OCHR-Oman

The media play an important role in society: reporting on events, uncovering facts, providing the information people need to make sense of the world, communicating ideas, and…
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The Omani Centre for Human Rights issues its annual report on human rights violations for the year 2022. The report addresses a number of cases such as summonses, arbitrary…
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The world celebrates Human Rights Day annually on December 10, to recall the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), which includes articles defining human rights and…
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The overwhelming majority of UN member states, by ratifying the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), recognise that “the full and…
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Despite global efforts to promote human rights and gender equality, violence against women remains an obstacle to social progress and human development. Although feminist campaigns…
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On 27 October 2022, Omani businessman Hani al-Sarhani was sentenced to 12 months in jail for highlighting the plight of small businesses during the Covid pandemic, and six months…
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Omanis now face up to seven years in jail for criticising the Sultan’s wife or children The Omani Centre for Human Rights is deeply concerned to see that freedom of…
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In 1954 the UN General Assembly passed a resolution designating 20 November as Universal Children’s Day (now called World Children’s Day). Its objective is to affirm and highlight…
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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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