Syria

Woman human rights defender Hiba Al-Hajii threatened with death for social media posts about disappeared women

  • Syria
  • Syria
  • 19/05/2025

The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) is extremely concerned about threats against Syrian woman human rights defender Hiba Ezzideen Al-Hajii and her family, following

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Hiba Ezzideen Al-Hajji

  • Syria
  • Syria
  • 16/05/2025

Hiba Ezzideen Al-Hajji is a Syrian women's rights defender and the Executive Director of the Equity & Empowerment organisation. In July 2023, Al-Hajji and her team

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Attacks on civilians and media must be investigated to prevent further violence

  • Syria
  • Syria
  • 10/04/2025

In December 2024, the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) was among the many human rights NGOs who welcomed the end of the dictatorial era in Syria and all

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Human Rights in the Middle East Region: 2024 Annual Report of the Gulf Centre for Human Rights

  • Syria
  • Bahrain
  • Iran
  • Iraq
  • Jordan
  • Kuwait
  • Lebanon
  • MENA
  • Oman
  • Qatar
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Syria
  • UAE
  • Yemen
  • 24/03/2025

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The main objective of the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) is to foster a vibrant and safe civic space in which human rights defenders (HRDs)

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Abdulrahman Al-Nahhas

  • Syria
  • Syria
  • UAE
  • 27/02/2025

Abdulrahman Al-Nahhas is a Syrian human rights defender currently imprisoned in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for his work in the field of human rights activism.

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GCHR salutes the Syrian people on the dawn of freedom

  • Syria
  • Syria
  • 8/12/2024

The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) congratulates all citizens in Syria on the emerging of the dawn of freedom today after years of heavy and difficult human rights

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GCHR marks sorrowful International Day to End Impunity after year of unprecedented killing of journalists in the Middle East

  • Syria
  • Iraq
  • Lebanon
  • MENA
  • Syria
  • 1/11/2024

The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) marks the most sorrowful International Day to End Impunity after a year of unprecedented killing of journalists in Gaza and

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Two journalists released after arbitrary detention amid ongoing crackdown

  • Syria
  • Syria
  • 21/10/2024

The targeting campaign against independent journalists in the northern countryside of Aleppo continues, and restrictions on public freedoms, including freedom of

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Hani Zetani

  • Syria
  • Syria
  • 29/04/2024

Hani Zetani is a Syrian human right defender and member of the Syrian Center for Media and Freedom of Expression who was arrested on 16 February 2012 during a raid by

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