Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR)

7 IFEX members are among 17 organisations urging Formula One to uphold its commitment to human rights by calling on Bahraini authorities to free Najah Yusuf, an activist imprisoned for expressing her opposition to F1 races being held in Bahrain.

Authorities continue to target human rights defenders who took part in four sit-ins organised in front of the Central Apparatus for Illegal Residents’ Affairs.

Abdulhakim Al-Fadhli and Hamid Jameel were summoned by Kuwait’s Electronic and Cyber Crime Combatting Department (ECCCD) for their peaceful activities on the internet.

The rights defenders were both summoned by the Houthi-held National Security Office in Sana’a for a meeting, were arrested on arrival and held incommunicado without having access to their families or a lawyer.

GCHR is calling on Iraqi authorities to conduct an independent, impartial and thorough investigation into Hussain’s murder.

An appeal from Makhashin’s family five days after his detention stated that his health had already suffered as a result of poor conditions in prison and his ongoing hunger strike.

Dr. Bin Ghaith was sentenced on 29 March 2017 to ten years in prison for critical comments he made online about human rights violations in the UAE and Egypt.

GCHR is concerned for the health of Dr. Al-Qahtani in solitary confinement. He is serving a 10-year sentence for his peaceful human rights activities.