MENA

Join the Alternative Human Rights Expo!

  • MENA
  • MENA
  • UAE
  • 1/10/2021

The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR), The International Service for Human Rights (ISHR), International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), International Organisation

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GCHR highlights use of torture to suppress dissidents, supports resolutions on Syria and migrants during UNHRC 47th Session

  • MENA
  • MENA
  • Syria
  • 30/07/2021

At the 47th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) held between 21 June to 14 July 2021, the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) and partners

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Gulf Centre for Human Rights files complaint in France against NSO Group over use of Pegasus spyware

  • MENA
  • MENA
  • Saudi Arabia
  • UAE
  • 29/07/2021

The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) filed a complaint in France on 28 July 2021 against the Israeli software company NSO Group, which is responsible for harm caused

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MENA Surveillance Coalition demands an end to the sale of surveillance technology to the region’s autocratic governments

  • MENA
  • Bahrain
  • MENA
  • Saudi Arabia
  • UAE
  • 26/07/2021

We, the undersigned human rights organizations, call for an immediate halt to the use, sale and transfer of surveillance technology to autocratic oppressive governments

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New Middle East and North Africa Coalition to Combat Digital Surveillance

  • MENA
  • MENA
  • 8/06/2021

From Morocco to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), governments in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region are using digital surveillance tools to identify, surveil,

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Immediate, effective and concrete measures to end Israeli oppression of Palestinians

  • MENA
  • MENA
  • 26/05/2021

DECLARATION:Five immediate, effective, and concrete measures to put an end to the Israeli oppression of the Palestinian people While the international community

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Rights groups appeal to winners of the Sheikh Zayed Book Award

  • MENA
  • MENA
  • UAE
  • 11/05/2021

On 10 May 2021, the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) joined over two dozen NGOs, to call on winners of the Sheikh Zayed Book Awards to decline the awards and withdraw

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GCHR highlights freedom of expression online, torture in Bahrain and Annual Report during UN HRC side events

  • MENA
  • Bahrain
  • MENA
  • 2/04/2021

During the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC)’s 46th session in March, the Gulf Centre and partners held several online side events discussing

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Surveillance trends within the MENA region: Kuwait, Bahrain, Oman and Jordan

  • MENA
  • Bahrain
  • Jordan
  • Kuwait
  • MENA
  • Oman
  • 1/04/2021

Download Surveillance trends within the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region are very diverse as not all countries are equally equipped to employ the

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