GCHR welcomes launch of DatNav, a new guide to help navigate and integrate digital data in human rights research
From online videos of rights violations, to satellite images of environmental degradation, to eyewitness accounts disseminated on social media, we have access to more
Read ReportLiberty at Risk: Reprisals Against Human Rights Defenders in the Gulf Region and Neighbouring Countries
Download Introduction This report by the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) aims to set out the cases of human rights defenders in the Gulf region and
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Human rights defenders face reprisals across the Gulf region and neighbouring countries, says new GCHR report
A new report by the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) released today aims to set out the cases of human rights defenders in the Gulf region and neighbouring countries
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GCHR marks International Day in Support of Victims of Torture
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) calls on the United Nations and the international community to implement mechanisms of accountability for torture crimes on the
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In order to establish an independent mechanism to protect freedom of opinion and expression and the media in the Arab region
The Arab Group of IFEX, the international network for the defense of freedom of expression, established a working group in Tunis on the 1st and 2nd of June, 2016 to
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Media freedom mechanisms in the Arab region require consultation and independence
The undersigned Arab group members of IFEX have studied the document issued by the consultative meeting held in November 2015 in Rabat, Morocco, on the regional
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Open letter to President Obama to help free jailed human rights defenders in the Gulf prior to the GCC Summit
The following is an open letter signed by 11 international NGOs addressed to US President Barack Obama to help free jailed human rights defenders in the Gulf prior 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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Gulf Centre for Human Rights calls for freedom for women human rights defenders on International Women’s Day
On 08 March 2016, International Women’s Day, the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) calls on governments and all those responsible for violations against women
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