Online activists at risk of hacking, imprisonment and death
Areej Al-Sadhan, the sister of Abdulrahman Al-Sadhan, a Red Cross worker who was sentenced to 20 years in prison in Saudi Arabia for having an anonymous satirical
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Civil society organizations urge UN member states to take Council action on Saudi Arabia in view of continued serious human rights abuses
We, the undersigned civil society organizations, urge states to support joint action at the ongoing UN Human Rights Council session to hold Saudi Arabia to its
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Free social media activist Dr. Lina Al-Sharif
The undersigned human rights organisations call on the Saudi authorities to immediately and unconditionally release Dr.Lina Al-Sharif, who has been arbitrarily detained
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Prominent human rights defender Dr. Mohammad Al-Qahtani attacked in prison
Dr. Mohammed Al-Qahtani was assaulted by a prisoner in Al-Ha’ir Reformatory Prison in Riyadh. This attack comes as part of a series of continuous targeting of
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GCHR calls for human rights lawyer Waleed Abu Al-Khair to be released after eight years in prison
On the eighth anniversary of the imprisonment of human rights lawyer Waleed Abu Al-Khair in Saudi Arabia, the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) calls for his
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Trial of ten Nubian Egyptians postponed until June
The Specialised Criminal Court (SCC) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia decided to postpone the trial of ten Egyptian Nubian citizens until June 2022. The charges directed against
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Human Rights in the Gulf Region and Neighbouring Countries: 2021 Annual Report of the Gulf Centre for Human Rights
I.EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The main objective of the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) is to foster a vibrant and safe civic space in which human rights defenders
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GCHR condemns the politicised executions of 81 citizens
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) condemns in the strongest term the recent executions of 81 men which took place in Saudi Arabia on 12 March 2022. The executions
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Join the campaign to free Internet activist Abdulrahman Al-Sadhan
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) calls on the Saudi authorities to reveal the whereabouts and conditions in which Internet activist and aid
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