September 2025

38 CSOs Condemn US Sanctions on leading Palestinian Human Rights Organisations

September 29, 2025 0Comments 0Reactions

As Israel’s genocide against Palestinians in Gaza escalates, enabled by US military and political support, the US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has imposed sanctions on prominent Palestinian human rights organisations, Al-Haq, Al Mezan Center for Human Rights, and the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights. This represents a grave assault…

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Egypt | Civil Society Welcomes Decision Not to Sign Egypt’s Draft Criminal Procedure Code into Law

September 23, 2025 0Comments 0Reactions

We the undersigned Egyptian and international civil society organizations welcome the decision of President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi to not sign the draft Criminal Procedure Code into law and instead to send it back to parliament for revision. The House of Representatives has since announced that it will convene an urgent session on October 1 on…

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Egypt | Urgent Appeal on the Critical Health Condition of Egyptian Lawyer and Human Rights Defender Hoda Abdel-Moneim

September 14, 2025 0Comments 0Reactions

The undersigned human rights organizations are deeply concerned over the severe deterioration in the health of lawyer and human rights defender Hoda Abdel-Moneim, 66 years old, who has been in pretrial detention since 1st of November 2018. Abdel-Moneim‘s life is imminently at risk. According to her lawyer, Ms. Abdelmonem had two heart attacks on 23…

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The Saudi Human Rights Commission: 20 years of whitewashing the Kingdom’s human rights record

September 12, 2025 0Comments 0Reactions

On the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the Saudi Human Rights Commission (SHRC), the undersigned organisations draw attention to the persistent and systemic failure of this institution to function as an independent national human rights institution (NHRI). The SHRC continues to engage in covering up for ongoing violations rather than fulfilling its stated mandate…

A coalition of human rights NGOs warns that electing Egypt to the Human Rights Council would reward brutal repression and undermine the credibility of the international human rights system.

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Vote Yes to Human Rights, No to Oppression: Civil Society Calls to Reject Egypt’s Candidacy for the UN Human Rights Council (2026–2028)

September 11, 2025 0Comments 0Reactions

We, the undersigned civil society organizations, urge all UN member states to refrain from voting for Egypt in the upcoming elections to the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) for the 2026–2028 term. Membership in the Human Rights Council comes with a solemn responsibility to uphold the highest standards of international human rights and strengthen…

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Egypt’s Diplomatic Missions Weaponized as Transnational Repression Tool

September 9, 2025 0Comments 0Reactions

We strongly condemn the unprecedented weaponization of Egyptian diplomatic missions as tools of transnational repression against peaceful protesters abroad. A recently leaked recording of Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty shows him instructing embassy staff to “grab them [protestors], tie them up, drag them inside, and make their lives hell”—a shocking directive that fundamentally undermines the principles…

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HuMENA Condemns Houthi Arrests of UN Staff in Yemen, Warns of Grave Threat to Humanitarian Work

September 8, 2025 0Comments 0Reactions

HuMENA for Human Rights and Civic Engagement strongly condemns the security raids carried out by the Ansar Allah (Houthis) group in Sana’a and Hodeidah, which targeted the offices of the World Food Programme (WFP) and UNICEF, and led to the arrest of sixteen current and former staff members. Among those detained is Ms. Luna Shukri,…

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