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Regional (cross-border)
Regional & Diaspora
Cross-border investigations, regional advocacy, and joint statements that span multiple MENA jurisdictions and require coordinated action.
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Our position on Regional (cross-border)
We call for a regional framework that protects defenders across borders, an end to coordinated transnational repression, and a shared standard of civic space anchored in international human rights law.
— HuMENA
The Region, Connected
No country in MENA stands alone.
This country sits at the centre of the threads HuMENA follows — across borders where defenders flee, refugees move, and accountability converges.
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Where our work concentrates here.
Five strategic areas — Civic Space, Defenders, Digital Rights, Governance, Diaspora. Bar height shows the depth of HuMENA's coverage in that area for this country.
Civic Space
Defending freedoms of expression, association, and peaceful assembly.
Defenders
Protection support and case advocacy for defenders at risk.
Digital Rights
Surveillance accountability and digital safety for civil society.
Governance
Fair-trial monitoring, judicial independence, and inclusive governance.
Diaspora
Cross-border protection and amplification of exiled voices.
Chronicle
A working record of our interventions.
Statements, reports, advocacy moments, defender cases. Chronological. Growing.
Jul 2025
LEGAL & POLITICAL ANALYSIS
Jun 2025
JOINT STATEMENTS
Jun 2025
JOINT STATEMENTS
Feb 2025
PRESS RELEASES
May 2023
JOINT STATEMENTS
At the international level
Where this work meets the institutions.
HuMENA carries documentation into the mechanisms with the most leverage — UN bodies, EU institutions, and joint civil-society coalitions.
UN HRC
Joint regional statements
EU MENA dialogue
Civil-society briefings
Joint coalitions
With regional NGOs
Defenders
The people behind the work.
HuMENA stands with human rights defenders, journalists, lawyers, and activists. Where their identities can be public, we credit them. Where they cannot, we protect them.
Defender cases we are documenting in Regional (cross-border). Curated profiles appear here as consent is given; until then, our published record speaks for the work.
Statements
HuMENA at HRC61: Advocacy on Digital Rights and Civic Space in MENA
Apr 8, 2026
Legal & Political Analysis
From Street to Screen: Maps of Struggle in the Age of Algorithms and Digital Repression
Jul 31, 2025
Joint Statements
Solidarity Gathering in Brussels: A Joint Call to Free Detained Human Rights Defenders Across MENA
Jun 26, 2025
Joint Statements
Lebanon | Seven Years Since the Anti-Torture Law: No Implementation, No Justice
Jun 26, 2025
News
HuMENA Announcing the “Activism in Exile (2019–2024)” Impact Report
Feb 17, 2025
Press Releases
HuMENA Faces Severe Funding Cuts Amid Escalating Attacks on Civic Space in MENA
Feb 13, 2025Publications
Reports, statements, and analyses.
HuMENA at HRC61: Advocacy on Digital Rights and Civic Space in MENA
From Street to Screen: Maps of Struggle in the Age of Algorithms and Digital Repression
Solidarity Gathering in Brussels: A Joint Call to Free Detained Human Rights Defenders Across MENA
Lebanon | Seven Years Since the Anti-Torture Law: No Implementation, No Justice
HuMENA Announcing the “Activism in Exile (2019–2024)” Impact Report
HuMENA Faces Severe Funding Cuts Amid Escalating Attacks on Civic Space in MENA
HuMENA for Human Rights and Civic Engagement Unveils New Themes of Work
Pocket Guide for Female Protesters in MENA.
Celebrating #IDAHOBIT: HuMENA for Human Rights and Civic Engagement Stands with the LGBTQ+ Community in the MENA Region!
AlMahjar Can Campaign
New study: Arab Diaspora Engagement
Partnership with Columbia University
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