Rights groups pay tribute to Emirati rights defenders and call for them to be freed during Dubai Expo
At the Alternative Human Rights Expo, held online on 14 October 2021, over 25 human rights groups paid tribute to human rights defenders from the United Arab
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Shutting minds and silencing the future: what the Dubai Expo really covers up
(Geneva/Beirut) — From 1 October 2021 to March 2022, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) will host the Dubai Expo, the first World Expo to be held in the Arab
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Join the Alternative Human Rights Expo!
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR), The International Service for Human Rights (ISHR), International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), International Organisation
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Appeal for UAE to release detained human rights activists ahead of Dubai Expo
Your highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al Nahyan, As the Expo Dubai 2020 opens for six months starting on 1 October 2021 in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) under the
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EU calls for release of Ahmed Mansoor and the end to sales of surveillance tools
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) calls on the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to heed the call by the European Parliament to free all human rights defenders,
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Three human rights defenders and a researcher added to government’s terror list
On 13 September 2021, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Cabinet issued ministerial resolution number 83 of 2021 adding 38 individuals and 13 entities to the government's
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Gulf Centre for Human Rights files complaint in France against NSO Group over use of Pegasus spyware
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) filed a complaint in France on 28 July 2021 against the Israeli software company NSO Group, which is responsible for harm caused
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MENA Surveillance Coalition demands an end to the sale of surveillance technology to the region’s autocratic governments
We, the undersigned human rights organizations, call for an immediate halt to the use, sale and transfer of surveillance technology to autocratic oppressive governments
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Prominent Jailed Activist Ahmed Mansoor in Danger
Ahmed Mansoor’s Leaked Letter Details Mistreatment in Prison (Beirut, July 19, 2021) - A prominent Emirati human rights defender may face retaliation after a private
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