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International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR)
What is the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights?
The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR)...
Two years on from the introduction of Oman’s revised Penal Code
The OCHR-Oman provides a recap of the main human rights violations contained in the harsh new law
OCHR-Oman condemns threats and intimidation following death of the late Sultan
The Omani Centre for Human Rights condemns the Omani
security authorities’ intimidation of Omani activists within the country and
the...
The Annual Report of Human Rights Violations in Oman – 2019
1 January: The Omani police seized the equipment of a reporting team from private radio station Hala FM while they were covering...
International Human Rights Day: December 10, 2019
According to the United Nations,
“Human rights are rights inherent to all human beings, regardless...
Women in Oman still held back by unequal rights
Progress on
strengthening women’s rights in Oman, and in the Arab world generally, is very
slow compared with other human...
Omani writer arrested over book on tribes
The Omani
Centre for Human Rights condemns the arrest of Omani writer Musallam
Masoud al-Mashani on Thursday, 14...
Continuing abuse of foreign housemaids in Oman
Violations of housemaids’ rights remain a major problem in
Oman, both for society and for the government.
The image of...
Freedom of religion and belief
Freedom of
religion and belief is a dangerous area for both activists and individuals in
the Middle East.
OCHR-Oman Media campaigns
The Shuhuh case in Oman
Since 2015, the Omani government
has been holding a number of...