Fears for Life of Free Expression Advocate Bassel Khartabil, in Undisclosed Location, May Face Death Sentence
(November 20, 2015) - Bassel Khartabil, a defender of freedom expression being held in conditions amounting to enforced disappearance may be facing a death sentence, 36
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No Word on Activist’s Whereabouts, Bassel Khartabil Transferred to Undisclosed Location on October 3
(November 4, 2015) – Syria’s authorities have yet to disclose the whereabouts of Bassel Khartabil, a software developer and defender of freedom of information, one
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Disclose Whereabouts of Detained Freedom of Expression Advocate, Release Bassel Khartabil Held Unfairly since 2012
(October 7, 2015) – Syria’s authorities should immediately reveal the whereabouts of Bassel Khartabil, a software developer and defender of freedom of expression, 31
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Joint Statement Urging Release of Human Rights Lawyer Khalil Ma’touq
On the third anniversary of the enforced disappearance of Syrian human rights lawyer Khalil Ma’touq and his assistant and friend Mohamed Zaza, the undersigned
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Cartoonist Akram Raslan confirmed dead under torture
It is with great sorrow that the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) has received news of the killing of Syrian human rights defender and cartoonist Akram Raslan.
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DETAINEES IN SYRIA / A letter that has been sent to members of the UN Security Council
Update: The Anti-terrorism Court in Damascus, headed by Judge Reda Musa, has ruled on 31 August 2015, to include case number 39/2015 of the Syrian Centre for Media and
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Syrian authorities must drop charges against three human rights defenders and release all prisoners of conscience
Sixteen international organisations have joined the Syrian Centre for Media and Freedom of Expression (SCM) in welcoming the release of its president Mazen Darwish and
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Human Rights Activist Yara Badr honoured for her work
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) congratulates Yara Bader, journalist, human rights defender and wife of recently released Mazen Darwish, who was awarded the
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GCHR welcomes release of human rights defender Mazen Darwish
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) welcomes the news that, after almost three and a half years in Syrian prisons, journalist and human rights defender Mazen Darwish
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