Category Archives: Countries
Yemen Reports
Gender-Based Violence in Yemen: A War Weapon Ignored
The conflict in Yemen has seen a horrifying increase in gender-based violence (GBV). This troubling [...]
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Briefing Papers Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia’s digital rights hypocrisy
The intersection of human rights and digital rights has become increasingly critical as digital technologies [...]
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Countries GCC Member States Qatar Reports Saudi Arabia United Arab Emirates
Gulf Sovereign Wealth Fund Investment in Western Sports Teams
Introduction The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries have notoriously been accused of sportswashing, a tactic [...]
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Countries Bahrain GCC Member States Kuwait Oman Qatar Reports Saudi Arabia United Arab Emirates
Gender discrimination in the GCC country’s citizenship nationality laws
Summary How is citizenship passed to children in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries? Do [...]
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Saudi Arabia Briefing Papers
Behind the Curtain: Saudi Arabia’s Strategic Image Makeover
Introduction Whitewashing is a practice employed by organizations, governments, and individuals to gloss over or [...]
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Bahrain’s Pardons: A step forward, but questions remain
Bahrain’s recent decision to pardon 1,584 prisoners, many of whom were unjustly detained, has sparked [...]
May
Female Genital Mutilation in Yemen’s Cultural Landscape
Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is a hidden yet persisting reality in Yemen, deeply rooted within [...]
May
Qatar’s Human Rights Review: Examining the Status of Non-Nationals before the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
In recent years, Qatar has been under the international spotlight for various reasons, ranging from [...]
May
The Struggle for Rights: Stateless Palestinians in Kuwait
The quest for human rights is an ongoing battle, and one of the areas where [...]
May
Exposing Neom
The Neom project, a $500 billion mega-city currently being built on Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea [...]
May
EU humanitarian aid in Yemen
Yemen, a country that has been at war for almost ten years, is currently facing [...]
May
Qatar’s Global Advocacy for Peace and Humanity, But Ignores Domestic Concerns
Qatar has pledged 3 million dollars to the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights to [...]
May
Examining Human Trafficking Concerns in Oman: The Case of Punjabi Women
In recent years, Oman has been the scene of a disturbing reality of exploitation and [...]
May
Qatar and the use of Sports-Washing
In 2022, Qatar held the FIFA World Cup, the most watched and celebrated football tournament [...]
May
Cyber Surveillance in the United Arab Emirates: Updated Assessment
Since the First Arab Spring in 2011, the government of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) [...]
May