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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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News & Publications from MENA

GCHR stands in solidarity with detained human rights defenders of Global Sumud Flotilla
  • News
  • MENA
  • 21/05/2026

Among the 428 activists currently detained by Israeli forces from the Global Sumud Flotilla are human rights defenders from across the Middle East and North Africa

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GCHR thanks Mary Lawlor for her work & welcomes new UN SR on Human Rights Defenders Andrea Bolaños Vargas
  • News
  • MENA
  • 24/04/2026

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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