Gulf Centre for Human Rights

Short description: London-based international human rights organization

Gulf Center for Human RightsFounder| Khalid Ibrahim

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Type| Nonprofit
INGO
Headquarters| Beirut, WC1
Lebanon
Location|

* Middle East

Services| Protecting human rights
Fields| Media advocacy, research, lobbying

Director

| Khalid Ibrahim

Key people

| Nabeel Rajab, Abdulhadi Al-khawaja, Maryam Al-Khawaja
Website| gc4hr.org

The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR; Arabic: مركز الخليج لحقوق الإنسان) is an independent non-profit charity that defends human rights in the Persian Gulf and neighbouring states that include, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Yemen, UAE, Oman, Iran, Qatar, Syria, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, and Lebanon.[1]

The GCHR is funded by the Sigrid Rausing Trust.[2] Its vision is "To develop and protect a sustainable network of human rights defenders in the Gulf region."[3] They are based in Lebanon.[4]

The organisation was co-founded by Khalid Ibrahim along with Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja and Nabeel Rajab, Bahraini activists who have both been jailed in Bahrain.[5][6] Bahraini activist Maryam Al-Khawaja is a co-director of the organisation.[7]

In June 2021, the organisation filled a complaint in France against UAE's official candidate for Interpol's presidency, Ahmed Naser Al-Raisi. The organisation accuses him of being responsible for “torture and barbaric acts” against UAE dissident Ahmed Mansoor.[8]

## Activities and Campaigns

On 5 August 2022, GCHR expressed its concern over the safety of four journalists facing death sentence in Yemen. GCHR demanded the immediate release of the journalists named Abdulkhaleq Ahmed Amran, Akram Saleh Al-Walidi, Al-Hareth Saleh Hamid, and Tawfiq Mohammed Al-Mansouri.[9]

On 16 August 2022, GCHR called for the immediate release of a journalist Younis Abdulsalam Ahmed Abdulrahman who was detained over a year ago in Yemen.[10]

## References

1. ↑ "Gulf Center for Human Rights" (in fr-FR). https://rsf.org/en/gulf-center-human-rights.
2. ↑ "Gulf Center for Human Rights - Grantees - Welcome To The Sigrid Rausing Trust" (in en). https://www.sigrid-rausing-trust.org/Grantees/Gulf-Center-for-Human-Rights.
3. ↑ "Gulf Centre for Human Rights | arab.org" (in en-US). https://arab.org/directory/gulf-centre-for-human-rights/.
4. ↑ "Gulf Center for Human Rights" (in English). https://hrwa.cul.columbia.edu/search/10522138.
5. ↑ BAHRAIN: Third Anniversary of Arrest: Calls for the Release of Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja. doi:10.1163/2210-7975_hrd-0035-2014434.
6. ↑ "Nabeel Rajab" (in en). Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission. 2015-09-22. https://humanrightscommission.house.gov/defending-freedom-project/prisoners-by-country/Bahrain/Nabeel Rajab.
7. ↑ "Maryam Al-Khawaja, Co-Director of the Gulf Center for Human Rights, joins the Real Time Academy!". https://blog.shortyawards.com/post/149466194922/maryam-al-khawaja-co-director-of-the-gulf-center.
8. ↑ "'Torture' complaint filed in France against UAE official". 12 June 2021. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/6/12/complaint-filed-in-france-against-uae-official-over-activist.
9. ↑ "Gulf Centre for Human Rights" (in en-GB). https://www.gc4hr.org/news/view/3084.
10. ↑ "Gulf Centre for Human Rights" (in en-GB). https://www.gc4hr.org/news/view/3094.

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