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Gulf States: Phone searches, arrests exacerbate existing res…
Gulf States: Phone searches, arrests exacerbate existing restrictions on trade unions, expression
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Amnesty International
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Amnesty International
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11 Jun 2026 · 09:00 UTC
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Surveillance & Privacy
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Summary
Documents systematic surveillance of migrant workers' communications, mass arrests, and intensified censorship by Gulf states to suppress labor organizing and dissent—exemplifying authoritarian control through monitoring and fear.
The six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) governments have intensified restrictions on the rights to freedom of expression, association, and peaceful assembly amid ongoing conflict and economic turmoil, Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International said today. These latest measures exacerbate existing restrictions on migrant workers’ ability to raise concerns about working conditions in an already repressive […]
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phone surveillance
state repression
migrant worker exploitation
freedom of expression
labor rights violation
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