Statement by human rights defenders on the sidelines of the regional workshop organised by the OHCHR and Media Center of the UN in Cairo
Below is the statement on the sidelines of the regional workshop “Towards Empowering and Secure Environment for Human Rights Defenders in Arab Region”
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Campaign to end violence against women human rights defenders across the Gulf region and its neighbouring countries
10 December 2014 - Today, International Human Rights Day, the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) pays tribute to the courage of women human rights defenders across the
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On the International Human Rights Day we remember our fellow detained human rights defenders
On International Human Rights Day – which falls today, on the 10th of December – the Gulf Center for Human Rights (GCHR) expresses full solidarity and
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Anti-terror laws threaten human rights defenders in Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and the UAE
On 14 November 2014, six leading human rights NGOs held a discussion in Washington, DC on human rights violations by Gulf countries that are partners of the United
Read ReportOHCHR, the Human Rights Council and the Gulf Countries: An Analysis of actions undertaken since 2011
Download This study, carried out in April 2014, is an analysis of the actions taken by UN mechanisms since 2011 in relation to six of the Gulf countries namely
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An empty vessel without substantial changes to the draft statute
The undersigned national and global human rights organizations today called upon the League of Arab State’s (LAS) member States to substantially revise the draft
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Reprisals against human rights defenders must end and stronger action should be taken to protect them
Human rights defenders undertake legitimate and peaceful human rights work under continuous threats to their safety and security and often that of their families.
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Co-director of the Gulf Centre for Human Rights detained and denied entry into Jordan
On 30 March 2014, human rights defender and co-director of the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) Khalid Ibrahim was detained at Amman in Jordan and not
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Torture in Oman, Repression in Saudi Arabia and UAE / Side Event at the United Nations Human Rights Council
On 14 March 2014, the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR), the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies(CIHRS ) and CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation,
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