Category Archives: GCC Member States
Saudi Arabia Reports
Indonesia’s Plan to Lift Labor Migration Ban to Saudi Arabia Raises Alarms Over Workers’ Rights
In March 2025, the Indonesian government announced plans to revoke their decade-long moratorium on sending [...]
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Saudi Arabia Reports
Reprisal Against Family Members: The Case of Sulaiman al-Dowaish’s Sons
In April 2016, preacher Sulaiman al-Dowaish was arrested and tortured by the Saudi authorities after [...]
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Saudi Arabia Reports
Transnational Repression and the Unanswered Case of Jamal Khashoggi
he assassination of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in October 2018 remains a clear example of [...]
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Saudi Arabia Reports
Pakistani Worker Muhammad Arshad Dies During 2034 World Cup Stadium Construction in Saudi Arabia
A Fatal Incident at Aramco Stadium On March 12, 2025, Muhammad Arshad, a Pakistani foreman [...]
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United Arab Emirates Reports
Art Censorship in the UAE
Art is a fundamental element of human expression. From the prehistoric cave paintings of Lascaux [...]
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The Case of Abdulhadi Al Khawaja: The Persecution of Freedom in Bahrain
Abdulhadi Al Khawaja is a long time advocate for human rights in Bahrain and has [...]
Aug
Dr. Abduljalil Al Singace: A Case of Severe Injustice
Dr. Abduljalil Al Singace, a Bahraini prisoner of conscience currently being detained at Jau Prison, [...]
Aug
The Modern Day Slaves of the Arab Gulf; What’s really going on with domestic workers in Kuwait?
The GCC Context For the past decade, the Arab Gulf Region has been pervaded [...]
Jul
Shedding blood on the issue: Saudi Arabia’s unflinching approach to the death penalty
In this article, ECDHR analyses the international and national legal framework surrounding capital punishment in [...]
Jun
Not All That Glitters Is Gold: The Gulf Interference with the EU Democratic Processes
By ECDHR Staff, 13 May 2022 Introduction Over the past decade, the European Union [...]
May
World Press Freedom Day
An infography on the state of press freedom in the world as well as in [...]
May
World Day for Safety and Health at Work
28th April 2022 In celebration of the World Day for Safety and Health at Work [...]
Apr
Kuwait: behind the façade of International and Human Rights Commitments, the use of Torture has to end.
Stateless Arabs, known as bidoons, protest to demand rights in Jahra City, 50 kms of [...]
Apr
International Day for the Right to the Truth concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity of Victims
24th March 2022 As the world celebrates the International Day for the Right to the [...]
Mar
Sportwashing in the Gulf
A few weeks ago, the purchase of a football club by a new buyer, a [...]
Nov