“Rising for Freedom” magazine banned and journalists sentenced to prison, as VDC offices attacked by mob
“Rising for Freedom” (Talaana Aaharih) magazine has been banned in Douma, Syria and two of its journalists sentenced to prison over an article published earlier this
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Rights groups condemn extrajudicial execution of human rights defender and software engineer Bassel Khartabil
The family of Bassel Khartabil, a Syrian-Palestinian software engineer and free speech activist, confirmed that he had been subjected to an extrajudicial execution in
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More than 5 years on the detention of Bassel Khartabil
Over five years since he was detained, the whereabouts of human rights defender and software engineer, Bassel Khartabil, remain unknown. Bassel Khartabil is a computer
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Razan Zaitouneh spends another birthday in captivity with her colleagues
On 29 April 2017, on the occasion of Syrian human rights defender Razan Zaitouneh’s birthday, the Gulf Centre for Human Rights reiterates calls for her immediate
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Abducted Activists’ Whereabouts Remain Unknown / 3 Years on, No Word on Douma 4
The prominent Syrian human rights defenders Razan Zaitouneh, Samira Al-Khalil, Wa’el Hamada and Nazim Hammadi, who remain missing three years after armed men
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Free Human Rights Lawyer Khalil Ma’touq Held for 4 Years
Renewed calls for Khalil Ma’touq’s release on 4th anniversary of detention (Geneva, New York, October 04, 2016) – Syria should immediately release the Human Rights
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Risking Their Lives: Ongoing Attacks Against Journalists in Bahrain, Iraq, Syria and Yemen
Download Introduction Through this report the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) aims to highlight cases of ongoing killings, attacks and threats against
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“Their freedom is their right” campaign names Bassel Khartabil prisoner of the month in August 2016
Cairo/Beirut - “Their freedom is their right” (“#حريتهم_حقهم”) is a campaign for defending the rights of prisoners of conscience launched by Maharat
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Office of Violations Documentation Center (VDC) in Damascus Al-Ghouta attacked
The Violations Documentation Centre in Syria (VDC) reported that a Syrian government jet fighter attacked the office of VDC in Douma city which is located in Al-Ghouta,
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