Category: OHRC News

Following up the case of Muawiya Al Rawahi, Omani blogger who was accused of insulting the rulers of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) contacted the Omani Embassy in the UAE yesterday to enquire about the...

National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) followed up the case of arresting number of social media activists in the last few days. It contacted the security authorities to inquire about the charges against those citizens and whether legal guarantees were applied....

National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) held a press conference, presided by Dr. Obaid Al Shaqsi, NHRC secretary general, and number of Commission’s members in NHRC headquarter, to announce the start date of the human rights awareness program; beginning from Dhofar...

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs’s response to the letter sent by National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) last June regarding the case of Muawiya Al Rawahi stated that the Embassy of Oman in Abu Dhabi is following up the case and...

The Legal Sub-committee at National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) held a meeting to discuss several matters in relation to human rights. Dr. Nasser Saif Al Shamsi, chairman of legal sub-committee, commenced the meeting by delivering a speech followed by a...

National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) received number of complaints from Shura Candidates who were not listed in the preliminary lists of the candidates of Shura Council membership; which was published last week. The plaintiffs claimed that they have met all...

The honorable Mohammed Abdullah Al Riyami, Chairman of National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), met with a delegation from the Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians of the Inter-Parliamentary Union on 27 May 2015 at NHRC office. The meeting included...

National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) held its first meeting of the third annual session for the second period of 2015 presided by the honorable Mohammed Abdullah Al Riyami, NHRC Chairman, and the participation of His Excellency the vice-chairman, the general...

National Human Right Commission (NHRC) continues to follow up the case of the Omani citizen Muawiya Al Rawahi who is being detained by the authorities of the United Arab Emirates since last February. NHRC contacted several officials in the Sultanate...