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HuMENA for Human Rights and Civic Engagement Unveils New Themes of Work
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HuMENA for Human Rights and Civic Engagement Unveils New Themes of Work

May 2, 2024 0Comments 0Reactions
Brussels,  HuMENA for Human Rights and Civic Engagement is proud to announce the launch of our new work themes aimed at advancing human rights and fostering civic engagement in the MENA region. These themes reflect our commitment to empowering communities, defending civil liberties, and advocating for justice and equality.   Civic Space Activism: Empowering communities…

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Alaa Abd el-Fattah – follow-up letter to the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention
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Alaa Abd el-Fattah – follow-up letter to the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention

April 18, 2024 0Comments 0Reactions
Dear Members of the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, We, the undersigned 27 freedom of expression and human rights organisations, are writing regarding the ongoing and arbitrary detention of the British-Egyptian citizen and award-winning writer and activist, Alaa Abd el-Fattah, in Egypt. In November 2023, our organisations wrote to the United Nations Working…

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Protest and Peaceful Assembly are Right.. HuMENA strongly condemns the broad arrest campaign of protesters in solidarity with
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Protest and Peaceful Assembly are Right.. HuMENA strongly condemns the broad arrest campaign of protesters in solidarity with Gaza

April 4, 2024 0Comments 0Reactions
Brussels, April 4, 2024.   Following the peaceful protest organized by a group of activists and citizens in front of the Egyptian Journalists Syndicate in solidarity with the Palestinian people and denouncing the government policies followed in Gaza, the Egyptian authorities launched a massive arrest campaign that targeted many political activists. On the evening of…

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“Until when the State can escape its responsibility?".. Local and international civil society organizations in Tunisia commem
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“Until when the State can escape its responsibility?”.. Local and international civil society organizations in Tunisia commemorate National Day Against Impunity

March 31, 2024 0Comments 0Reactions
“Until when the State can escape its responsibility?” March 31, 2018 marks the sixth anniversary of the drowning death of young Omar Abidi, who was chased by a number of police officers from the Olympic Stadium in Rades to the level of Wadi Mellian on March 31, 2018. For years now, civil society groups in…

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Joint statement: Egypt must immediately and unconditionally release anti-torture protester Mahmoud Hussein
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Joint statement: Egypt must immediately and unconditionally release anti-torture protester Mahmoud Hussein

March 28, 2024 0Comments 0Reactions
The Egyptian authorities must immediately and unconditionally release Mahmoud Hussein who is facing 25 years in prison simply for wearing a T-shirt with an anti-torture slogan, 15 Egyptian and international human rights organizations said today. Mahmoud Hussein has been arbitrarily detained since August 2023. Since then, his mental and physical health has seriously deteriorated. This…

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HuMENA and +20 human rights organizations urge the leaders of Belgium, Greece, Italy, and the EU to promote human rights and ensure justice and sustainability in relations with Egypt.

March 15, 2024 0Comments 0Reactions
To the Prime Ministers of Belgium, Alexander De Croo, Greece, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, and Italy, Giorgia Meloni, and the President of the European Commission, Ursula Von Der Leyen,   We, undersigned civil society organizations, contact you ahead of your visit to his Excellency the President of Egypt, Mr Abdel-Fattah el Sisi, to urge you to take…

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IWD-2024. Saudi Women
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IWD 2024: CSOs renew their call on Saudi authorities to release jailed women’s rights activists

March 8, 2024 0Comments 0Reactions
On International Women’s Day, the undersigned organisations renew their call on Saudi Arabian authorities to release all women human rights defenders (WHRDs), women’s rights activists and their supporters who are detained in contravention of international human rights standards. The organisations further call on Saudi authorities to lift travel bans imposed on WHRDs and their relatives,…

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Legal and Social Situation of the LGBTQI+ Community in the MENA Region, and its Radical Transformation Between 2020 and 2023.
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Legal and Social Situation of the LGBTQI+ Community in the MENA Region, and its Radical Transformation Between 2020 and 2023.

February 15, 2024 0Comments 0Reactions
Consensual same-sex relationships remain criminalized in the majority of MENA countries. The countries of this region violate the rights of gays, lesbians, transgender people, and queer people using different laws, some of which are clear and explicit, and others that use broad expressions that are open to interpretation, which criminalize “sodomy,” “debauchery,” “violation of public…

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التحرير بعد تنحي مبارك
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Thirteen Years After Mubarak’s Ouster, Unprecedented Repression and Economic Instability in Egypt

February 11, 2024 0Comments 0Reactions
Thirteen years after Egyptians courageously took to the streets and forced the autocratic president Hosni Mubarak to step down after nearly three decades in power, we, the undersigned organizations, express our unceasing solidarity with the Egyptian people’s unmet demands for “bread, freedom, and social justice.” Amid ongoing political repression and a deepening economic crisis, we…

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Activism in Lebanon
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Rethinking Activism in Lebanon: In the Era of Socioeconomic Collapse of the COVID-19 Pandemic

February 7, 2024 0Comments 0Reactions
The paper “Rethinking Activism in Lebanon in the Era of Socio-Economic Collapse and the COVID-19 Pandemic“ explores the evolving landscape of activism in Lebanon amidst the challenges posed by the economic crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic. It delves into the historical context of activism in Lebanon, highlighting its citizen engagement and mobilization tradition for social,…

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Joint statement: Egyptian and international civil society organizations call for Badr Mohamed’s immediate release
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Joint statement: Egyptian and international civil society organizations call for Badr Mohamed’s immediate release

January 22, 2024 0Comments 0Reactions
The Egyptian authorities must immediately release Badr Mohamed, who was unjustly convicted in January 2023 in connection to protests and sentenced to five years in prison after a grossly unfair trial, said the undersigned civil society organizations. Badr Mohamed was first arrested on 16 August 2013, when he was just 17 years old, during the…

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EU should uphold human rights and accountability in negotiation of strategic partnership with Egypt
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EU should uphold human rights and accountability in negotiation of strategic partnership with Egypt

December 15, 2023 0Comments 0Reactions
14 NGOs urge the EU and its Member States to prioritize accountability and human rights reforms in ongoing negotiations for an EU strategic partnership with Egypt, notably regarding the overall framework of the deal, provision of financial support, and migration and security cooperation. If the EU fails to address Egypt’s human rights and accountability crisis,…

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Alaa Abd El-Fattah – Letter to the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention
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Alaa Abd El-Fattah – Letter to the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention

November 23, 2023 0Comments 0Reactions
23 November 2023 Dear Members of the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, We, the undersigned 34 freedom of expression and human rights organisations, are writing regarding the recent submission to the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (UNWGAD) filed on behalf of the award-winning writer and activist Alaa Abd El-Fattah, a British-Egyptian citizen. On…

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Civil society urges BIE Member States not to vote for Saudi Arabia to host the World Expo 2030

November 22, 2023 0Comments 0Reactions
November 21, 2023 Bureau International des Expositions (BIE) General Assembly 34, Avenue d’Iéna, 75116, France   Open letter to BIE Member States: do not vote for Saudi Arabia to host World Expo 2030 We, the undersigned organisations, write to express our deep concern about Saudi Arabia’s candidacy to host the World Expo 2030. By providing…

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Joint Statement by 48 Human Rights Organizations: International and Arab failure to prevent the annihilation of the Palestini
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Joint Statement by 48 Human Rights Organizations: International and Arab failure to prevent the annihilation of the Palestinian people must end

October 20, 2023 0Comments 0Reactions
 A Joint Statement by 48 Human Rights Organizations from Eight Arab Countries  The undersigned Arab human rights organizations call on permanent member states of the United  Nations Security Council and member states of the League of Arab States to take immediate action to prevent the situation in Gaza from developing into the crime of genocide…

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Turkey: Release stateless activist Ghada Naguib and refrain from deporting her to Egypt
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Turkey: Release stateless activist Ghada Naguib and refrain from deporting her to Egypt 

October 10, 2023 0Comments 0Reactions
The undersigned human rights organizations condemn the detention of political activist Ghada Naguib by Turkish authorities, the wife of opposition figure Hisham Abdullah. We call for her immediate and unconditional release, urging the Turkish authorities to immediately refrain from deporting her to Egypt. The organizations emphasize that any improvement in relations between Egypt and Turkey…

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Four years on, peaceful Iraqi protesters remain missing
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Four years on, peaceful Iraqi protesters remain missing

October 2, 2023 0Comments 0Reactions
October 1, 2023 marks the four-year anniversary of the beginning of the anti-government protests, known as the “Tishreen Uprising” that erupted in multiple governorates across Iraq. Demonstrations over unemployment, corruption, and poor public services were met with excessive and unnecessary use of lethal force including live ammunition to disperse demonstrators, resulting in significant deaths and…

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