Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR)

Articles by Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR)

Saudi Arabia: Authorities continue to persecute imprisoned human rights defenders and other activists

Death penalty is a risk for anyone who expresses their opinion on social media networks.

Saudi internet activist sentenced to death for tweets

GCHR believes strongly that the death penalty has been used widely as a political tool by the Saudi authorities.

UAE: Release all those unjustly imprisoned before COP28

There are at least 58 people being held past the end of their sentences in the country.

Jordan: Authorities continue their gross violations of human rights

Journalists persecuted for online expression, and new cybercrime law ratified.

Kuwait: Blogger Salman Al-Khalidi sentenced to prison for five years

GCHR condemns a new five-year prison sentence issued against the blogger for his online free expression.

Saudi authorities must release human rights defender Mohammed Al-Qahtani and other arbitrarily detained ACPRA members

Co-founder of disbanded civil rights group Al-Qahtani has been held in incommunicado detention for over six months.

A Yemeni conflict detainee is hugged by his relatives after he was freed in a prisoner exchange between warring sides, at the Sana'a International Airport, Sana'a, Yemen, 16 April 2023. Mohammed Hamoud/Getty Images

Yemen: Journalists freed after facing death sentence for three years

Arrested in 2015 on unjust charges related to their reporting, four Yemeni journalists have finally been released.

Summit for Democracy 2023: States and investors have a responsibility to curtail the abuse of spyware

Spyware poses too great a threat to not be prioritised, say rights groups in a joint statement.