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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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
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Jun