GCHR condemns continued crackdown on WHRDs as anniversary of Mahsa Amini’s death approaches
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) strongly condemns the recent detention of at least 22 activists, the majority of them women, in Iran. The detentions come in the
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On World Press Freedom Day, GCHR called for better protection for journalists and freedom of expression in the MENA region
On World Press Freedom Day, celebrated every year on 03 May, the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) called on the authorities in the Middle East and North Africa
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GCHR launches 2022 Annual Report, dedicated to imprisoned human rights defenders
On 30 March 2023, the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) launched its Annual Report. The report notes that, “Similarly to previous years, arbitrary arrest and
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Human Rights in the Gulf Region and Neighbouring Countries: 2022 Annual Report of the Gulf Centre for Human Rights
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 (HRDs)
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Prison sentences handed down to some of the 38 women journalists arrested since protests began in September 2022
Update: Journalists Niloofar Hamedi and Elahe Mohammadi were sentenced to 13 and 12 years in prison in Iran respectively on several charges. Hamedi received seven
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On International Human Rights Day, Ahmed Mansoor & Narges Mohammadi given honorary citizenship of Lyon
On 10 December 2022, International Human Rights Day, imprisoned Emirati human rights defender Ahmed Mansoor was given honorary citizenship of the city of Lyon in France.
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Dozens of women human rights defenders and journalists arrested following protests against Mahsa Amini’s death
Since the death of 22-year-old Mahsa (Zhina) Amini in police custody on 16 September 2022, echoing demonstrations and strikes in Iran have spread around the 31
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The death of Mahsa Amini must be investigated
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) calls for a thorough, independent, impartial, and transparent investigation into the death of 22-year-old woman Mahsa Amini, also
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End repeated sentencing of Narges Mohammadi and other women human rights defenders
Iran must stop repeatedly sentencing and imprisoning women human rights defenders in a revolving prison door that will never let them be free, says the Gulf Centre for
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