Saudi Arabia

Saudi human rights defender Mohammed Al-Qahtani still disappeared after one year

  • Saudi Arabia
  • Saudi Arabia
  • 24/10/2023

The following is a joint letter sent to the Saudi authorities by 11 NGOs to authorities to immediately and unconditionally disclose Mohammed Al-Qahtani’s whereabouts

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Spyware on trial: Justice for Saudi Activist Loujain Al-Hathloul

  • Saudi Arabia
  • Saudi Arabia
  • UAE
  • 30/09/2023

On 26 September 2023, Access Now and the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) jointly submitted an amicus brief calling on the Oregon U.S. District Court to hold the

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Authorities continue to persecute imprisoned human rights defenders and other activists

  • Saudi Arabia
  • Saudi Arabia
  • 20/09/2023

The rise of Mohammed bin Salman to power as Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia in June 2017 initiated a new era of gross violations of the civil and human rights of human

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Internet activist sentenced to death for tweets

  • Saudi Arabia
  • Saudi Arabia
  • 27/08/2023

The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) is shocked that the Saudi authorities have sentenced an Internet activist to death for his comments on social media, in

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Authorities continue to target women activists

  • Saudi Arabia
  • Saudi Arabia
  • 7/08/2023

The Saudi authorities continue to target women activists systematically as part of their ongoing policies, which they have pursued increasingly over the past years.

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The dreams of prominent human rights defender Loujain Al-Hathloul in a children’s book

  • Saudi Arabia
  • Saudi Arabia
  • 31/07/2023

This interview is being published on your birthday. Happy birthday Loujain! Prominent human rights defender, Loujain Al-Hathloul's tireless work in advocating human

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Joint Submission to the UN Universal Periodic Review on Saudi Arabia

  • Saudi Arabia
  • Saudi Arabia
  • 27/07/2023

In this Joint Submission to the UN Universal Periodic Review (UPR), CIVICUS and the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) examine the legal framework related to civic

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On the 3rd anniversary of the arrest of 10 Egyptian Nubian citizens, GCHR calls for their immediate release 

  • Saudi Arabia
  • Saudi Arabia
  • 15/07/2023

On the 3rd anniversary of the arrest of ten Egyptian Nubian citizens in Saudi Arabia, the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) calls for their immediate and

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Imprisoned human rights defenders Dr. Mohammed Al-Qahtani and Issa Al-Nukhaifi brought to court months after sentences ended

  • Saudi Arabia
  • Saudi Arabia
  • 9/05/2023

The Saudi authorities continue to systematically target detained human rights defenders and other activists with all available means, including the use of the

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