Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR)

On 9 December, people around the world remembered Razan Zaitouneh, Samira Khalil, Nazem Hamadi and Wa’el Hamada, kidnapped in Douma, Syria on this day five years ago.

Authorities at Jaw prison in Bahrain put the imprisoned human rights defender Naji Fateel in solitary confinement after he leaked an audio recording in which he appealed to human rights organisations to intervene urgently.

Oman’s Internal Security Service (ISS) has started a new campaign against bloggers and Internet activists who are supporters of the Palestinian cause.

IFEX joins the Gulf Centre for Human Rights and other organisations in marking the International Day to End Impunity and calling on governments in the MENA region to take meaningful steps to protect journalists and human rights defenders, and ensure accountability for attacks by both government and extremist groups.

Al-Ghomgham remains in the General Intelligence Prison in Al-Dammam where she has been for the past three years.

NGOs are drawing attention to the appalling conditions faced by female human rights defenders in Bahrain’s Isa Town Prison for Women.

A Saudi-led coalition airstrike targeted Radio Hodeidah, killing at least four people, and field research assistant Kamal Al-Shawish was released.

An armed group stormed Al-Saleem’s home and arrested him along with activist Abdelhamid Al-Bayoush, who was visiting him.