UAE

Free Syrian human rights defender Abdulrahman Al-Nahhas, wrongfully imprisoned in Abu Dhabi 

  • UAE
  • Syria
  • UAE
  • 24/01/2024

The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) received disturbing reports that Syrian human rights defender Abdulrahman Al-Nahhas, who is imprisoned in the United Arab

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84 people on trial in new case that could lead to life imprisonment or the death penalty

  • UAE
  • UAE
  • 12/12/2023

Update: During the trial hearings in this case, which happen every Thursday, authorities reportedly placed the families in a separate room to observe the proceedings on

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Watch the Alternative Human Rights Expo II video

  • UAE
  • MENA
  • UAE
  • 20/11/2023

The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) and 35 partners presented the Alternative Human Rights Expo II, an online event on 15 November 2023. The event was hosted by

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Join the Alternative Human Rights Expo II on 15 November 2023

  • UAE
  • MENA
  • UAE
  • 14/11/2023

Update: Check out the press release on the event here! Watch the video here! The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) and 35 partners will hold the Alternative Human

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Spyware on trial: Justice for Saudi Activist Loujain Al-Hathloul

  • UAE
  • Saudi Arabia
  • UAE
  • 30/09/2023

On 26 September 2023, Access Now and the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) jointly submitted an amicus brief calling on the Oregon U.S. District Court to hold the

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Letter to COP28 Participating Governments re: UAE Human Rights and Climate Concerns

  • UAE
  • UAE
  • 13/09/2023

13 September 2023 To the Participating Governments at the COP28 Climate Conference, We write as a global network of organizations with grave human rights concerns

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Joint Appeal: Release all those unjustly imprisoned before COP28

  • UAE
  • UAE
  • 15/08/2023

The following is a joint appeal issued by 23 NGOs in August 2023 to the UAE authorities. UPDATE: There are now over 60 prisoners of conscience being held past the end

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Intelligence cooperation leads to extradition of Dr. Khalaf Al-Romaithi from Jordan to UAE in violation of local and international laws

  • UAE
  • Jordan
  • UAE
  • 17/05/2023

Reliable sources confirmed to the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) that close cooperation between the Jordanian Intelligence Service and the United Arab Emirates

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Dr. Khalaf Al-Romaithi, a member of the UAE94, has been subjected to enforced disappearance

  • UAE
  • Jordan
  • UAE
  • 15/05/2023

The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) announces its deep concern about the fate of Dr. Khalaf Abdulrahman Al-Romaithi, a member of the UAE94 group and

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