Summary
The state of human rights in MENA
Arbitrary arrest and detention remain one of the most pervasive forms of repression used against peaceful human rights defenders across the MENA region, and human rights defenders and other civil society actors continue to face torture and ill-treatment, particularly in places of detention, with impunity.
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Recent news & publications
News & Publications from MENA
GCHR stands in solidarity with detained human rights defenders of Global Sumud Flotilla
Update: All of the international Global Sumud Flotilla activists were deported by the Israeli authorities to Türkiye on 21 May 2026. Many participants had broken bones
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GCHR thanks Mary Lawlor for her work & welcomes new UN SR on Human Rights Defenders Andrea Bolaños Vargas
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) extends its sincere thanks to Mary Lawlor as she ends her mandate as United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human
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