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Salem Ali Al-Maashani, as well as about the acquittal of Mr. Amer Muslim Bait Saeed. Messrs. Issa Qatan, Al-Maashani and Bait Saeed are environmental rights defenders and online activists who work for the preservation of green areas and their natural heritage in the Dhofar Plain of the Dhofar Governorate in Oman. On March 8, 2021, the Salalah’s Court of First Instance ordered the release on bail of Dr. Issa Qatan until his next appearance before the court, scheduled for March 17, 2021. The Observatory recalls that on February 23, 2021, Dr. Issa Qatan was arrested by the Internal Security...

Activists and environmentalists took to social media platforms to criticize Omani government's decision to allow construction of housing units over Dhofar Plain, which threatens camel grazers' livelihoods and centuries-old traditions.

February 26, 2021 The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a partnership of the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) and FIDH, requests your urgent intervention in the following situation in Oman. Description of the situation The Observatory has been informed by the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) about the arbitrary detention of Dr. A hmed Issa Qatan, an environmental rights defender and specialist in desalination of sea water, who defends the preservation of green areas and their natural heritage in the Dhofar Plain of the Dhofar Governorate in Oman. On Febr...

Oman: Arbitrary detention of environmental rights defender Ahmed Issa Qatan 26/02/2021 Arbitrary detention / February 26, 2021 The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a partnership of the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) and FIDH, requests your urgent intervention in the following situation in Oman. Description of the situation: The Observatory has been informed by the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) about the arbitrary detention of Dr. Ahmed Issa Qatan, an environmental rights defender and specialist in desalination of sea water, who defends the preservat...