Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR)

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The King Saud University in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 1 June 2002, Yves GELLIE/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images

Women’s rights defender Hatoon Al-Fassi arrested the week after driving ban lifted

The renowned scholar and associate professor in women’s history is the latest to be arrested by the Saudi government.

A Saudi woman practices driving in Riyadh, on 29 April 2018, ahead of the lifting of a ban on women driving in Saudi Arabia, YOUSEF DOUBISI/AFP/Getty Images

Crackdown on Saudi women human rights defenders sets off alarms

Over 30 human rights organisations are calling on the Saudi authorities to immediately and unconditionally release all human rights defenders who have been arrested and detained over the past two weeks solely for supporting women’s rights in Saudi Arabia.

NGOs to Mayor Andy Burnham: Join our call to free Ahmed Mansoor

Over 30 NGOs have asked Manchester’s mayor to support calls for the release of Ahmed Mansoor, by naming a local street after the jailed human rights defender.

A group of Omani girls browse books at the Ninth Muscat International Book Fair, 29 February 2004, MOHAMMED MAHJOUB/AFP/Getty Images

Omani Coalition for Human Rights calls for release of writer Abdullah Habib

The coalition calls for the release of the writer, film critic and Internet activist Abdullah Habib who received a three-year sentence.

Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque Asia. Middle East. United Arab Emirates. Abu Dhabi. Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque, in Abu Dhabi, UAE, 4 December 2012, Lanzellotto Antonello/AGF/UIG via Getty Images

Emirati activist Ahmed Mansoor taken to court; economist Dr. Nasser Bin Ghaith denied visits

Mansour had been languishing in an unknown place of detention for a year and Dr. Bin Ghaith has recently begun a hunger strike to protest his sentence.

NGOs call for release of human rights defender Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja on 7th anniversary of his arrest

On Al-Khawaja’s 57th birthday, human rights organisations around the world call for his immediate release and for all human rights defenders jailed in Bahrain to be freed.

One year on, award-winning human rights defender Ahmed Mansoor’s whereabouts remain unknown

NGOs call on UAE to immediately and unconditionally release award-winning human rights defender Ahmed Mansoor

A representative of the Violations Documentation Centre in Syria accepts an award on Razan Zaitouneh's behalf, during the 'Francoise Giroud' Award Ceremony at the MK2 Bibliotheque, Paris, France, 30 January 2014, Kristy Sparow/Getty Images

Honouring women’s rights defenders on International Women’s Day

Razan Zaitouneh, Bayan Wehan and Nivin Hotary from Syria; Maryam Shariatmadari from Iran; Noha Al-Balawi and Maria Naji from Saudi Arabia, and other women human rights defenders throughout the region are honoured by GCHR as the organisation pledges continued support