind. If the waves are the oppressive regimes you are fighting
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Zainab Al-Khawaja sentenced to years in prison
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) condemns the sentencing of human rights defender Zainab Al-Khawaja to over four years in prison this month. On 4 December 2014,
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Update in relation to human rights defenders Zainab Al-Khawaja and Maryam Al-Khawaja, daughters of imprisoned Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) expresses serious and on-going concern at the treatment and judicial harassment of human rights defenders Zainab Al-Khawaja and
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Statement by Maryam Al-Khawaja on the Decision to Boycott Bahrain Court
As a human rights defender, I, Maryam Al-Khawaja, Director of Advocacy at the Gulf Center for Human Rights, have decided to boycott my court hearing on the 1st of
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Women’s rights defender Ghada Jamsheer released and immediately re-arrested
The Bahrain Centre for Human Rights (BCHR) and the Gulf Center for Human Rights (GCHR) express serious concern over the re-arrest of women’s rights defender
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