GCHR welcomes the release of human rights defenders Hani Al-Zitani and Hussein Gharir and calls for the immediate release of Mazen Darwish
Update: On July 22, 2015, a verdict hearing in their trial, which had already been rescheduled 25 times since February 2013, was once again postponed and set for August
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UN side event highlights need for protection in the face of ongoing attacks on human rights defenders and journalists
On 25 June 2015, the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) organised a side event in Geneva at the 29th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council on the situation
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Motion for a resolution on Syria and the case of Mazen Darwish, Hani Al-Zitani and Hussein Gharir brought before the European Parliament
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) welcomes the European Parliament motion for a resolution on the situation in Syria and the case of Mazen Darwish, Hani
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Authorities carry out enforced disappearance of Mazen Darwish, Hani Al-Zitani and Hussein Gharir
Reports received by the Gulf Center for Human Rights (GCHR) confirm that Syrian security authorities transferred prominent human rights defenders Mazen Darwish, Hani
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Human rights organizations mark birthday of Razan Zaitouneh with renewed call for release of ‘Duma Four’
(Geneva, 28 April 2015) - To mark the 38th birthday (on April 29) of missing human rights defender and lawyer Razan Zaitouneh, head of the Violations Documentation
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Journalist and activist Asaad Hanna viciously attacked
On 20 April 2015, journalist and activist Asaad Hanna, who lives in exile in the outskirts of Istanbul, was attacked by an unknown person, who broke into his home during
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Detained human rights defender Mazen Darwish wins UNESCO/Cano World Press Freedom Prize
Detained Syrian journalist and human rights defender Mazen Darwish has won the 2015 UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize. The Gulf Centre for Human Rights
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Date set for verdict in case of SCM members
On 25 March 2015 a verdict is set to be delivered in the case of Mazen Darwish, Hani Al-Zitani and Hussein Gharir members of the Syrian Centre for Media
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Free Human Rights Defenders Held 3 Years / Detained Arbitrarily, and Tortured
(Geneva, February 16, 2015) – The Syrian government should immediately free the prominent Syrian human rights defenders Mazen Darwish, Hani Al-Zitani and Hussein
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