Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR)

Lebanese protesters that have taken to the streets since the Beirut port blast have been met with excessive violence and systematic targeting by security forces, says the Gulf Centre for Human Rights.

Saudi woman human rights defender Loujain Al-Hathloul has been incommunicado in prison for the sixth week amidst an ongoing COVID-19 outbreak. The Gulf Centre for Human Rights calls for her immediate release, as well as many other imprisoned human rights defenders facing dire circumstances.

As a second coronavirus outbreak hits the country, imprisoned women human rights defenders are facing continued ill-treatment as well as new charges designed to prolong their imprisonment.

With more online activists finding themselves detained for their tweets, the Gulf Centre for Human Rights calls on authorities to end their systematic campaign aimed at denying freedom of expression.

Founding Director of the Gulf Centre for Human Rights and President of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights, Nabeel Rajab, is finally free after serving nearly four years in prison.

The murder of photojournalist Nabil Al-Qaiti and arrest of journalist Abdullah Awad Bakir highlight an increasingly alarming environment for journalists in the country.

Over 150 NGOs from around the world call for the death sentences of four Yemeni journalists to be overturned.

Amid concerns of the virus impacting thousands in overcrowded prison cells across the MENA region, the Gulf Centre for Human Rights joins growing appeals for governments to free all prisoners of conscience.