Articles by Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR)
UAE: Authorities continue to hold prisoners of conscience past their sentences and arrest human rights lawyer
Authorities arrest US human rights lawyer Asim Ghafoor, and continue to detain 40 activists after serving their sentences.
Jordan: Call for freedom for activist Sumaya Abu Nabaa
Since her arrest, Abu Nabaa has announced an open-ended hunger strike, amid calls to lift restrictions on freedom of expression, and release prisoners of conscience.
MENA women’s groups launch protests and strikes denouncing femicides
A lack of accountability for recent killings has sparked transnational protests and strikes by feminist groups in the region.
UAE: Rights groups call for members of “UAE94” and other prisoners of conscience to be freed
The UAE has failed to conduct an independent investigation into allegations that imprisoned Emirati human rights defenders were subjected to torture and ill-treatment before and after their mass trial.
Iraq: Gender-based violence workshop in Basra stormed by National Security Service forces
GCHR calls on authorities to stop the serious violations targeting the peaceful and legitimate work of civil society organizations in the province.
Jordan: Government imposes more severe restrictions on freedom of expression
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.
UAE must be held accountable at the Committee Against Torture
Emirati authorities have prosecuted and imprisoned scores of human rights defenders, political activists, journalists and critics, systematically silencing peaceful dissenting voices.
Yemen: Ongoing targeting of journalists and restrictions on press freedom
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.