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The UN’s International Day of Democracy, held on September 15 each year, provides an opportunity to review the state of democracy in the world....

Have you ever had a call from the security services asking you – without any legal formalities – to report somewhere for questioning? Have you...

Oman has recently been facing growing workforce and unemployment problems, made worse by the lack of any social security or safety net to help...

On July 30, the international community marked World Day against Trafficking in Persons. Human trafficking - PDF The United Nations defines “trafficking in persons” as: “the recruitment,...

News update from the Omani Centre for Human Rights (OCHR): Another in string of arrests of citizens from Musandam Governorate An OCHR source informs us...

International Conventions (Download your PDF copy) Out of nine major international conventions relating to human rights, and nine optional protocols to those conventions, Oman has...

The Omani security forces have stepped up their campaign of arrests in Musandam Governorate, in the far north of the country, with the arrest...

The Omani security authorities, in cooperation with their UAE counterparts, have arrested Omani citizen Mohammed Abdullah Ahmad al-Shihi without giving any explanation or reason....

To mark the UN’s World Press Freedom Day on May 3, the Omani Centre for Human Rights presents this factsheet on the state of...

It is with great sadness that the Omani Coalition for Human Rights received the news of the death of detained Internet activist Hassan Albasham....