Category Archives: Countries

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
Appointment of UAE Ministry of Interior Official to the Presidency of INTERPOL

19 international human rights organizations sent a letter to the Secretary-General of Interpol, during which [...]

29
Oct
Oman’s Ongoing Attack on the Freedom of Expression

In January 2011, a set of protests and demonstrations demanding economic, political and social change [...]

15
Oct
The Struggle for Citizenship and Social Rights: Bidoon in Kuwait

Kuwait is the fifth richest country in the world and is able to provide its [...]

15
Oct
The United Arab Emirates: Human Rights Violations in the Yemen Conflict

What started as a civil war in Yemen, the Arab world’s poorest country, quickly escalated [...]

15
Oct
No Way Out: The Crisis of Women’s Rights Defense and Activism in Saudi Arabia

On 13 October 2020, Al Jazeera broke the news that Saudi Arabia is poised to [...]

15
Oct