Reports
- Silenced Voices: Judicial targeting of human rights defenders in Saudi Arabia
- Syrian Human Rights Defenders Losing Hope with International Community as Human Rights Violations Continue Unabated
- Qatar, civil society and human rights: Lack of civil society space hinders work of human rights defenders
- Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) - Annual Report 2015: Human Rights Defenders in Prison and in Peril throughout the Gulf and Neighbouring Countries
- SPECIAL REPORT: Yemeni journalists and human rights defenders at risk during wartime
News from International Organizations
- 26 Organizations Condemn the Imprisonment of Woman Human Rights Defender Zainab AlKhawaja and her 16 Month Old Baby
- Free Zainab Al-Khawaja and Baby
- IFEX: Rights groups and cartoonists ask Iranian President Rouhani to help free artist Atena Farghadani
- UN HRC: 58 NGOs warn of harmful impact of “countering and preventing violent extremism”
- As human rights defender Dr. Al-Singace enters 300th day of hunger strike, NGOs call for his immediate release
Written by HRDs and Journalists
Gulf Center for Human Rights
Kuwait: Bedoon rights activist and woman rights defender arrested
Two human rights defenders were arrested in Kuwait in the past week, according to reports received by the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR). On 18 April 2016, Kuwaiti security forces arrested Bedoon…
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Oman: Detained human rights defender’s health deteriorates, and popular writer arrested
Reliable reports received by the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) confirm that on 17 April 2016, the health of prominent human rights defender Saeed Jadad has deteriorated. In other news, the Internal…
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Oman: Son of prominent human rights defender Habiba Al-Hanaei faces deportation
On 14 June 2016 Hafiz Mohammad Shaker, the son of prominent human rights defender Habiba Al Hanaei, will turn 18 years of age, which means he faces the possibility of being deported from the country…
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Update: Saudi Arabia: GCHR’s website continues to be blocked across Saudi Arabia
Reports from various locations across Saudi Arabia very recently received by the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) confirm that Saudi authorities continue to block our website. In any chosen location…
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Media freedom mechanisms in the Arab region require consultation and independence
The undersigned Arab group members of IFEX have studied the document issued by the consultative meeting held in November 2015 in Rabat, Morocco, on the regional initiative for the formation of a special…
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Take Action Now : Bahrain: #FreeZainabAndBaby, Demand the immediate and unconditional release of Zainab Al-Khawaja and her 15-month-old son
UPDATE: The Thunderclap campaign is now closed. It had a social media reach of over 1.4 million. Zainab Al-Khawaja remains in prison with her baby, despite promises by Bahrain's Foreign Affairs Minister…
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