New wave of arrests targeting human rights community must stop!
On 09 April 2019, the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) received a list of at least 13 names of human rights defenders, including women’s rights activists, who
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Women human rights defenders remain in prison awaiting verdict
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) calls for the release of all women’s rights defenders in Saudi Arabia, some of whom are currently on trial before the
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Solidarity event at British Parliament calls for women’s rights activists to be freed
On 26 March 2019, ALQST and the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) organised a public event in the United Kingdom’s Parliament focusing on the Saudi women human
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Ill-treatment of prominent human rights defender Dr. Mohammed Al-Qahtani continues in prison
Prominent human rights defender Dr. Mohammed Al-Qahtani continues to be ill-treated in Al-Ha’ir criminal prison in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia, where he is
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Women human rights defenders taken to court on charges which violate their right to freedom of expression
On 13 March 2019, nine women human rights defenders were brought for the first hearing of their trial in Riyadh. They were among 11 women defendants. The court was
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Feminist coalition calls for Saudi women’s rights activists to be freed after 300 days of imprisonment and gruesome torture at Commission on the Status of Women
A feminist coalition called for women’s rights activists imprisoned for over 300 days in Saudi Arabia to be freed, during a parallel event at the 63rd United
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Women Human Rights Defender Loujain Al-Hathloul trial due tomorrow
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) has received reports confirming that Women Human Rights Defender (WHRD) Loujain Al-Hathloul will face her first hearing tomorrow,
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Hala Al-Dosari selected as Washington Post’s first Jamal Khashoggi Fellow
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) congratulates its Advisory Board member Dr. Hala Al-Dosari, a Saudi academic and researcher, on being selected as the first
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Human Rights Council Side Event calls for accountability for rights abuses including torture and incommunicado detention of women’s rights defenders
At a well-attended United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) side event entitled “Saudi Arabia – Time for Accountability”, panelists including two UN
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