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Behind the Facade: Understanding Human Rights Challenges in Bahrain

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Behind the Facade: Understanding Human Rights Challenges in Bahrain

August 14, 2024 0Comments 0Reactions

Between 2019 and 2024, Bahrain has continued to face systematic human rights violations, despite repeated government promises of reform following the crackdown on peaceful protesters in 2011. The report “Behind the Facade: Understanding Human Rights Challenges in Bahrain,” issued by HuMENA for Human Rights and Civic Engagement, sheds light on these violations and their developments,…

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Tunisian Women and Peaceful Assembly: An Ongoing Struggle Against Repression After July 25, 2021

August 8, 2024 0Comments 0Reactions

Introduction Since the outbreak of the revolution, Tunisian women have been at the forefront of all demonstrations from the very first days until the announcement of Ben Ali’s fall. After the revolution, their presence increased in various movements and peaceful protests organized for social, political, and human rights demands. This significant presence made them…

Prisons or Gas Chambers? How do detainees withstand extreme heat waves in Egypt?

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Prisons or Gas Chambers? How do detainees withstand extreme heat waves in Egypt?

August 8, 2024 0Comments 0Reactions

“I felt like it’s a period of time in prison where we die. People have been sentenced to remain in this tomb. Especially with the rotation of detention orders for political prisoners, the spread of COVID-19, and the visits ban. There, nothing gives us hope.” -These are the words of the Egyptian journalist and…

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Freedom or Facade? Tunisia’s Civil Society Remains in Repression

August 8, 2024 0Comments 0Reactions

Tunisia’s sugar-coated freedom of expression and assembly is once again exposed in the events of May 2024, when Tunisian authorities arrest and accuse a group of human rights activists, lawyers, and journalists of treason for their public and solid expression about Tunisia’s politics as well as their ongoing commitment to defending Sub-Saharan migrants’ rights in…

Police Violations and Coercive Practices in Tunisia: Anal Test as a Case Study

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Police Violations and Coercive Practices in Tunisia: Anal Test as a Case Study

August 5, 2024 0Comments 0Reactions

Introduction:- Tunisia has witnessed a surge in protests and demonstrations since the 2011 revolution, which began in Sidi Bouzid and spread through the streets of Habib Bourguiba Avenue in the capital. The Bab Bnet courts in Tunis have seen hundreds of voices from various generations calling either for the departure of the ruling political…

Joint Statement – Rights Groups Alarmed by Inhumane and Life-Threatening Conditions in Egypt’s Badr Prison

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Joint Statement – Rights Groups Alarmed by Inhumane and Life-Threatening Conditions in Egypt’s Badr Prison

August 4, 2024 0Comments 0Reactions

We, the undersigned organizations, are profoundly concerned by the recent and rapid deterioration of conditions inside Egypt’s Badr Rehabilitation and Correctional Center, according to testimonies from detainees’ families. We are alarmed by recent reports of suicide attempts and a mass hunger strike in response to widespread power cuts in Badr 1 prison, which have subjected…

Timeline of Peaceful Assemblies in Lebanon: Scattered Victories and Building an Opposition Movement

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Timeline of Peaceful Assemblies in Lebanon: Scattered Victories and Building an Opposition Movement

July 30, 2024 0Comments 0Reactions

On a hypothetical timeline, I distribute the peaceful assemblies that have occurred in Lebanon since the end of the civil war into three distinct phases. Lebanese daily life is filled with gatherings of varying sizes and impacts, some of which have resulted in changes in the political landscape, legal texts, or even social concepts. …

HuMENA Condemns the Detention of Cartoonist Ashraf Omar and Calls for His Immediate Release

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HuMENA Condemns the Detention of Cartoonist Ashraf Omar and Calls for His Immediate Release

July 26, 2024 0Comments 0Reactions

HuMENA for Human Rights and Civic Engagement strongly condemns the recent detention of renowned Egyptian cartoonist Ashraf Omar. He was recently thrown behind bars for his poignant drawings, which criticized the system and exercised his right to free speech, an act that is protected by international human rights laws and Egypt’s constitution. Ashraf Omar’s arrest…

A woman Amnesty spoke to said her son was tortured in front of her during interrogation [Jawad Morad/Amnesty]

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Joint Statement: Lebanon must end practices of refoulement and torture

June 25, 2024 0Comments 0Reactions

25 June 2024 On the occasions of World Day for Refugees on June 20th and the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture on June 26th, the undersigned organizations urge the Lebanese authorities to respect their international obligations and ensure that all instances of torture and ill-treatment are effectively investigated and that unlawful deportations…

Sudan: UN Security Council must take urgent action to protect civilians

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Sudan: UN Security Council must take urgent action to protect civilians

June 19, 2024 0Comments 0Reactions

To Members of the United Nations Security Council, We are a group of 118 feminist, women’s human rights, and human rights groups and organizations, and we write to express our grave concern about the mass atrocities and conflict-induced famine in Sudan. We call on the members of the Security Council to take concrete measures to…

Joint statement: Civil Society Groups Call for End to Crackdown in Tunisia

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Joint statement: Civil Society Groups Call for End to Crackdown in Tunisia

June 19, 2024 0Comments 0Reactions

The undersigned organizations call on the government of Tunisia to end its ongoing crackdown on the rights to free expression and free association and to respect the human rights of everyone in Tunisia. In May 2024, Tunisian authorities escalated a repressive crackdown targeting human rights defenders, civil society organizations, lawyers, and journalists with new arrests,…

Egypt: UN experts call on government to stop targeting and retaliating against human rights lawyers

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Egypt: UN experts call on government to stop targeting and retaliating against human rights lawyers

June 13, 2024 0Comments 0Reactions

The undersigned organizations support the letter by five UN Special Rapporteurs, published on 19 May 2024, addressing the Egyptian government in regards to the ongoing targeting of human rights lawyers through the use of counter-terrorism legislation, resulting in their imprisonment or compelling them to stop their human rights activities. The letter addressed the targeting of…

Joint Statement| Italy Must Review its Decision to Classify Egypt as a “Safe Country of Origin”

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Joint Statement| Italy Must Review its Decision to Classify Egypt as a “Safe Country of Origin”

June 4, 2024 0Comments 0Reactions

41 civil society organizations express their deep concern for Italy’s decision to classify the Arab Republic of Egypt as a “safe country of origin” under Legislative Decree No. 25/2008, paragraph 2-bis. We urge the Italian government to publicly disclose the criteria followed in their country review of Egypt and reconsider the decision. On 7th May,…

No tech for genocide: Google must drop Project Nimbus and end its retaliatory actions against workers protesting it

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No tech for genocide: Google must drop Project Nimbus and end its retaliatory actions against workers protesting it

May 23, 2024 0Comments 0Reactions

We, HuMENA for Human Rights and Civic Engagement and the undersigned civil society organizations, stand united and resolute in support of the Google employees who bravely protested Project Nimbus as part of the “No Tech for Apartheid” campaign. We strongly condemn Google’s retaliatory actions against its employees and reiterate their demand for an immediate cessation…

Call for Contributions: Understanding the Right to Freedom of Peaceful Assembly in Lebanon and Tunisia

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Call for Contributions: Understanding the Right to Freedom of Peaceful Assembly in Lebanon and Tunisia

May 14, 2024 0Comments 0Reactions

HuMENA for Human Rights and Civic Engagement seeks contributors to write about various topics related to the right to peaceful assembly in Lebanon and Tunisia. Contributors are invited to address these topics from the perspective of the right to peaceful assembly or examine their influence on it. Topics include, but are not limited to:…

Joint Statement by Syrian and International Civil Society Organizations and Victims’ Associations in support of investigating

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Joint Statement by Syrian and International Civil Society Organizations and Victims’ Associations in support of investigating Bashar al-Assad for chemical attacks

May 14, 2024 0Comments 0Reactions

We are Syrian and international civil society organizations and victims’ associations united in our call for justice and accountability for the survivors and victims of chemical attacks in Syria. NGOs have documented hundreds of chemical weapons attacks in Syria. The United Nations and the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons have conducted detailed investigations…

Egypt: Immediately and unconditionally release prominent political activist Mohamed Adel

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Egypt: Immediately and unconditionally release prominent political activist Mohamed Adel

May 8, 2024 0Comments 0Reactions

The 80 undersigned human rights organizations reiterate their call on the Egyptian authorities to immediately and unconditionally release prominent political activist and former spokesperson of the April 6 Youth Movement, Mohamed Adel, amid mounting concern over his cruel and inhuman detention conditions and denial of adequate medical care. Mohamed Adel has already been arbitrarily detained…

Call for Researchers: Lebanon and Tunisia

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Call for Researchers: Lebanon and Tunisia

May 8, 2024 0Comments 0Reactions

Position: Researchers Location: Lebanon and Tunisia Duration: Contract-based About the Role: We are seeking dedicated researchers to contribute to our mission of promoting the right to Freedom of Peaceful assembly (FoPA) in Lebanon and Tunisia. As a researcher, you will play a crucial role in documenting violations, analyzing legal frameworks, and shedding light on challenges…

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