Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR)

Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Jordanian authorities have been cracking down even more so on journalists by passing new legislation further limiting freedom of expression.

Emirati authorities have prosecuted and imprisoned scores of human rights defenders, political activists, journalists and critics, systematically silencing peaceful dissenting voices.

GCHR calls for the immediate release of all detained journalists, an immediate end to the murder of journalists, and for those responsible to be held accountable.

The prominent Bahraini activist is currently serving a life sentence for his peaceful human rights work.

IFEX joins human rights organisations in calling on the Saudi authorities to immediately and unconditionally release Dr. Lina Alsharif, who has been arbitrarily detained for over a year as a result of her social media activism. Her right to due process has not been respected and there is great concern for her psychological and physical well-being in Al-Ha’ir prison.

The Gulf Centre for Human Rights calls on Iranian authorities to release the prominent woman human rights defender, as well as other imprisoned activists and journalists.

New report examines the increasingly hostile environment for human rights defenders and activists following Iraq’s October 2019 demonstrations.

The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) says the new law contains several vaguely-defined articles that violate the right to freedom of expression and threaten digital rights and online privacy.