End Impunity, Protect Journalists
A Report published by the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) to mark the International Day to End Impunity in 2025, marked each year with partners on 02
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GCHR’s Activities during the 60th session of UN Human Rights Council
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) carried out advocacy on behalf of human rights defenders (HRDs) at the 60th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council
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Abdullah Al-Derazi
Abdullah Al-Derazi was executed in Saudi Arabia on 20 October 2025 for crimes he was alleged to have committed as a minor, in violation of international law. He was
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Sentences reduced of Egyptian Nubian detainees after 5 years unjustly imprisoned
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) welcomes the reports that confirm the reduced sentences in the case of the 10 Egyptian Nubian citizens arrested in Saudi Arabia
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Abdulrahman Al-Khalidi faces another 6-month extension of detention by authorities in Bulgaria
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) continues to urge the Bulgarian authorities to enforce the multiple court orders to release Saudi human rights defender
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Prominent religious scholars and clerics detained pending endless trials since 2017
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) is following with concern the continuous detention and perpetual legal delays in the cases of many prominent scholars, clerics
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Ghorm Al-Bishi
Ghorm Al-Bishi is a Saudi religious scholar who was arrested on 10 September 2017 as part of the mass crackdown on academics, clerics and activists. During his
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Dr. Ibrahim Al-Harthy
Dr. Ibrahim Al-Harthi is a Saudi teacher and speaker from Jeddah, who was arrested on 11 September 2017 in a raid on his home by armed security personnel. He was tried
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Dr. Adel Bana’ema
Dr. Adel Bana’ema is a Saudi academic, poet, writer and faculty member of the Arabic Language College at Umm Al-Qura University, who was arbitrarily arrested from his
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