Category Archives: GCC Member States
Reports Saudi Arabia
Microsoft’s Cloud Expansion in Saudi Arabia: Balancing Innovation with Human Rights Concerns
To improve digital innovation and economic diversification, Saudi Arabia and Microsoft have embarked on a [...]
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Countries Reports United Arab Emirates
The intersection between migrant workers’ abuses and the climate crisis in the United Arab Emirates
Purna, Til and Man Bahadur are the names of three South Asian men who migrated [...]
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Countries Reports Saudi Arabia
Censorship in Saudi Arabia – online media restrictions
In an era where digital platforms allow for unprecedented access to information, some nations are [...]
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Kuwait Reports
Kuwait’s Amnesty Scheme: a ploy to get rid of illegal migrants?
The Kuwaiti government has announced that from March 17 to June 17 illegal migrants, such [...]
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Reports Saudi Arabia
WTA and Women’s Rights in Saudi Arabia
On April 4 2024, the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) finalized an agreement with the Saudi [...]
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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
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 [...]
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 [...]
Mar
Stateless and defenceless – The Bidoon community in Kuwait
Despite its position as one of the wealthiest economies in the world, Kuwait is notorious [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Feb