On 23 October 2017, Omani authorities released the Deputy Editor of the recently closed Azamn newspaper, Yousef Al-Haj, from prison after he spent over a year behind bars due to comments made in Azamn. As reported by the Gulf Center for Human Rights (GCHR), al-Haj was originally arrested in August 2016, along with two colleagues,[…]
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Bahrain: Complaint Mandate(s) Communication Summary and Findings________________ 04 Jul 2016 Bahrain JUA BHR 3/2016 · arbitrary detention · freedom of opinion and expression · freedom of peaceful assembly and of association · health · human rights defenders · torture Information received concerning Mr. Nabeel Rajab who has been repeatedly arrested and has[…]
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Recently, several Indian migrant workers were rescued after having spent months in Buraimi, a small border town in Oman. The women were promised jobs as beauticians in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), but upon arrival in Dubai, they were taken to a house and kept by their traffickers for weeks before they were transported across[…]
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In August, Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain (ADHRB) covered the initial arrest of three Azamn newspaper journalists and the paper’s suspension in Oman. The crimes were related to a report Azamn published on 26 July 2016 that criticized Oman’s judicial system. Two days after the report’s release, Omani authorities arrested the founder[…]
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On 26 September, Tariq Alsabahi on behalf of ADHRB, delivered an oral intervention under item 8 at the 33rd session of the United Nations Human Rights Council regarding violations of right to freedom of expression by the Government of Oman. Please continue reading for full remarks or click here to download a PDF. Mr. President, Americans for Democracy[…]
