ITEM 2 - General Debate Date: 7/6/2017 Mr. President, we appreciate all observations presented in the report of the High Commissioner and the reports of the Office of the High Commissioner. However, the human rights situation in some of the Gulf States...
The Human Rights Council opened its 35th regular session yesterday, 6th of June and will continue until the 23th of June 2017. President of the Human Rights Council Mr. Joaquín Alexander Maza Martelli opened the session by giving the floor to H.E. Mr. Tabaré Vázquez, President of Uruguay. He...
إنّ المجلس الدولي لدعم المحاكمة العادلة وحقوق الإنسان يدين قرار المحكمة الكبرى الإدارية في البحرين الذي اتخذته يوم أمس 31 أيار/مايو بحق جمعية العمل الوطني...
Ebtisam al-Saegh, an activist who documents human rights violations in Bahrain, has been held by Bahraini NSA (National Security Agency) at the Muharraq police station and interrogated for more than 8 hours last Friday. After serious threats against her family and her own safety, “she was...
Saudi Arabian human rights activist, Mohammed Abdullah al-Otaibi has been deported from Qatar to Saudi Arabia. Qatar stated that the deportation took place on 24 May and was based on legal procedures and regional agreements. The Norwegian Ministry of Justice confirmed that a Saudi human rights...