Author Archives: GCC Media Team

Bahrain police beat, threaten detained children with rape, rights groups say

Originally posted to the Reuters website, 10 March 2021. DUBAI (Reuters) – Bahraini security forces [...]

Saudi court upholds sentence of women’s rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul

Originally posted to the Guardian website, 10 March 2021. A Saudi court has upheld the [...]

Kuwait leads Gulf countries in political rights and freedoms

Originally posted to the Middle East Monitor website, 9 March 2021. The State of Kuwait [...]

Academic held in Iran for two years says imprisonment pushed her to brink of suicide

Originally posted to the Reuters website, 9 March 2021. CANBERRA (Reuters) – A British-Australian academic [...]

US senator urges UK to follow Biden in curbing arms sales to Saudi Arabia

Originally posted to the Guardian website, 9 March 2021. A leading voice in the US [...]

Pope Francis and Grand Ayatollah Sistani call for unity at Iraq meeting

Originally posted to the Guardian website, 6 March 2021. Two of the most influential faith [...]