MENA Surveillance Coalition demands an end to the sale of surveillance technology to the region’s autocratic governments
We, the undersigned human rights organizations, call for an immediate halt to the use, sale and transfer of surveillance technology to autocratic oppressive governments
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Two prominent women human rights defenders released
Two prominent Saudi women human rights defenders, Nassima Al-Sadah and Samar Badawi, were released from prison today, according to the Gulf Centre for Human Rights
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Authorities continue to detain ten Egyptian citizens arrested in connection with Nubian symposium in July 2020
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) calls for the release of ten Egyptian citizens in Saudi Arabia who remain in prison without charge since their arrest in July
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Authorities systematically campaign against literary, media and academic intellectuals
The Saudi authorities continue to systematically campaign against prominent community figures who believe in reform and the values of human rights, including a
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Authorities continue systematic crackdown on human rights defenders and activists at home and abroad
Numerous Saudi Arabian activists in the country and abroad have faced persecution for their human rights activities, in violation of their right to freedom of
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GCHR files complaint with French Prosecutor’s Office against General Al-Asiri for murder of Jamal Khashoggi
Ahead of World Press Freedom Day, on behalf of the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR), French human rights lawyer William Bourdon lodged an official
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Ill-treatment of detained human rights defenders continues in Al-Ha’ir Prison
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) is very concerned that human rights defenders are not being provided proper medical treatment in prison for illness including
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Human rights defender Mohammad Abdullah Al-Otaibi sentenced to additional three years in prison
In March 2021, a Saudi appeals court increased the sentence handed down to imprisoned human rights defender Mohammad Abdullah Al-Otaibi in December 2020 by three years.
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Prominent human rights defender Dr. Mohammed Al-Qahtani has contracted Covid-19 in prison
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) is alarmed at reports that indicated Covid-19 is spreading in Saudi prisons, and that prominent human rights defender
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