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Tunisia: GCHR mourns the passing of prominent human rights defender Kamel Labidi

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  • MENA
  • Tunisia
  • 19/01/2026

The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) mourns the passing on 16 January 2026 of the highly-respected and admired Kamel Eddine Labidi, a Tunisian human rights defender

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Human rights defender Talib Al-Saedi sentenced to prison

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  • Oman
  • 6/01/2026

Credible reports received by the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) confirm that human rights defender Talib Al-Saedi has been sentenced to prison solely for

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Human rights defender Talib Al-Saedi and other innocent citizens face unfair trial

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  • Oman
  • 30/12/2025

Human rights defender Talib Al-Saedi and other innocent citizens are facing an unfair trial in Oman simply for peacefully expressing their personal opinions about the

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Periodic Report on Serious Human Rights Violations

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  • Yemen
  • 24/12/2025

The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) has documented numerous human rights violations in Yemen over the past three months, perpetrated by parties to the ongoing

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Another unjust court ruling issued against prominent human rights defender Awad Al-Sawafi

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  • Oman
  • 22/12/2025

Reliable sources have confirmed to the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) that an unjust court ruling has been issued against prominent human rights lawyer Awad Bin

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Government escalates repression against civil society 

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  • Yemen
  • 15/12/2025

The Yemeni Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor (MoSAL) has escalated its repression of civil society organizations that work across the country, further shrinking

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New report explores the “Constant Crisis” for human rights

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  • Lebanon
  • 15/12/2025

Media workers, lawyers and other Human Rights Defenders (HRDs) in Lebanon report a situation of constant crisis during 2025, with multiple threats challenging their

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Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Narges Mohammadi arbitrarily arrested again

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  • Iran
  • 13/12/2025

The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) strongly condemns the violent arrest of Iranian human rights defender and 2023 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi, who

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Human rights defender Talib Al-Saedi forcibly disappeared

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  • Oman
  • 5/12/2025

The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) has received credible reports confirming that the Internal Security Service (ISS) in Oman arrested human rights defender Talib

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