27 June 2018 – Last Thursday, MEPs took the opportunity of an exchange of views between the Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee (AFET) and Qatar’s Deputy Prime Minister and MFA to raise pressing human rights issues in the Emirate. The same ...
20 June 2018 – This Thursday, 21 June 2018, imprisoned opposition leader Sheikh Ali Salman is expected to receive the final verdict in his trial relating to politically motivated charges of espionage. The Pubic Prosecution Office has called on the ...
15 June 2018 – Yesterday, the European Parliament adopted a much-awaited resolution condemning Bahrain’s crackdown on human rights and fundamental freedoms ahead of the upcoming elections, asking for the release of all detained human rights activists and calling for strong ...
JOINT URGENT ACTION Crackdown on Saudi women human rights defenders sets off alarms Over 30 human rights groups call for their immediate release 6 June 2018 – The undersigned human rights groups call on the Saudi authorities to immediately and ...
05 June 2018 – Today, Bahrain’s High Criminal Court of Appeal upheld the five year sentence against leading Bahraini human rights defender Nabeel Rajab for tweeting. He was due to be released this month after completing a two-year prison sentence ...
4 June 2018 – On 29 May 2018, award-winning Emirati human rights defender Ahmed Mansoor has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for Twitter posts following an unfair trial. The Chair of the European Parliament Sub-Committee on Human Rights ...
1 June 2018 – As Saudi Arabia continues its crackdown on women’s rights defenders, the European Parliament has passed this Thursday an Urgency Resolution condemning Saudi Authorities’ targeting of human rights defenders and urging the Kingdom to reform the guardianship ...
