Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR)

Resources

• • Egypt
  • 05.08.25
  • Statements

  

  200 Days of Abdulrahman Yusuf’s Enforced Disappearance: Reveal His Whereabouts. Ensure His Safety. Release Him Now.

  Over 200 days after his forced transfer from Lebanon to the UAE, Turkish-Egyptian poet Abdulrahman Yusuf remains disappeared. Rights groups demand his immediate release and accountability[...]

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• • Egypt
  • 21.05.25
  • Statements

  

  Joint Statement | Egypt: In absentia verdict against politician Hisham Kassem reinforces growing pattern of transnational repression targeting exiled dissidents

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• • Bahrain
  • 12.05.25
  • Statements

  

  Bahrain: Joint Letter on Human Rights Situation to Member and Observer States of the United Nations Human Rights Council

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• • Azerbaijan
  • 13.08.24
  • Statements

  

  Call to stop hosting Conference of Parties (COP) annual climate summits in authoritarian countries

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• • United Arab Emirates
  • 14.09.23

  

  Open Letter To COP28 Participating Governments Regarding UAE Human Rights and Climate Concerns

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• • Bahrain
  • 01.03.23
  • Statements

  

  Bahrein: International Automobile Federation urged to stop "sportswashing" rights abuses in the country

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• • United Arab Emirates
  • 12.08.22
  • Statements

  

  The United Arab Emirates need a national plan to combat torture

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• • United Arab Emirates
  • 01.07.22
  • Statements

  

  United Arab Emirates: Free members of UAE94 and other prisoners of conscience

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• • United Arab Emirates
  • 28.06.22
  • Reports

  

  The Committee against Torture must hold the United Arab Emirates accountable

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• • 22.06.22
  • Statements

  

  UN Secretary-General should hold transparent and consultative process to pick next UN Rights chief

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• • Saudi Arabia
  • 03.06.22
  • Statements

  

  Saudi Arabia: Free social media activist Lina Alsharif

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• • Bahrain
  • 17.03.22
  • Statements

  

  Rights groups write a letter to F1 CEO ahead of Bahrain Grand Prix

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• • United Arab Emirates
  • 27.10.21
  • Statements

  

  INTERPOL should not be headed by a man tainted by accusations of torture

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• • United Arab Emirates
  • 01.10.21
  • Statements

  

  United Arab Emirates: Appeal to release detained human rights activists ahead of Dubai Expo

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• • United Arab Emirates
  • 01.10.21
  • News Releases

  

  Shutting minds and silencing the future: what the Dubai Expo really covers up

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• • 26.07.21
  • Statements

  Human rights groups demand an end to the sale of surveillance technology to the Middle East and North Africa region

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• • Iraq
  • 26.05.21
  • Statements

  Iraq: Systematic targeting of human rights defenders

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• • Bahrain
  • 09.04.21
  • Urgent Interventions

  Bahrain: Urgent call to release Abdul-Hadi al-Khawaja on his 60th Birthday and 10th anniversary of detention

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• • Bahrain
  • 16.03.21
  • Reports

  

  Bahrein: New Report details Patterns of Torture and demands Justice

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• • Oman
  • 15.03.21
  • Urgent Interventions

  Oman: Ongoing judicial harassment against environmental rights defenders

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• • Oman
  • 26.02.21
  • Urgent Interventions

  Oman: Arbitrary detention of environmental rights defender Dr. Ahmed Issa Qatan

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• • Iraq
  • 26.02.21
  • Urgent Interventions

  Iraq: Sentencing of journalists Sherwan Sherwani, Ayaz Karam Bruji and Kohdar Mohammed Amin Zebari

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• • Bahrain
  • 22.01.21
  • Urgent Interventions

  Bahrain: Open letter to Danish Prime Minister to take immediate action to free Abdul-Hadi Al-Khawaja

  Bahrain: Open letter to Danish Prime Minister to take immediate action to free Abdul-Hadi Al-Khawaja

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