Mission to UAE Supports European Resolution Against Crackdown on Activists / Free expression rights of 64 detainees violated
10 December 2012 - International Human Rights Day A crackdown in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has violated the free expression rights of 64 detainees, including human
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18-year-old human rights activist arrested as repression continues
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) has received information that 18-year-old human rights activist Mohammed Salim Al-Zumur was arrested on 5 December 2012.
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Families of detainees demand the immediate release of the 63 human rights defenders and activists- some have had their bank accounts suspended as a result
On 8 November 2012 approximately 100 relatives of 63 detained human rights defenders and activists gathered outside the Supreme Court in Abu Dhabi calling for the
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Press Release / Mission to the UAE calls for access to jailed human rights lawyers
As the United Arab Emirates (UAE) welcomes visitors to the Gulf state for the Formula 1 racing series this week, international human rights groups organized an urgent
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Attacks and Smear Campaign against prominent human rights defender Ahmed Mansoor
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) and the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) are deeply concerned that prominent human rights defender Ahmed Mansoor
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Attack on prominent human rights defender Ahmed Mansoor
On 11 Setember 2012, prominent human rights defender Ahmed Mansoor was attacked at Ajman University around 4:30pm, as he left the law building on his way to the
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Security apparatus continue to commit serious human rights violations as the number of detained activists reaches 58
The Gulf Centre for Human (GCHR) expresses its grave concern at reports that detained human rights defenders and activists held by the security apparatus
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UAE slides into a police state
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) is concerned about reports received on 13 August 2012 that some of the 51 human rights defenders and activists detained during a
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Number of those detained by security force reaches 51 as crackdown continues
Beirut, 02 August 2012- Human rights defenders and activists continue to be targeted by state security forces (Amn al-Dawla) in the UAE. Following a series of
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