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Child Marriage in Iraq: A Year Since Personal Status Law Ammendments
In January of 2025, Iraq’s parliament passed three crucial amendments which sparked global outrage. These [...]
Citizenship Revocation in Kuwait: A Statelessness Crisis with Global Human Rights Stakes
Since early 2024, Kuwait has experienced an unprecedented wave of citizenship revocations that has left [...]
International Pressure Mounting: Saudi Arabia Signs Memorandum of Understanding to Strengthen Workers’ Rights
On January 4th of 2026, Saudi Arabia signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the [...]
Women Human Rights Defenders in Saudi Arabia — Repression Behind Reform
Saudi Arabia continues to promote an image of progressive reform on women’s rights, highlighting measures [...]
Retaliation for Peaceful Speech: Oman’s Crackdown on Human Rights Defenders
Freedom of expression remains a serious and ongoing concern in Oman, where the authorities continue [...]
Saudi–Emirati Competition and the Fragmentation of the Middle East
Following the UAE’s withdrawal from Yemen in late 2025, Saudi Arabia has intensified a coordinated [...]
A Landmark Moment in the Struggle for Religious Freedom: The Story of Remy Rowhani in Qatar
In 2025, the case of Remy Rowhani, a 71-year-old respected leader of the Baha’i community [...]
Epstein, Surveillance, and the Shadow Networks Linking Israel and the UAE
Newly leaked documents purport to show that the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein maintained relationships [...]
Platform Compliance in the Middle East: How Opaque Content Moderation Enables Quiet Authoritarian Censorship
Across the MENA region, particularly in the Gulf, political speech increasingly disappears from major platforms [...]
Arab Gulf States at odds: The UAE and Saudi Arabia in Yemen
Following developments in Yemen which saw the Southern Transitional Council (STC) seizing power across the [...]
Women Human Rights Defenders Systematically Tortured in Saudi Prisons
Introduction Since 2019, Saudi Arabia has promoted a narrative of national reforms under Crown Prince [...]
Munasaha Law: How the UAE has used Anti-Terrorism Laws to keep Outspoken Citizens in Indefinite Detention
With the recent death of political prisoner Ali Abdullah Fath Ali al-Khaja on the 19th [...]