Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR)

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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