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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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Human Rights Groups Urge Disclosure of Abdulrahman Al-Qaradawi's Fate, Demand His Release, and  Call for Accountability for t
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Human Rights Groups Urge Disclosure of Abdulrahman Al-Qaradawi’s Fate, Demand His Release, and  Call for Accountability for the UAE and Lebanon for His Physical and Mental Safety

January 11, 2025 0Comments 0Reactions
The undersigned organizations express their deep concern over the disappearance of journalist and poet Abdulrahman Youssef Al-Qaradawi since January 8, 2025, following his boarding of a private plane bound for Abu Dhabi. This deportation was carried out in execution of a decision by the Lebanese Council of Ministers to extradite him to the UAE, based…

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Joint Letter Calls for Urgent Congressional Action to Prevent Extradition of Abdel Rahman Youssef Al-Qaradawi
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Joint Letter Calls for Urgent Congressional Action to Prevent Extradition of Abdel Rahman Youssef Al-Qaradawi

January 7, 2025 0Comments 0Reactions
The Honorable John Thune Majority Leader U.S. Senate Washington, DC 20510 The Honorable Mike Johnson Speaker U.S. House of Representatives Washington, D.C. 20515   Dear Senate Majority Leader, Speaker of the House, and Members of Congress, We are writing to call on you to take urgent action to prevent the extradition of Abdel Rahman Youssef…

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Call for Urgent Action | Lebanon Must Protect Abdel Rahman Youssef and Refuse His Deportation to the Unknown
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Call for Urgent Action | Lebanon Must Protect Abdel Rahman Youssef and Refuse His Deportation to the Unknown

January 2, 2025 0Comments 0Reactions
We, the undersigned individuals and organizations, express our strong condemnation of the detention of poet Abdel Rahman Youssef Al-Qaradawi by Lebanese authorities on December 28, 2024, based on a security cooperation memorandum with the Egyptian authorities. This action represents a grave and alarming example of transnational repression, a systematic practice used to silence dissenting voices…

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Egypt | Human Rights Organizations: Right to Return for North Sinai Residents is Fundamental, and Military Trials are invalid
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Egypt | Human Rights Organizations: Right to Return for North Sinai Residents is Fundamental, and Military Trials are invalid

December 23, 2024 0Comments 0Reactions
The signatories condemn in the strongest terms the harsh and unjust sentences issued by a military court on Saturday, December 14, 2024, against 62 civilians from North Sinai, including tribal leaders, activists, and journalists. These sentences—ranging from 3 to 10 years of imprisonment—stem from calls for largely peaceful protests demanding the right to return to…

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#FreeAhmedKamel: Saudi Arabia must NOT extradite peaceful protester to Egypt, where he would face torture
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#FreeAhmedKamel: Saudi Arabia must NOT extradite peaceful protester to Egypt, where he would face torture

December 2, 2024 0Comments 0Reactions
We, the undersigned organisations, urge the authorities of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia not to deport Ahmed Fathi Kamal Kamel to Egypt, where he would be at high risk of being subjected to torture and other human rights violations. An extradition would constitute a violation of the principle of non-refoulement enshrined in article 3 of the…

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Human Rights Organizations and journalists reaffirm the need to defend Press and Media freedom in Egypt
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Human Rights Organizations and journalists reaffirm the need to defend Press and Media freedom in Egypt

November 26, 2024 0Comments 0Reactions
Following a series of consultations with Egyptian media organizations and journalists on the Press and Media freedom situation in Egypt, and in light of the recent violations of freedom of expression, including the latest Supreme Council for Media’s decision to arbitrarily reject journalist Faker Tany’s website registration, and earlier prosecution and enforced disappearance of journalists…

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Egypt | Six Years of Arbitrary Detention… Call for the Immediate Release of Hoda Abdelmonem and Dropping of Fabricated
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Egypt | Six Years of Arbitrary Detention… Call for the Immediate Release of Hoda Abdelmonem and Dropping of Fabricated Charges

October 31, 2024 0Comments 0Reactions
The “FreeHoda” campaign and the undersigned organisations condemn the continued arbitrary detention of lawyer and human rights defender Hoda Abdelmonem, who has been detained for six years. We denounce the re-fabrication of charges against her in a new case after she completed her previous sentence for similar accusations, and call for her immediate release due…

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Egypt | The Supreme Council for Media Regulation’s refusal to license “Fakar tany” website is a continuation of the attack on independent journalism in Egypt

October 31, 2024 0Comments 0Reactions
31 October 2024   The undersigned organizations condemn the decision issued by the Supreme Council for Media Regulation (SCMR) on 8 September refusing to grant a license to the Fakartany website. This decision is part of a policy aimed at depriving independent websites of their right to license, exposing them to legal threats. It comes…

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Egypt | The Criminal Procedure Law Project Undermines Justice and Establishes More Trials Without Fair Guarantees
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Egypt | The Criminal Procedure Law Project Undermines Justice and Establishes More Trials Without Fair Guarantees

October 25, 2024 0Comments 0Reactions
The undersigned organizations reject the current version of the Criminal Procedure Law project and demand its withdrawal and a return for review and discussion with stakeholders—including lawyers, journalists, and human rights organizations—before its approval. The amendments included in the current draft threaten justice and the guarantees of fair trials for citizens. On August 17, 2024,…

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Joint statement: Crackdown on Civil Society and Human Rights in Tunisia: Arrests and Intimidation in the Wake of the 2024 Pr
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Joint statement: Crackdown on Civil Society and Human Rights in Tunisia: Arrests and Intimidation in the Wake of the 2024 Presidential Elections.

October 22, 2024 0Comments 0Reactions
We, the undersigned rights organizations and groups, are deeply alarmed by the recent arrests and harassment of prominent activists and journalists following the Tunisian presidential elections on 6 October 2024. This is part of a broader and troubling crackdown on civil society and human rights defenders in Tunisia. These arrests signal an alarming trend of…

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Justice Denied: Alaa Abdelfatah’s Sentence Ends, But His Freedom Doesn’t Begin
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Egypt: Forcibly disappeared for 2000 days, student Ahmed Hassan Mustafa’s fate must be disclosed

October 3, 2024 0Comments 0Reactions
The undersigned human rights organizations are deeply concerned over the continued disappearance of student Ahmed Hassan Mustafa, for more than 2000 days to date. The organizations call on the Egyptian authorities to immediately disclose Mustafa’s fate and inform his family and lawyer of the place and conditions of his detention, and investigate all complaints and…

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Alaa Abd El-Fattah must be released this month at the end of his prison sentence
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Alaa Abd El-Fattah must be released this month at the end of his prison sentence

September 25, 2024 0Comments 0Reactions
A coalition of 59 Egyptian and international civil society organizations stated today that the Egyptian-British writer and activist Alaa Abd El-Fattah must be released on Sunday, September 29, at the end of his five-year prison sentence, in accordance with Egyptian law. The organizations expressed their deep alarm at the news, shared by his lawyer, that…

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HuMENA and 24 CSOs express deep concern about Ireland’s recent decision to designate Egypt , Morocco and Algeria as safe coun
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HuMENA and 24 CSOs express deep concern about Ireland’s recent decision to designate Egypt , Morocco and Algeria as safe countries of origin

September 17, 2024 0Comments 0Reactions
HuMENA and 24 human rights non-governmental organizations have sent a letter to the Irish government expressing their deep concern about Ireland’s recent decision to designate Egypt, Morocco, and Algeria as safe countries of origin.   The full letter:  Brussels, 16 September 2024 Subject: The addition of Egypt, Morocco, and Algeria as safe countries of origin…

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The Egyptian authorities must immediately release Mohamed Adel and guarantee his safety, while bearing full responsibility fo
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The Egyptian authorities must immediately release Mohamed Adel and guarantee his safety, while bearing full responsibility for the deterioration of his health

September 9, 2024 0Comments 0Reactions
The undersigned human rights organizations urge the Egyptian authorities to immediately release political activist Mohamed Adel, and to comply with their duty to protect his life and health, now in danger due to the hunger strike he started in protest against the illegal renewal of his detention and the restrictions imposed on him in prison.…

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