Articles by Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR)
Saudi Arabia: UN Human Rights Council member blatantly violates human rights on a daily basis
The international human rights movement has been very disappointed to see Saudi Arabia regain its seat on the Human Rights Council.
UAE must implement UN recommendations on rights to freedom of expression, association, and assembly
The United Nations Universal Periodic Review revealed a number of areas in which the UAE government has failed to deliver since its previous UPR took place in 2013.
MENA governments bent on shutting down political expression
In a month that included a malware surveillance campaign in Lebanon, Telegram being blocked in Iran and crackdowns in Tunisia, the release of Hisham Al-Omeisy was a welcome bit of good news.
Oman’s new penal code targets activists and public freedoms
The new law contains several vaguely-defined articles that could easily be used by the Internal Security Service (ISS), known for its history of human rights violations, to target human rights defenders and Internet activists, and to suffocate public freedoms.
Yemeni human rights activist Hisham Al-Omeisy missing for over 150 days
One of Yemen’s most prominent political analysts and activists has been held incommunicado by Houthi rebels since 14 August 2017.
Life after sentencing for MENA’s political detainees
In December, MENA activists focused on the plight of political detainees serving lengthy and unjust sentences in obscurity.
Emirati rights defender Obaid Al-Zaabi released
Obaid Al-Zaabi, now 60 years old, spent four years in prison since his arrest in December 2013.
Unapologetic crackdowns on dissent as greater instability rocks MENA
As the saga of Saudi’s hunted elites commanded attention across the Middle East and North Africa this November, news of the region’s less powerful prey fell by the wayside. Authorities in Kuwait, Bahrain, Libya, Morocco, and Egypt went after protesters, journalists, and human rights defenders critical of their regimes.