Detained activists and prisoners of conscience in poor health and deprived of contact with their families
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) is concerned that activists and prisoners of conscience in Saudi prisons are not being allowed regular contact with their family,
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Concerns heightened about wellbeing of WHRD Loujain Al-Hathloul, who has been incommunicado for six weeks
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) is seriously concerned about the wellbeing of prominent Saudi woman human rights defender and equality
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Writer and journalist Saleh Al-Shehi dies following release from prison
On 19 July 2020, writer and journalist Saleh Al-Shehi died in Saudi Arabia. He spent two and a half years in prison before being released on 19 May 2020, while serving a
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Internet activist Amani Al-Zain arrested after a large Twitter campaign
According to local reports received by the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR), on 17 May 2020 the Presidency of State Security arbitrarily arrested Internet activist
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Reports on Women Human Rights Defenders Advocacy to free Saudi women’s human rights activists detained since May 2018
Download Despite certain political and social reforms made since the turn of the century, the authorities in Saudi Arabia continue their decades-long clampdown on
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The Gulf Centre for Human Rights mourns the death of prominent human rights defender Dr. Abdullah Al-Hamid
With great sadness and sorrow, the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) received the news of the death of prominent Saudi human rights defender Dr. Abdullah Al-Hamid, at
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GCHR calls for human rights defender Dr. Abdullah Al-Hamid, who is in a coma, to be freed
According to local reports received by the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR), prominent human rights defender Dr. Abdullah Al-Hamid, 71 years old, was transferred from
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Five years into the war in Yemen, human rights organisations welcome Germany’s decision to extend its arms embargo on Saudi Arabia and encourage others to follow suit
ALQST, ACAT-France, Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT), Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) and MENA Rights Group have welcomed Germany’s decision to extend its
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Imprisoned human rights defenders end hunger strikes
Reliable reports received by the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) confirmed that human rights defenders Walid Abu Al-Khair and Khaled Al-Omair have ended their hunger
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