GCHR stands in solidarity with detained human rights defenders of Global Sumud Flotilla
Update: All of the international Global Sumud Flotilla activists were deported by the Israeli authorities to Türkiye on 21 May 2026. Many participants had broken bones
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Rached Tamboura
Rached Tamboura is a Tunisian street artist, calligraphy student and freelance graphic designer from Monastir who was imprisoned for artistic expression criticising
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GCHR thanks Mary Lawlor for her work & welcomes new UN SR on Human Rights Defenders Andrea Bolaños Vargas
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) extends its sincere thanks to Mary Lawlor as she ends her mandate as United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human
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GCHR’s activities during the 61st session of the UN Human Rights Council
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) carried out advocacy on behalf of human rights defenders (HRDs) at the 61st session of the United Nations Human Rights Council
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The Gulf region and neighbouring countries: Ongoing repression by authorities
Introduction The Gulf region and its neighbouring countries are witnessing an unprecedented and systematic campaign of repression. The ongoing war is being used as a
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GCHR’s Annual Report published amid war and deterioration of freedom
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) is releasing its 2025 annual report, “Human Rights in the Middle East Countries”, during one of the starkest periods of war
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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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The Gulf region and neighbouring countries: Authorities exercising more repression and silencing free voices, exploiting current war
Most governments in the Gulf region and neighbouring countries, exploiting the current war, are intensifying their systematic repression to suppress public freedoms,
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On IWD, GCHR Recognises the Role of WHRDs: Defending Rights, Bearing the Burden with a new report
On International Women’s Day, marked annually on 08 March, the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) honours the extraordinary contributions of women worldwide, with
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