Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR)

The MENA Surveillance Coalition calls for an immediate moratorium on the use, acquisition, sale and transfer of surveillance technology used to target human rights defenders in the region.

IFEX members Human Rights Watch and Gulf Centre for Human Rights voice concerns over possible retaliation against the jailed prominent Emirati activist after a private letter detailing his extensive mistreatment was leaked to regional media.

The Gulf Centre for Human Rights pays tribute to prominent Emirati human rights defender Alaa Al-Siddiq who died in a tragic car accident in the UK, and joins the growing calls for an investigation into the circumstances of her death.

As repressive governments in the Middle East and North Africa increasingly deploy digital surveillance technologies to monitor and silence critics, a coalition of rights groups comes together to combat the sale of surveillance tools, and advocate for a safe and open Internet for the region’s netizens.

Security forces forcibly disperse protests and detain demonstrators protesting economic conditions in the country, as authorities restrict media reporting on the event.

An ongoing outbreak of Covid-19 in Bahrain’s prisons has underscored the urgent need to release all of the country’s political prisoners.

In a revealing new report, rights organisations examine how systemic torture since Bahrain’s 2011 popular protests has become an intrinsic part of the country’s justice system, and the culture of impunity that persists.

The report features a summary of human rights violations in 12 countries and case updates on 557 human rights defenders across the Gulf and neighbouring countries.