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.
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.