Category Archives: GCC Member States

Invisible Chains: Legal and Structural Challenges Facing Women’s Rights Defenders in Saudi Arabia

Yesterday, on International Women’s Day 2021, ECDHR together with ALQST hosted a panel event on [...]

09
Mar
Free at last? The long road for Saudi women’s rights defenders, post-imprisonment

It was November 2020. Global media were inundating diverse audiences with updates on the heated [...]

01
Mar
Stateless and defenceless – The Bidoon community in Kuwait

Despite its position as one of the wealthiest economies in the world, Kuwait is notorious [...]

22
Feb
Secret prisons and strategic diplomacy: How the UAE masks its human rights abuses in Yemen

Disclaimer: This text was written prior to President Biden’s announcement to halt all offensive military [...]

15
Feb
Bahrain: Joint Letter to EU Ahead of Meeting With Bahraini Delegation

Re: EU-Bahrain Cooperation Agreement Must Depend on Human Rights Improvements Find PDF version Joseph Borrell, High Representative [...]

08
Feb
Bahrain: A culture of impunity thriving at large under the kingdom’s facade

A history of impunity The Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry (BICI) offered hope for the [...]

08
Feb
39 French Parliamentarians Call on Bahrain not to Execute two Torture Victims

39 French Parliamentarians wrote to the Government of Bahrain on 23 July 2020, calling on [...]

28
Jul
Bahrain: Torture victims at risk of execution in Bahrain following court ruling

13 July 2020 – Bahrain’s highest court, the Court of Cassation, has confirmed the reimposition [...]

14
Jul
Kuwait | The Life of Overseas Migrant Workers

From Kuwait’s total population of 4.6 million people, over 3 million are migrant nationals from [...]

11
Jun
Saudi Arabia | The end of the death penalty for minors

Saudi Arabia, which for many years now has been at the top of the executioner [...]

09
Jun