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