Authorities continue to hold prisoners of conscience past their sentences and arrest human rights lawyer
Update: United Arab Emirates: Human rights lawyer Asim Ghafoor released after a court overturned his three-year prison sentence and ordered him to pay a fine of 5
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Release prominent human rights lawyer Dr. Mohammed Al-Roken
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) calls today on all international mechanisms, including the UN mechanisms, the EU and countries that have influence in the
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Free members of UAE94 and other prisoners of conscience
On the anniversary of the verdicts in the mass trial of prominent human rights defenders, lawyers, judges, academics and students known as the UAE94, we the undersigned
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Joint Submission on the United Arab Emirates to the 74th Session of the UN Committee Against Torture
This submission to the United Nations Committee Against Torture (CAT) on the United Arab Emirates (UAE) was originally made in advance of the UAE’s expected review in
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UAE must be held accountable at the Committee Against Torture
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) must be held accountable at the United Nations Committee Against Torture (CAT) in July 2022 for the torture and ill-treatment of human
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Alaa Al-Siddiq, freedom fighter
One year ago, the human rights community was shocked to hear of the death of Emirati human rights defender Alaa Al-Siddiq in a tragic car accident, the day after she
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Release prisoners of conscience who have completed their sentences
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) is protesting in the strongest terms the authorities' continued and deliberate failure to release prisoners of conscience and to
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Woman human rights defender Jenan Al-Marzooqi faces continuous threats
The security authorities in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) continue to target woman human rights defender Jenan Al-Marzooqi, the daughter of the well-known Emirati
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Human Rights in the Gulf Region and Neighbouring Countries: 2021 Annual Report of the Gulf Centre for Human Rights
I.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
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