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Weaving Collective Voices: The Impact of Intersectionality in Shaping Peaceful Protests

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Weaving Collective Voices: The Impact of Intersectionality in Shaping Peaceful Protests

August 29, 2024 0Comments 0Reactions

Introduction Intersectionality and the right to Freedom of Peaceful Assembly (FoPA) are more connected than you might think. Their relationship shapes how we express ourselves collectively and our voices are heard in public spaces. I like to think of it as a tapestry, those intricate ones you might see in a museum. Each…

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On the Right to Peaceful Assembly: When Solidarity Gets Sued and Comes at a High Cost

August 21, 2024 0Comments 0Reactions

While most reports and studies over the past years have predicted an impending explosion of social movements in Tunisia due to the worsening economic crisis both nationally and globally , the reality points, on the contrary, to an unprecedented state of paralysis and decline in protests. The Tunisian Forum for Economic and Social…

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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. …

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,…

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:…

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…

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…

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…

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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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…

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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