GCHR congratulates Dr. Hala Al-Dosari for winning Human Rights Watch Award
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) congratulates its Advisory Board member Dr. Hala Al-Dosari, a prominent women’s rights defender from Saudi Arabia, who has
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Authorities continue systematic targeting of human rights defenders
The authorities in Saudi Arabia continue to target human rights defenders despite various announcements related to opening up civic space in the country. Human rights
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Prominent human rights defender Sulaiman Al-Rashudi released
On 12 December 2017, prominent human rights defender Sheikh Sulaiman Al-Rashudi, a lawyer and former judge who is President of Civil and Political Rights Association in
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Internet activist Naimah Al-Matrod sentenced to six years in prison
On 10 November 2017, the Specialised Criminal Court (SCC) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia sentenced Internet activist Naimah Al-Matrod to six years in jail followed by six years
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Wave of arrests continue as authorities crack down on human rights defenders and freedom of expression
The human rights situation in Saudi Arabia has markedly deteriorated and there has been a renewed crackdown against human rights defenders, since the accession of
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Human rights defenders arrested amid wave of arrests, as ban on women driving lifted
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) has received alarming reports about a wave of arrests of writers, academics, on-line activists, and clerics in Saudi Arabia this
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Two human rights defenders arrested after being sentenced to prison
Saudi authorities have arrested human rights defenders Issa Al-Hamid and Abdulaziz Al-Shubaili, both members of the Civil and Political Rights Association in Saudi
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Human rights defenders brought to trial for protesting violations
In August, human rights defenders Issa Al-Nukhaifi and Essam Koshak were brought to court over their human rights activities, where they learned of charges
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Appeals Court upholds 8-year prison sentence against human rights defender Abdulaziz Al-Shubaili
On 14 August 2017, human rights defender Abdulaziz Al-Shubaili, a member of the Civil and Political Rights Association in Saudi Arabia (ACPRA), received news that the
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