OCHR-Oman
Enforced disappearances
Have you
ever had a call from the security services asking you – without any legal formalities – to...
Statelessness in Oman
What is “statelessness”?
In international law, a stateless person is someone who is "not
considered as...
Al-Masarra Hospital colludes with the Mukhabarat
Following a number of complaints, and having carried out its
own investigations, the Omani Centre for Human Rights (OCHR) has established as
a fact...
Freedom of religion and belief
The challenge is not just that Middle Eastern societies
spurn members of the community who decide to embrace another religion,
or...
Freedom of association and peaceful assembly
Peaceful assembly,
including peaceful protest, is one of the most important ways of expressing an opinion. The right to...
Press freedom in Oman: As bad as the rest of the...
In Oman
there is one official newspaper published in Arabic, the daily Oman, and a...
Women in Oman and (CEDAW)
The Convention on the Elimination of
All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) defines discrimination
against women as:
Censorship blights Muscat Book Fair yet again
The Muscat International Book Fair has once again seen numerous books banned and impounded – most...
The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
The United Nations General Assembly established the International
Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights to safeguard
the cultural, religious...
Mussandam
The administration at Oman’s Samail Central Prison has refused to allow in prescribed medication for some inmates, insisting they can...