July 2019 – ECDHR

Bahrain

EU Parliament Urgent Resolution Condemns Human Rights Situation in Bahrain

March 15, 2021

11 March 2021 – The European Parliament has voted overwhelmingly in a plenary session today [...]

Countries GCC Member States Saudi Arabia Uncategorized

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

GCC Member States Saudi Arabia

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

GCC Member States Kuwait

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

GCC Member States United Arab Emirates Yemen

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

Qatar: Exchange Student Remains Arbitrarily Detained Since July 2018

On July 6, 2018 Qatari student Abdulaziz Saeed Saad Halwan Abdullah was arrested by Al [...]

25
Jul

Qatar: Saudi Arabia Releases Qatari National After Over a Year of Arbitrary Detention

Qatari national Mohsen Saleh Saadoun al-Karbi was released from prison in Saudi Arabia after spending [...]

24
Jul

Saudi Arabia: UK Companies Sell $810m in Arms Despite Court of Appeals Ruling

Following the brutal murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, the United Kingdom (UK) has continued to [...]

23
Jul

Bahrain: Detention of Jawad Redha AlTarifi

Jawad Redha AlTarifi is a 27-year-old Bahraini citizen. Since his arbitrary arrest and detention in [...]

19
Jul

Kuwait: Authorities Crackdown on Peaceful Protests Over Bidoon Death

Between the 11 and 14 of July 2019 Kuwaiti authorities have arrested at least 15 [...]

19
Jul

Saudi Arabia: New Government Figures Show 1028 Foreigners Detained on Terrorism Charges

During the week of 18 July 2019, regional news sources reported that as many as [...]

18
Jul

Yemen: 19 human rights NGOs call on French Parliament to end arms sales to Saudi Arabia-led coalition in Yemen

On 10 July 2019, 19 human rights NGOs including Amnesty International France and the International [...]

11
Jul

Yemen: Houthi Court Sentences 30 political opposition to figures to death for spying for Saudi-led coalition

On 9 July 2019, thirty academics and political figures, facing what Amnesty International has described [...]

11
Jul

Bahrain: Spanish MP Fernando Adolfo Gutiérrez Díaz de Otazu Expresses Concern Regarding the Death Sentences Upheld Against Bahraini Citizens Ali AlArab and Ahmed AlMalali through a Parliamentary Question

On 1 July 2019, Spanish Member of Parliament (MP) Fernando Adolfo Gutiérrez Díaz de Otazu [...]

09
Jul

8 French MPs send a letter to the King of Bahrain Hamad bin Isa Khalifa regarding the death sentences upheld against Ahmed AlMalali and Ali AlArab

On 19 June 2019, Bertrand Pancher and seven other French MPs member of the “Liberté [...]

08
Jul

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