Reports
- TRIAL OBSERVATION REPORT: Case Number 17/2013 “THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 94” / March 2013
- The GCHR 2013 Annual Report / Attacks on Human Rights Defenders Continue
- European Resolution on the UAE: "Biased and Prejudiced?" / Mission to UAE investigates crackdown on free expression in which 64activists have been detained
- 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
News from International Organizations
- UAE: Cameron Should Press Rulers on Torture
- Report on Bahrain’s Attorney General Dr. Ali bin Fadhel Al - Buainain and his position in the International Association of Prosecutors
- Ceartas submits complaint to Int’l Association of Prosecutors urging expulsion of Bahrain Attorney General
- Arab Working Group for Media Monitoring met the Tunisian Minister of Human Rights
- Bahraini rights defender denied the right to a fair trial
Written by HRDs and Journalists
News from Oman
Oman: Human rights defender Dr Salih Al-Azri arrested and held in incommunicado detention
On 14 April 2013, human rights defender and blogger Dr Salih Al-Azri was arrested after being summoned for questioning to the Special Branch at the General Police Headquarters in the capital of Muscat.…
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Oman- Human Rights Defenders Released, but the Crackdown Continues
On 17 March 2013 the Court of Appeal in Muscat, composed of different judges from when it previously heard the case, ordered the release of all detained human rights defenders convicted on charges relating…
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Oman- UPDATE: Imprisoned human rights defenders end hunger strike
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) has received reliable information that imprisoned human rights defenders, including Basma Al-Kiyumi, Bassima Al-Rajhi, Saeed Al-Hashemi, Hamad Al-Kharusi,…
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Oman – Release Immediately and Unconditionally all Detainees of Human Rights Defenders and Activists
The undersigned human rights organizations declare their full and complete solidarity with all Omani human rights defenders who are currently in detention, especially those undertaking hunger strikes.…
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Oman- Detained human rights defenders on hunger strike in protest against the delay in High Court hearing and ill-treatment in prison
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) has received reliable information that human rights defenders Basema Al-Rajehi, Basma Al-Kiyumi, Saeed Al-Hashmi together with another 14 detainees commenced a…
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Oman - Prominent human rights defender Saed Jadad released
Further to an appeal issued on 16 January 2013 (see:http://www.gc4hr.org/news/view/321), prominent Omani human rights defender Saed Jadad was released on 22 January 2013 by order of Sultan Qaboos. He…
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