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The state of human rights in UAE

Unlawful surveillance of private communications of human rights defenders as a response to their activism has infringed their right to privacy and led to many arrests. Moreover, the vast majority of the population are non-citizens who face the risk of deportation if they participate in online human rights advocacy.

Urgent actions

Latest Actions from UAE

SyriaUAE

Free Syrian human rights defender Abdulrahman Al-Nahhas, wrongfully imprisoned in Abu Dhabi 

The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) received disturbing reports that Syrian human rights defender Abdulrahman Al-Nahhas, who is imprisoned in the United Arab

24/01/2024 Learn More
UAE

84 people on trial in new case that could lead to life imprisonment or the death penalty

Update: During the trial hearings in this case, which happen every Thursday, authorities reportedly placed the families in a separate room to observe the proceedings on

12/12/2023 Take Action
MENAUAE

Join the Alternative Human Rights Expo II on 15 November 2023

Update: Check out the press release on the event here! Watch the video here! The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) and 35 partners will hold the Alternative Human

14/11/2023 Take Action
UAE

Authorities continue their systematic repressive policies

The UAE authorities continue to implement their systematic repressive policies, which include targeting human rights activists and restricting public freedoms. The UAE

23/09/2022 Take Action
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News & Publications

Latest News & Publications from UAE

The Safeguards Gap: Detention-Related Torture and Ill-Treatment in Iraq, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain
  • Publications
  • BahrainIraqUAE
  • 28/01/2026

1. Executive Summary This report by the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) documents recurring, detention-related patterns of torture and other ill-treatment in

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GCHR mourns the death of prisoner of conscience Ali Al-Khaja
  • News
  • UAE
  • 22/11/2025

The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) received with deep sorrow the news of the death of Emirati prisoner of conscience Ali Abdullah Al-Khaja at the age of 59, in the

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