GCHR stands in solidarity with the Arabic Network for Human Rights Information, as it announces its closure
On 10 January 2022, our human rights partner the Arab Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI) announced that it will suspend its operation and activities with
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Three human rights defenders sentenced to prison after unfair trial
On 20 December 2021, the State Security Misdemeanour (Emergency) Court sentenced blogger Alaa Abd El-Fattah to 5 years in prison and human rights lawyer Mohammed
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Ten Egyptian citizens from the Nubian community face trial
Reports received by the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) confirmed that 10 Egyptian citizens who are members of the Nubian community in Riyadh will face a trial on
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Authorities continue to detain ten Egyptian citizens arrested in connection with Nubian symposium in July 2020
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) calls for the release of ten Egyptian citizens in Saudi Arabia who remain in prison without charge since their arrest in July
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Journalist Hassan Al-Banna Mubarak missing after deportation by Jordanian authorities back to Egypt
Update: Jordan: Egyptian journalist Hassan Al-Banna Mubarak was released after 30 hours of detention by the National Security Bureau (Mabahith) at Cairo airport
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Sanaa Seif sentenced to 18 months in prison in Egypt after protesting assault
Human rights activist and film editor Sanaa Seif has been sentenced to 18 months in prison in Egypt for protesting crowded, unsanitary conditions in which prisoners,
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Family of Egyptian human rights defender Mostafa Fouad harassed and threatened with reprisals
The members of the MENA Network for Countering Hate Speech express their serious concern over an ongoing campaign of reprisals and harassments against the family of its
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Courage in Journalism Awards honours Solafa Magdy from Egypt and Yakeen Bido from Syria
The International Women’s Media Foundation (IWMF) honoured two journalists from the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) with the Courage in Journalism
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Egyptian journalist Lina Attalah arrested and released on bail
Lina Attalah (picture on the left), co-founder and chief editor of independent online newspaper MADA Masr, was arrested on 17 May 2020 outside Tora Prison as she was
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