New GCHR report says women human rights defenders challenging violence
Women human rights defenders (WHRDs) in Iraqi Kurdistan face the same risks as other human rights defenders worldwide, but as women, they are also subject to
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The Human Rights Council Role in Protecting Human Rights Defenders
Geneva, 18 March 2016 - The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) in co-operation with CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation and FIDH hosted a side event at
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GCHR Grieves over shocking death of friend and supporter, Jacky Sutton
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) is shocked to hear about the sudden death of our honest friend and supporter, Jacky Sutton, country director of the Institute for
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Iraq- The Gulf Centre for Human Rights mourns the death of prominent human rights defender Ammar Al Shahbander
It is with great sadness that the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) received news of the death of prominent human rights defender Ammar Shahbander. He was killed in
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Bodyguards of the National Security Advisor attack a group of journalists
On 18 February 2015, a group of journalists was attacked by the bodyguards of Iraq’s National Security Advisor, Faleh Al-Fayad, who was attending a seminar
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Lawyer and human rights defender Samira Saleh Al-Naimi executed by ISIS in Mosul
With utmost sorrow and grief, the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) received the news of the execution by the so called Islamic State of Iraq and Al-Sham (ISIS)
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Human rights defender Ali Hussain Aboud arrested and held incommunicado
Update: He has been released on 22 July 2014 without charge. On 07 May 2014, human rights defender Ali Hussain Aboud, was arrested by judicial police in the city of
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Condemnation of killing of director of Radio Free Iraq
It is with great sadness and regret that the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) has learned of the killing of journalist and human rights defender, Mohammed Bedaiwi. It
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Iraq- freedom of the press is in danger
Update: On 29 October 2013 the Publishing and Media Court, released journalist Zuhair Al-Al-Fatlawi for "the illegality of his detention and
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