Imprisoned human rights defender Sulaiman Bin Jassim on hunger strike
According to reports received by the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR), human rights defender Sulaiman Bin Jassim is on hunger strike in the Central Prison in Kuwait
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Government plans law to regulate publishing on Twitter
According to reports published in local newspapers early in January 2018, the government of Kuwait has begun drafting a new law governing publishing on social networking
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Human rights defender Abdulhakim Al-Fadhli chosen as Human Rights and Freedom of Speech Defender for December 2017
(Beirut/Cairo, 07 December 2017) The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI), Maharat Foundation, and the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR), in cooperation
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Court of Appeal imprisons 67 citizens, including human rights defender Sulaiman Bin Jassim
On 27 November 2017, the Court of Appeal in Kuwait sentenced 67 people to prison for allegedly storming Parliament in 2011, including prominent opposition leader
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Defending the Civil & Human Rights of the Bedoon Community in Kuwait at the UNHRC
On 21 September 2017, the Gulf Centre for Human Rights together with its human rights partners NGOs, organised a side event during the 36th session of the UNHRC
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Human rights defender Abdulhakim Al-Fadhli released
At 8:30pm on 01 August 2017, human rights defender Abdulhakim Al-Fadhli was released from the Central Prison in Kuwait on bail of 500 Kuwait Dinars (approx. USD$1650)
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Discrimination of Bedoon Community
An alternative report submitted by GCHR to the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial
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Prominent Bedoon human rights defender Abdulhakim Al-Fadhli must be released
Prominent human rights defender Abdulhakim Al-Fadhli is still being held at the Central Prison in Kuwait and risks facing deportation from the country, according to
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Human rights defender Hadeel Buqrais and participants in “Walking for Her” campaign threatened
In Kuwait, human rights defender Hadeel Buqrais, as well as other participants in the "Walking for Her" campaign, were threatened by telephone, e-mail and social media
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