GCHR’s Annual Report published amid war and deterioration of freedom
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) is releasing its 2025 annual report, “Human Rights in the Middle East Countries”, during one of the starkest periods of war
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The Gulf region and neighbouring countries: Authorities exercising more repression and silencing free voices, exploiting current war
Most governments in the Gulf region and neighbouring countries, exploiting the current war, are intensifying their systematic repression to suppress public freedoms,
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On IWD, GCHR Recognises the Role of WHRDs: Defending Rights, Bearing the Burden with a new report
On International Women’s Day, marked annually on 08 March, the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) honours the extraordinary contributions of women worldwide, with
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Assassination of WHRD Yanar Mohammed, Emblematic Figure of the Feminist Movement, Condemned
The assassination of woman human rights defender Yanar Mohammed, a prominent Iraqi feminist and President of the Organisation of Women’s Freedom in Iraq (OWFI),
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Father of political dissident Fawaz Al-Kathiri arrested
Update: On 01 March 2026, citizen Nayef Rakhees Dhahi Al-Fadhli, father of political opponent Fawaz Al-Kathiri, was released on bail. Since the dissolution of the
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Narges Mohammadi sentenced to seven and a half years in prison amidst ongoing crackdown on human rights defenders and protesters
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) strongly condemns the recent sentencing in Iran of woman human rights defender Narges Mohammadi, the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize
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High-level abuse of power by influential figures compromises access to justice
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) reviewed another case of abuse of power by influential figures against a Saudi business investor, something that is often
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MPs and human rights groups urge UK Government to sanction Bahrain Interior Minister over role in torture as Bahrain marks 15th anniversary of 2011 uprising
Last week, leading human rights organisations filed a request for UK sanctions against Bahrain’s Interior Minister, General Shaikh Rashid bin Abdullah Al Khalifa,
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Prison sentence issued against Dr. Omama Al-Lawati
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) strongly condemns the sentencing in Oman of writer Dr. Omama Al-Lawati solely for peacefully expressing her opinions on social
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