GCHR launches 2022 Annual Report, dedicated to imprisoned human rights defenders
On 30 March 2023, the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) launched its Annual Report. The report notes that, “Similarly to previous years, arbitrary arrest and
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Four Internet activists sentenced to prison, while deal reached to exchange 887 prisoners including journalists
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) welcomes the prisoner exchange agreement made in Yemen between various parties that will see four journalists released among
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Human Rights in the Gulf Region and Neighbouring Countries: 2022 Annual Report of the Gulf Centre for Human Rights
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 (HRDs)
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Two journalists continue to be detained after sentences end
The de facto government in Yemen, the Houthi group, continues to detain two journalists even though they completed their sentences last summer. On 20 October 2018,
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Four journalists facing death penalty, among other continued violations against due process & freedom of expression
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) protests the ongoing imprisonment of four journalists and a woman human rights defender in addition to an innocent citizen, who
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Gross human rights violations committed at the Central Prison in Sana’a
The Central Prison in the Yemeni capital, Sana'a, is the site of gross violations of the civil and human rights of its inmates, including women prisoners who require
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Four Internet activists on trial over YouTube videos
In the Yemeni capital, Sana'a, the trial opened in the case of four peaceful Internet activists, who have been charged in connection with YouTube videos, in violation of
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Woman human rights defender remains arbitrarily detained; and 10 children killed by contaminated medicine
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) calls for the release of a woman human rights defender arbitrarily detained since August 2022, and for authorities to investigate
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Massive human rights violations continue
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) is concerned about ongoing human rights violations that restrict freedom of expression, freedom of assembly and women’s
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