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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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An Omani court has jailed two social media activists for discussing atheism online. On 7 June 2022, the court passed sentence in what has become known as “the #Ghaith_spaces case”,…
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News has reached the Omani Centre for Human Rights (OCHR) of complaints that 37 Omani nationals working for Middle East Bridge Corporation have not received their salaries for the…
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The trial of Omani activist and journalist Mukhtar al-Hanai, for a Twitter post commenting on the outcome of a government corruption case, has been unexpectedly delayed from 8 May…
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Over the past few weeks the Omani authorities have arrested at least five ordinary citizens for peacefully expressing views on topics such as atheism, the position of women and…
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The Omani Centre for Human Rights (OCHR) has been examining the case of an Omani citizen who was forced to flee her country and seek refuge in the United Kingdom after suffering…
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Protests in Oman that began on Sunday, May 23, 2021 in Sohar, followed the next day by Salalah, came to a halt after five days when the security forces seized control of all…
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On May 23rd, 2021, Oman saw an outbreak of protest actions that took Arab and international observers by surprise. The movement started from Sohar, in the Omani north,…
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Buthaina Ahmad Mahmoud, a 54-year-old Omani woman who lived in Bahrain with her husband and children, has been deported to Oman, where she has nowhere to live and no means of…
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The United Nations defines human rights as: “... rights we have simply because we exist as human beings... These universal rights are inherent to us all, regardless of…
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