40 Organisations urge the UN Human Rights Council to hold Saudi Arabia accountable
WORLD |– As the Special Rapporteur Agnes Callamard presents today to the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council (HRC) her findings into the extrajudicial
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Special rapporteur calls for UN inquiry into murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) welcomes the report released on 19 June 2019 by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary and arbitrary
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Joint follow up report on Saudi Arabia to the UN Committee against Torture
Download This joint report addresses the recommendation mentioned in para. 20 of the Committee’s concluding observations (CAT/C/SAU/CO/2) on reprisals against
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Torture of human rights defenders addressed by UN Committee Against Torture
In a joint submission to the United Nations Committee Against Torture (CAT), ALQST for Human Rights, the Gulf Centre for Human Rights
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Stand up for human rights in Saudi Arabia: States should adopt a resolution at the UN Human Rights Council to address ongoing human rights violations
Download Your Excellency, We remain highly concerned about the human rights situation in Saudi Arabia, in particular the recent mass executions of 37 men on 23
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Migrant workers have no unions to protect their civil and human rights, leaving them at risk of abuse
According to news reports, 26-year-old Lovely Acosta Baruelo, a Filipina maid who had been working for a wealthy Saudi family in Riyadh for several months, was tied to a
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Human rights defender Mohammed Al-Otaibi ill-treated in prison
According to information just received by the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR), human rights defender Mohammed Abdullah Al-Otaibi who is serving a 14-year
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Women human rights defenders temporarily freed, while others remain in prison
Update: Recent reports confirmed that at least four WHRDs including Hatoon Al-Fassi, Amal Al-Harbi, Maysaa al-Manea, and Abeer Namankani were temporarily released, while
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Mass executions of protesters raises alarm that international human rights standards continue to be violated
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) deplores the mass execution by the Saudi authorities of 37 citizens, who have been put to death mostly for participating in
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