Freedom of expression must be upheld at all times, not only tolerated during Hay Festival Abu Dhabi
Open Letter from Over 60 NGOs and Individuals to the UAE authorities As the Hay Festival Abu Dhabi opens on 25-28 February 2020 in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), we
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Call for independent experts to visit Ahmed Mansoor, on liquids only hunger strike since September
Prominent human rights defender Ahmed Mansoor, a member of the Advisory Board of the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR), remains on a liquids-only hunger strike
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Ahmed Mansoor remains at imminent risk following repeated hunger strikes in isolation cell
On 15 December 2019, prominent human rights defender Ahmed Mansoor, a member of the Advisory Board of the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR), marked 1000 days
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Open letter calling for release of prominent lawyer and human rights defender Dr Mohammed Al-Roken
Excellencies, We, the undersigned, call on the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to immediately and unconditionally release prominent human rights defender Dr Mohammed
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Open letter to Emirati authorities to free human rights defender Ahmed Mansoor on his 50th Birthday
Your Excellency, Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al Nahyan, The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has recently announced multiple projects promoting pluralism and tolerance both at
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Ahmed Mansoor on hunger strike again after being beaten in prison
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) is seriously alarmed at reports that Ahmed Mansoor has undertaken a second hunger strike in prison in the United Arab
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Human rights defender Osama Al-Najjar finally released
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) has received reports confirming that human rights defender Osama Al-Najjar along with two other prisoners of conscience, Badr
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Ahmed Mansoor – Isolated But Not Alone
By Brian Dooley The thing that the articles, awards and biographical material on the prominent Emirati activist Ahmed Mansoor don't usually tell you is what
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Unjustly imprisoned Emirati human rights defender’s health at risk
Ahmed Mansoor is in solitary confinement in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), serving a 10-year sentence for the “crime” of speaking out about grave human rights
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