Rights defender Alaa Mohammed Al-Siddiq remembered at a condolences and memorial session
On 02 July 2021, a condolences and memorial session was held in memory of courageous woman human rights defender Alaa Mohammed Al-Siddiq from the United Arab Emirates
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Free members of UAE94 and all prisoners of conscience
On the eighth anniversary of the verdicts in the mass trial of prominent human rights defenders, judges, academics and students known as the UAE94, the Gulf Centre for
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Tribute to Emirati woman human rights defender Alaa Al-Siddiq
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) is deeply saddened by the loss of courageous Emirati human rights defender Alaa Al-Siddiq, Executive Director of ALQST for Human
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GCHR files complaint in France against Maj. Gen. Ahmed Naser Al-Raisi for torture of Ahmed Mansoor
On behalf of the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR), French human rights lawyer William Bourdon lodged an official complaint with the Prosecutor's Office
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Tribute to Artur Ligęska, Former Prisoner in UAE
Artur Ligęska, a 40-year-old Polish citizen who has spoken out widely about torture and ill-treatment in Emirati prisons, was found dead in his apartment in
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Rights groups appeal to winners of the Sheikh Zayed Book Award
On 10 May 2021, the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) joined over two dozen NGOs, to call on winners of the Sheikh Zayed Book Awards to decline the awards and withdraw
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Official’s Candidacy for Interpol Raises Human Rights Alarms; Emirates Have Notoriously Abusive State Security Apparatus
(Beirut, May 5, 2021) – The candidacy of a United Arab Emirates (UAE) Interior Ministry official for president of Interpol may jeopardize the global police
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Omani citizen released after unjust trial and sentencing in UAE
On 17 April 2021, Omani citizen Abdullah Al-Shamsi was released from prison in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and handed over to his family. Al-Shamsi was sentenced to
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Prisoners of conscience not freed after sentences expire; journalist dies; member of ruling family at risk
Update: UAE: GCHR welcomes the release of four prisoners in the UAE on 12 April 2021, but notes that they were freed well past their release dates. They
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