Category Archives: Oman
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Platform Compliance in the Middle East: How Opaque Content Moderation Enables Quiet Authoritarian Censorship
Across the MENA region, particularly in the Gulf, political speech increasingly disappears from major platforms [...]
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Arab Gulf States at odds: The UAE and Saudi Arabia in Yemen
Following developments in Yemen which saw the Southern Transitional Council (STC) seizing power across the [...]
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Saudi Arabia Briefing Papers Reports
Women Human Rights Defenders Systematically Tortured in Saudi Prisons
Introduction Since 2019, Saudi Arabia has promoted a narrative of national reforms under Crown Prince [...]
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Munasaha Law: How the UAE has used Anti-Terrorism Laws to keep Outspoken Citizens in Indefinite Detention
With the recent death of political prisoner Ali Abdullah Fath Ali al-Khaja on the 19th [...]
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The Gulf’s Smart City Future is Built on Total Surveillance
Across the Gulf, governments are racing to reinvent themselves as hyper-efficient “smart cities”, supported by [...]
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Oman’s Enforced Disappearance of Talib Al-Saedi
The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) has recently reported that the Internal Security Service [...]
Jan
Locked In: How Kuwait’s 2025 Exit-Permit Rule Traps Migrant Workers in Modern Kafala
In July 2025, Kuwait introduced a new regulation requiring all private-sector expatriate workers to obtain [...]
Jan
Half Citizens: Women, Statelessness and the Struggle for Equality in the Gulf
Across the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region, nationality laws continue to entrench gender discrimination, perpetuating [...]
Nov
An Uncertain Future for Food Insecurity
The access to and availability of food is undoubtedly one of the most important human [...]
Sep
The GCC and Social Developments
Last week, the Gulf Cooperation Council’s (GCC) undersecretaries for social development met in Kuwait to [...]
Sep
The Case of Awad Al-Sawafi: Dismissed From His Role For His Activism
In Oman, the freedom of expression of many journalists and human rights activists is constantly [...]
Jul
Climate Change and Human Rights
“Are we taking the steps needed to protect people from climate chaos, safeguard their futures [...]
Jul
Retrial of “Ghaith Spaces” Activists in Oman: A Blow to Freedom of Expression
On August 21, 2023, four internet activists, Ali bin Marhoon Abdullah Al-Ghafri, Maryam bint Youssef [...]
Jul
The Truth Behind Mega-Projects in the Middle East: A Threat to Labour Rights
Introduction In recent years, some Gulf countries have begun to implement renewal projects that touch [...]
Jun
Arab Charter on Human Rights
This month, four member states of the Arab League had their representative confirmed to a [...]
Apr