Category Archives: Countries
Saudi Arabia Reports
The Goat Life: A Window into Migrant Worker Struggles and Saudi Arabia’s Kafala System
Netflix’s recent release, The Goat Life, has ignited a heated conversation surrounding the treatment of [...]
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Qatar Reports
Abdullah Ibhais: Another Case of Vengeful Imprisonment
In July 2021, Qatar approved new laws to regulate its first legislative elections, but these [...]
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United Arab Emirates Reports
The Verdict of the UAE84 Unlawful Trial: Another Wrongful Sentencing
On 10 July 2024, the Abu Dhabi Federal Court of Appeal sentenced 69 defendants to [...]
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Bahrain
Elderly HRDs face abuse and human rights violations in Bahrain
On 13th September 2024, ADHRB delivered an intervention at the United Nation Human Rights Council [...]
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Bahrain
On 12th September 2024, ECDHR and other NGOs delivered an intervention at the United Nation [...]
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UAE: prominent activist Abdul Rahman Bin Sobeih Al-Suwaidi has been released after being forced to deny mistreatment in prison
On 16 June 2019, President of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed [...]
Jun
Bahrain: political prisoner Ali Al-Hajee is ready to resume hunger strike to denounce miserable prison conditions and the denial of medical care
Ali Al-Hajee, a Bahraini political prisoner, released a statement in early June 2019 to denounce [...]
Jun
Bahrain: Detention of Ali Ahmed Fakhrawi and Mohamed Ahmed Fakhrawi
Ali Ahmed Fakhrawi and Mohamed Ahmed Fakhrawi are two Bahrain citizens who have been arrested [...]
Jun
United Kingdom: latest FCO human rights report fails to properly address human rights issues in Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and Yemen
The Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO) has released its annual rights report which has failed [...]
Jun
Saudi Arabia: Murtaja Qureiris is facing death penalty for peacefully protesting at 13 years of age
UPDATE: 18 year-old boy Murtaja Qureiri, sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia will not face execution. [...]
Jun
Bahrain: Detention of Husain AbdulAziz Mohamed
Husain AbdulAziz Mohamed was arrested in Bahrain in 2015 and is currently detained in Jau [...]
Jun
Bahrain: 13 human rights organisations have sent a joint letter to the King of Bahrain to demand the commutation of death sentences of Ali Al-Arab and Ahmed Al-Malali
On 30 May 2019, the European Centre for Democracy and Human Rights (ECDHR) and 12 [...]
May
Saudi Arabia: a Saudi cargo ship stopped again in France at Marseille-Fos harbour
Amnesty International declared on 28 May 2019 that a ship – the Bahri Tabuk – [...]
May
Bahrain: Second Anniversary of Violent Raid in Duraz
On 23 May 2017, the police violently cracked down on a peaceful sit-in in Duraz, [...]
May
Oman: Prisoner of conscience Abdullah al-Shahi sentenced to life in Prison
On 22 May 2019, Amnesty international released a report concerning the trial and the sentence [...]
May