Reports
- Bahrain: The government continues to attack journalists and target press freedom
- International Mission to Bahrain Report / Justice Denied in Bahrain: Freedom of Expression and Assembly Curtailed
- United Arab Emirates: Briefing Paper on Suppression of Free Expression, including Threats and Intimidation against the “UAE 5”
- Threats, intimidation, and attacks against human rights defenders and independent journalists in Bahrain.
News from International Organizations
- One hundred organisations call to end assault on freedom of speech, and to free all detained human rights defenders and netizens
- Human Rights First Awards Prestigious Medal of Liberty to Bahrain Center for Human Rights
- Forty-six IFEX members and partners call for freedom for Bahraini human rights defenders, bloggers and activists
- Authorities stop Nabeel Rajab at the Cairo International Airport from entering Egypt
- Egypt: Deportation of Bahraini human rights defender Mr Nabeel Rajab
Written by HRDs and Journalists
Gulf Center for Human Rights
One hundred organisations call to end assault on freedom of speech, and to free all detained human rights defenders and netizens
(Gulf Centre for Human Rights and Bahrain Centre for Human Rights) - The following is a letter calling on the Bahrain Royal Family to release jailed human rights defenders and netizens, including the…
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Saudi Arabia- Head of Monitor of Human Rights at risk of being targeted by authorities following successful registration of the organization in Canada
Beirut, 16 May, 2012 – The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) has received information concerning the registration in Canada of Monitor of Human Rights in Saudi Arabia (MHRSA), an independent human…
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Gulf human rights delegation highlights human rights violations ahead of EU-GCC Summit
Beirut 10 May 2012 -- From 24 to 27 April 2012, the Gulf Center for Human Rights (GCHR) and the International Federation for Human Rights )FIDH( organized a visit of high level meetings in Brussels for…
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Take Action Now : UAE Sliding into a police state- Arrest of HRD Saleh Al-Dhufairi, while others remain in detention and are at risk of ill-treatment
Beirut, 07 May, 2012 -- The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) expresses its deep concern at the arrest of human rights defender Saleh Al-Dhufairi and the ongoing detention of other human…
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Bahrain- Bahraini government denies delegation of international human rights organizations access to the country, following last minute withdrawal of permission
Beirut, 05 May, 2012 -- The Gulf Center for Human Rights (GCHR) condemns the Bahraini government’s withdrawal of permission it had previously granted for a visit by a delegation of NGOs who promote…
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Bahrain Authorities Continue to Detain, Target and Harass Human Rights Defenders
Beirut, 04 May, 2012 -- The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) and the Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) continue to express grave concern in regards to the targeting of human rights defenders in…
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