Saudi Arabia

Walid Abu Al-Khair and Khalid Al-Omair remain on hunger strike

  • Saudi Arabia
  • Saudi Arabia
  • 17/01/2020

The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) has received reports that human rights lawyer Walid Abu Al-Khair and human rights defender Khaled Al-Omair remain on hunger

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Human rights lawyer Walid Abu Al-Khair transferred to the hospital after being on hunger strike for a month

  • Saudi Arabia
  • Saudi Arabia
  • 10/01/2020

The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) has received reports that human rights lawyer Walid Abu Al-Khair was transferred from prison to the hospital after his health

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Dakar Rally community must #StandWithSaudiHeroes

  • Saudi Arabia
  • Saudi Arabia
  • 7/01/2020

The Dakar Rally (formerly known as the Paris-Dakar Rally) is an annual off-road endurance rally organized by the French company Amaury Sport Organisation (A.S.O). In

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Masterminds of murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi should be brought to justice

  • Saudi Arabia
  • Saudi Arabia
  • 24/12/2019

The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) calls on the United Nations in addition to governments with influence in Saudi Arabia, such as the United States and the United

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In an age of cosmetic reform, a new wave of arrests of journalists

  • Saudi Arabia
  • Saudi Arabia
  • 4/12/2019

The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) is alarmed at reports of the arrest of ten Saudi activists in the span of only six days. Between 16 and 21 November 2019,

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Identify, Expose and Hold Accountable those responsible for past crimes to prevent future crimes and protect journalists in the region

  • Saudi Arabia
  • Bahrain
  • Egypt
  • Iraq
  • Lebanon
  • MENA
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Syria
  • Yemen
  • 2/11/2019

Download A report by the Gulf Centre for Human Rights to mark the International Day to End Impunity on 02 November 2019 I. Introduction “They didn’t die

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On the 10th anniversary of the establishment of ACPRA, NGOs jointly call on Saudi authorities to release all detained members

  • Saudi Arabia
  • Saudi Arabia
  • 12/10/2019

On October 12, 2019, which marks the 10th anniversary of the founding of the Saudi Association for Civil and Political Rights (ACPRA), the undersigned organisations call

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Joint statement calling on Saudi Arabia to improve its human rights record during the UN Human Rights Council

  • Saudi Arabia
  • Saudi Arabia
  • 24/09/2019

The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) and the Free Saudi WHRDs Coalition* praise the significant joint statement which was delivered  by Australia

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Take action for Saudi women’s rights defenders who remain in prison and on trial

  • Saudi Arabia
  • Saudi Arabia
  • 18/07/2019

Update: On 27 June 2019, Samar Badawi and Nassima Al-Sadah went to court in Riyadh and were charged under the cyber-crimes law. Afterwards, they were returned to

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