OCHR-Oman

Three Omani businessmen have been disappeared by the security services for two weeks since staging a small, peaceful protest in Muscat that they publicised on YouTube.…
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The United Nations General Assembly has designated August 22 of each year as International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief,…
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According to Freedom House's report of Oman 2022: "Oman is a hereditary monarchy, and power is concentrated in the hands of the sultan. The regime restricts virtually all…
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According to Amnesty international report of Oman, 2021: "The government continued to detain and prosecute critics, activists and peaceful demonstrators. Migrant workers…
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Recently, on August 4, 2022, Dr. Ahmed Issa Qattan, an activist in community and environmental issues, has been detained for the second time and has been charged with several…
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In its 2021/2022 “World Press Freedom Index”, the freedom of information NGO Reporters Without Borders ranked Oman 133rd out of 180 countries. and in 2022, Oman was ranked 163/180.…
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The Omani Centre for Human Rights (OCHR) published its ninth annual report, reviewing human rights in Oman for the year 2021. This has been the second year since the present…
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According to the World Economic Forum’s “Global Gender Gap Report 2022”, it will take another 132 years to close the global gender gap and achieve gender parity. The report…
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Articles 18, 19 and 20 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights set out the meaning of freedom of religion and belief, and explain the importance of protecting these rights.…
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The International Day of Parliamentarism is celebrated every year on 30 June, the date in 1889 on which the Inter-Parliamentary Union was founded. The Day was established in 2018…
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