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Gaza: HuMENA, RSF, CPJ, and over 130 media outlets call for opening the Strip to foreign journalists and protecting Palestini

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Gaza: HuMENA, RSF, CPJ, and over 130 media outlets call for opening the Strip to foreign journalists and protecting Palestinian reporters

June 5, 2025 0Comments 0Reactions

For more than 20 months, Israeli authorities have barred foreign journalists from entering the Gaza Strip. During the same period, the Israeli army killed nearly 200 Palestinian journalists in the blockaded territory, including at least 45 slain for their work. Palestinian journalists who continue reporting — the only witnesses on the ground — are facing…

Egypt | Urgent Call for Independent Investigation into Torture and Death of Mahmoud Mika in Egyptian Custody

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Egypt | Urgent Call for Independent Investigation into Torture and Death of Mahmoud Mika in Egyptian Custody

May 31, 2025 0Comments 0Reactions

We, the undersigned rights organizations, express our alarm over the growing number of detainee deaths in Egyptian prisons, amid consistent indications that many of these deaths were a result of torture and ill-treatment in detention facilities. We further condemn the Egyptian government’s entrenchment of impunity through its policies and practices, which collectively lack any credible…

From Imagination to Collective Imaginaries: How the Arts Reclaim the Public Sphere

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From Imagination to Collective Imaginaries: How the Arts Reclaim the Public Sphere

May 30, 2025 0Comments 0Reactions

The premise of this essay was inspired by a live experience I facilitated, in the immediate aftermath of the fall of Bashar Al-Assad regime, through an initiative entitled “The Salon“. The initiative was open to interested parties, a humble attempt to explore the intersections of arts, culture and public space, and the potential role of…

Joint Statement by Humanitarian, Development, and Human Rights Organizations in Lebanon: From South to North: Ongoing Violati

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Joint Statement by Humanitarian, Development, and Human Rights Organizations in Lebanon: From South to North: Ongoing Violations Must End — Ceasefire Commitments and IHL Obligations Must Be Respected

May 28, 2025 0Comments 0Reactions

As of today, six months have passed since the announcement of a ceasefire that was intended to put an end to hostilities between Israel and Lebanon. Yet military actions and occupation of territory continue, with near-daily airstrikes, shelling, and airspace violations continuing to impact communities across Lebanon. The impact of Israel’s ongoing military offensive in…

Egypt | In absentia verdict against politician Hisham Kassem reinforces growing pattern of transnational repression targeting

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Egypt | In absentia verdict against politician Hisham Kassem reinforces growing pattern of transnational repression targeting exiled dissidents

May 21, 2025 0Comments 0Reactions

The undersigned organizations unequivocally condemn the verdict issued in absentia on 14 May 2025 by the Cairo Economic Misdemeanor Court, sentencing prominent publisher and political dissident Hisham Kassem to six months in prison with labor and ordering him to pay a fine of 20,000 Egyptian pounds. The sentence stems from charges of defamation, slander, and…

Joint Letter: President Trump Has a Unique Opportunity to End the War in Sudan

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Joint Letter: President Trump Has a Unique Opportunity to End the War in Sudan

May 13, 2025 0Comments 0Reactions

The Honorable President Donald J. Trump President of the United States 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20500 The Honorable Marco Rubio Secretary of State U.S. State Department 2201 C Street NW Washington, DC 20037 May 13, 2025 Dear President Trump and Secretary Rubio, We, the undersigned organizations, write to urge you to take advantage…

«Forever» has ended, and Syrians are now ready to take ownership of their country.

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«Forever» has ended, and Syrians are now ready to take ownership of their country.

May 13, 2025 0Comments 0Reactions

For more than half a decade, perhaps for even longer, Syrians have been deprived of “ownership” of their country by various means. From the food they ate, to the streets they walked, they were always reminded that Syria does not belong to them, and they did not have any agency in it. They could not…

As Trump visits Saudi Arabia, groups call for the kingdom to end repression of journalists

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As Trump visits Saudi Arabia, groups call for the kingdom to end repression of journalists

May 13, 2025 0Comments 0Reactions

As global attention turns to U.S. President Donald Trump’s first international visit to Saudi Arabia on May 13, many journalists inside the kingdom will be unable to cover the event as they are behind bars, banned from writing, or silenced by fear of censorship. We, the undersigned organizations, call on the Saudi authorities to release…

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

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Egypt | Rights organizations condemn violations in Badr 3 as multiple prisoners attempt suicide amid surge of restrictions, harassment, and medical neglect

April 30, 2025 0Comments 0Reactions

The undersigned organizations are alarmed by the escalating human rights violations inside the Badr Correction and Rehabilitation Complex, particularly in Badr 3 prison, where conditions are rapidly deteriorating and prisoners are deprived of their most basic rights. Occurring amid a near total absence of transparency and accountability, these ongoing abuses clearly violate the Egyptian Constitution,…

Decree Law 54 in Tunisia: Between Protecting Digital Space and Threatening Freedoms

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Decree Law 54 in Tunisia: Between Protecting Digital Space and Threatening Freedoms

April 24, 2025 0Comments 0Reactions

Legal and Political Analysis of the Debate on the Most Precautionary Legislation What Future for Freedom of Speech in Tunisia? What if the law turned from a guardian of rights to a sword hanging over the necks of ideas? Imagine: criminalizing the output of the mind and the whispers of conscience, judging intentions before deeds,…

Egypt | 14 human rights organizations demand justice for the extrajudicial killing of two young persons and the arbitrary arr

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Egypt | 14 human rights organizations demand justice for the extrajudicial killing of two young persons and the arbitrary arrest of dozens of women in Marsa Matrouh

April 19, 2025 0Comments 0Reactions

The undersigned organizations express their solidarity to the people of Marsa Matrouh governorate in Egypt for the extrajudicial killings during the police pursuit of a wanted person, according to testimonies from residents and eyewitnesses. Among the victims were Youssef Sarhani and Farag al-Farazi, relatives of the wanted person. The young men were killed after being…

Politicizing Laws: Legitimizing impunity in time of political division

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Politicizing Laws: Legitimizing impunity in time of political division

March 24, 2025 0Comments 0Reactions

On the 19 of march 2024, recent legal provisions were amended, the Libyan House of Representatives has rectified Law No. (6) Of 2015 on General Amnesty. All crimes committed by Libyans before 2011 up to 7 September 2015 (Law No. (6) Of 2015 release date ) shall be covered by a general amnesty as stated…

Bulgaria: Saudi activist at risk of deportation

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Bulgaria: Saudi activist at risk of deportation

March 10, 2025 0Comments 0Reactions

Bulgarian authorities should suspend any plans to deport Saudi human rights defender Abdulrahman al-Khalidi to Saudi Arabia, and should allow his resettlement to a third country, twenty organizations said today. Bulgarian authorities would violate the Bulgarian, European, and international law obligation of nonrefoulement, which bars returning someone to a country where they would risk facing torture…

Joint Statement: The Blocking of Zawia 3 is a Serious Escalation in Egypt’s Restrictions on Press Freedom

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Joint Statement: The Blocking of Zawia 3 is a Serious Escalation in Egypt’s Restrictions on Press Freedom

February 28, 2025 0Comments 0Reactions

The undersigned human rights organizations and media outlets express our deep concern about the Egyptian authorities’ decision to block Zawia 3, an independent media platform known for its critical reporting and commitment to journalistic integrity. This action is part of a broader pattern of restrictions on press freedom and digital rights in Egypt, where independent…

HuMENA Announcing the “Activism in Exile (2019–2024)” Impact Report

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HuMENA Announcing the “Activism in Exile (2019–2024)” Impact Report

February 17, 2025 0Comments 0Reactions

We are proud to share HuMENA’s Activism in Exile Impact Report, highlighting five years of achievements, challenges, and milestones from 2019 to 2024. This report captures how HuMENA has transformed exile from a condition of displacement into a platform for advocacy, empowerment, and systemic change. Since its launch, the Activism in Exile program has worked…

The AIMC must end its role in transnational repression, say NGOs

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The AIMC must end its role in transnational repression, say NGOs

February 17, 2025 0Comments 0Reactions

The undersigned organisations call on the Arab Interior Ministers’ Council (AIMC) to cease its facilitation of arbitrary extraditions of peaceful dissidents and human rights defenders across Arab League countries and to align its legal framework and systems with international human rights law. On Sunday, February 16, 2025, the AIMC held its 42nd annual conference…

HuMENA Faces Severe Funding Cuts Amid Escalating Attacks on Civic Space in MENA

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HuMENA Faces Severe Funding Cuts Amid Escalating Attacks on Civic Space in MENA

February 13, 2025 0Comments 0Reactions

Civic space in MENA is under continuous attack, and now, due to sudden and severe funding cuts, HuMENA is being forced to scale down critical support for human rights defenders, activists, and social movements across the region. These cuts come at a time when repression is escalating, authoritarian governments are tightening their grip, and independent…

Joint Letter to Secretary Rubio Urgently Calls on United States to Help Secure Release of Ahmed Kamel

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Joint Letter to Secretary Rubio Urgently Calls on United States to Help Secure Release of Ahmed Kamel

January 29, 2025 0Comments 0Reactions

The Honorable Marco Rubio Secretary of State 2201 C Street, NW Washington, DC 20520 Dear Secretary Rubio, We, the undersigned organizations, are writing to urgently request the Trump administration to help secure the immediate release of Ahmed Kamel from detention in Saudi Arabia, where he faces imminent extradition to Egypt on bogus charges. Extraditing Kamel…

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