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GCHR Says Violations Ongoing in Bahrain, Demands Applying "Magnitsky Act" against Perpetrators
2023-04-02
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) affirmed in its 2022 annual report the continued violations, ill-treatment and deteriorating prison conditions in Bahrain, and called for imposing sanctions against officials in Bahrain under the Magnitsky Act.
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Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja, Other Prisoners of Conscience Face Reprisals in Bahrain
2022-09-22
Reliable local reports confirmed that the Jaw Prison administration is currently targeting prominent human rights defender Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja and other prisoners of conscience in Bahrain with reprisals, Ifex website reported GHCR statement as saying.
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Deighton Pierce Glynn, Gulf Centre for Human Rights Call for Use of Magnitsky Sanctions against Bahrain: Report
2022-05-14
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) and Deighton Pierce Glynn (DPG) published a report titled Accountability for Torture in Bahrain: A Call for Magnitsky Sanctions.
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118 NGOs Demand Danish Gov't to Strengthen Efforts to Release HR Activist Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja
2021-01-25
118 international and Bahraini rights groups called for renewing efforts to secure the immediate and unconditional release of a prominent human rights defender and dual Danish-Bahraini citizen.
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Saudi Laws Stifle Dissent, Women Activists: U.N. Rights Experts
2019-03-05
Saudi Arabia is using its counter-terrorism laws to silence activists, including women, in violation of international law guaranteeing freedom of speech, United Nations human rights experts said on Monday.
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Bahrain Designed Most Comprehensive “Catalogue” of Civic Space Closure in Region, Report
2018-09-24
Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) published a report on the Civic Space in the Middle East, warning that time is running out as civic space is closing rapidly in the region.
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AFP: Jailed Bahrain Activist on Hunger Strike
2017-04-28
A prominent Bahraini activist jailed for life for his role in anti-regime protests has been on hunger strike for two weeks to protest the treatment of prisoners, campaigners said Thursday.
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GCHR Calls for Urgent Action for Nabeel Rajab & Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja after their Health Deteriorated in Prison
2017-04-14
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) expressed serious concerns about the health of its two Founding Directors Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja and Nabeel Rajab, who are suffering behind bars
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HR Groups Urge UK Foreign Secretary to Call for Nabeel Rajab's Release
2017-02-06
Over 20 human rights figures and organizations sent letter to British Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs urging him to call on Bahrain to release Nabeel Rajab.
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Visits of Jaw Prison’s Inmates Canceled
2017-01-15
Families of political prisoners in Jaw central prison confirmed that they received calls stating that all the scheduled visits on Sunday (January 15, 2017) were canceled.
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Gulf Centre for Human Rights Calls for Impartial Investigations into Torture of Ali Isa Al-Tajer
2015-12-08
Bahrain Mirror: The Gulf Centre for Human Rights called on the Bahraini authorities to carry out impartial investigations into the torture of Ali Isa Al-Tajer, brother of prominent lawyer Mohammad Al-Tajer.