Saudi Arabia – Human rights defender Dr. Abdulkarim Al-Khodr detained for four months before fourth session of his trial starts
On April 24, 2013, while human rights defender Dr. Abdulkarim Al-Khodr and his lawyer Abdulaziz Al-Shubaily were trying to enter the courtroom of the Criminal Court in
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Saudi Arabia- Serious concern for safety of human rights defender, Mohammed Saleh Al-Bajadi, who has been held in incommunicado detention since September
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) expresses serious concern for the health and safety of human rights defender Mohammed Saleh Al-Bajadi. He is one of the
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Saudi Arabia- Journalist and human rights defender Iman Al-Qahtani stops tweeting due to the harassment by security forces
Popular journalist, writer and human rights defender Iman Al-Qahtani has been forced to shut down her Twitter account due to harassment by members of the security forces
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Saudi Arabia – The authorities prevented human rights defender Sadek Ramadan and his family from traveling to Qatar
On 29th March 2013, Sadek Ramadan attempted to cross the border from Saudi Arabia to Qatar by car with his family. Ramadan intended to spend the week's vacation there,
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Authorities imprison prominent human rights defenders Dr. Abdullah Al-Hamid and Dr Mohammed Al-Qahtani and dissolve the Association for Civil and Political Rights (ACPRA)
On 9 March 2013 the eleventh hearing of the trial of Dr. Abdullah Al-Hamid and Dr Mohammed Al Qahtani, the co-founders of the Association for Civil and Political Rights
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Human rights defenders face judicial harassment after they become targets of the authorities
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights received information confirming that the Saudi authorities continue to target human rights defenders through imprisonment and judicial
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Saudi Arabia / Sweden- Human Rights Defender Waleed Sami Abu Al-Khair Awarded the 2012 Olof Palme Prize
On 25 January 2013, Samar Badawi received the Olof Palme Prize 2012 on behalf of her husband Waleed Sami Abu Al-Khair, head of the Saudi Arabian Human Rights Monitor
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Saudi Arabia- Denial of family visits to prominent human rights defender, lawyer and former judge, head of (ACPRA) Sheikh Suliaman Al-Rashudi while still in solitary confinement
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights is gravely concerned for the wellbeing of Sheikh Suliaman Al-Rashudi, a prominent human rights defender, lawyer and former judge, head
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Saudi Arabia – The trial of prominent human rights defenders Dr. Mohammad Al-Qahtani and Dr. Abdullah Al-Hamid continues
On 29 December 2012, prominent human rights defenders and founding members of the Association for Civil Rights and Political Rights (ACPRA) Dr Mohammad
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