Freedom of expression remained unduly restricted, including through prosecutions of and sentences against individuals for publishing COVID-19-related information deemed “false” by the government. Oman amended the Foreign Residency Law, removing the requirement for foreign workers to obtain a “no...

This document contains suggested recommendations to be made to ten of the states under review at the 37th session of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) in January 2021. The countries covered are Australia, Austria, Georgia, Lebanon, Mauritania, Myanmar, Nauru, Nepal, Oman, Rwanda, St Lucia, and St...

Countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), specifically Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), have used the COVID-19 pandemic as a pretext to continue pre-existing patterns of suppressing the right to freedom of expression in 2020. Starting in March 2020, as...

This submission was prepared for the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Oman in January 2021. In it, Amnesty International evaluates the implementation of recommendations made to Oman in its previous UPR. The organization also assesses the national human rights framework with regard to freedom of...

Amnesty International and a coalition of non-governmental organizations and trade unions recently sent letters to Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait and Oman raising their concerns and suggesting recommendations that aim to protect the rights of migrant workers during...

A joint letter from a coalition of civil society organizations and trade unions, urging the Government of Oman to ensure that migrant workers receive adequate protection from COVID-19.

Between August and November 2018, Oman sentenced six individuals to life in prison on vague grounds of national security. Recently Amnesty International obtained more details about the trial and its background which establish that the defendant Mohammed Abdullah al-Shahi has been imprisoned solely...

This report documents the state of human rights in the countries of the Middle East and North Africa during 2018. It is composed of a regional overview and 19 country entries, subdivided by key human rights themes.

This public statement documents the state of human rights in Oman during 2018, subdivided by key human rights themes. It is part of a regional review of the state of human rights in the Middle East and North Africa, which includes 18 other country entries.

In this April issue, we hear the voices of people from all over the globe speaking up to support human rights. Be inspired by an exiled human rights defender from Oman and by five women who are fighting for women’s rights. You will also hear about refugees who urged people on social media to take...

Amnesty International calls on the government of Oman to end its harassment of the family of journalist and human rights activist, Mohammed al-Fazari, and to ensure that it upholds its obligations under international human rights conventions relating to women and children.

Amnesty International has today called on the Omani authorities to immediately put a halt to the deteriorating human rights situation in the country, namely their systemic crackdown on the rights to freedom of expression and association, including the immediate release of all prisoners of...

Amnesty International welcomes the cooperation by the Government of Oman with the UPR process. The organization is alarmed, however, at continued restrictions on the rights to freedom of expression, association and assembly and regrets the government’s responses to recommendations in this regard.