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Egypt: Release journalists and investigate reports of torture and abuse
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Egypt: Release journalists and investigate reports of torture and abuse

September 9, 2024 0Comments 0Reactions
HuMENA for Human Rights and Civic Engagement, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), and 32 rights and press freedom organizations condemn the recent arrests and enforced disappearance of four Egyptian journalists – Ashraf Omar, Khaled Mamdouh, Ramadan Gouida, and Yasser Abu Al-Ela – and call for their immediate release. The undersigned also call on Egyptian…

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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…

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29 NGOs Call for Immediate Halt to Unlawful Deportation of Sudanese Refugee by Egyptian Authorities
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29 NGOs Call for Immediate Halt to Unlawful Deportation of Sudanese Refugee by Egyptian Authorities

July 18, 2024 0Comments 0Reactions
The undersigned organizations condemn the Egyptian authorities’ arrest and detention of Sudanese refugee and community leader Othman Hussein Yaqoub Mansour, Director of the African Vision School for Sudanese Education in 6th of October City, on Monday, July 1st, and his forced disappearance and coercion into signing a declaration of voluntary deportation from Egypt.   These…

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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,…

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Egypt: UN experts call on government to stop targeting and retaliating against human rights lawyers
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Egypt: UN experts call on government to stop targeting and retaliating against human rights lawyers

June 13, 2024 0Comments 0Reactions
The undersigned organizations support the letter by five UN Special Rapporteurs, published on 19 May 2024, addressing the Egyptian government in regards to the ongoing targeting of human rights lawyers through the use of counter-terrorism legislation, resulting in their imprisonment or compelling them to stop their human rights activities. The letter addressed the targeting of…

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Joint Statement| Italy Must Review its Decision to Classify Egypt as a “Safe Country of Origin”
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Joint Statement| Italy Must Review its Decision to Classify Egypt as a “Safe Country of Origin”

June 4, 2024 0Comments 0Reactions
41 civil society organizations express their deep concern for Italy’s decision to classify the Arab Republic of Egypt as a “safe country of origin” under Legislative Decree No. 25/2008, paragraph 2-bis. We urge the Italian government to publicly disclose the criteria followed in their country review of Egypt and reconsider the decision. On 7th May,…

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The Lebanese government must urgently and immediately cease the forced deportation of Syrian refugees and adhere to its international legal obligations.
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The Lebanese government must urgently and immediately cease the forced deportation of Syrian refugees and adhere to its international legal obligations

May 23, 2024 0Comments 0Reactions
We, the undersigned organizations, are deeply concerned about the recent measures taken by the Lebanese government regarding the deportation of Syrian refugees to areas inside Syria considered unsafe and about the session of the Lebanese Parliament that was held to hold the government accountable regarding the Syrian displacement in Lebanon on Wednesday, 15 May 2024…

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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…

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Joint Statement by Syrian and International Civil Society Organizations and Victims’ Associations in support of investigating
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Joint Statement by Syrian and International Civil Society Organizations and Victims’ Associations in support of investigating Bashar al-Assad for chemical attacks

May 14, 2024 0Comments 0Reactions
We are Syrian and international civil society organizations and victims’ associations united in our call for justice and accountability for the survivors and victims of chemical attacks in Syria. NGOs have documented hundreds of chemical weapons attacks in Syria. The United Nations and the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons have conducted detailed investigations…

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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…

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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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“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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Joint Statement: Egyptian authorities must end arbitrary detentions and forced deportations of Sudanese refugees and asylum s
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Joint Statement: Egyptian authorities must end arbitrary detentions and forced deportations of Sudanese refugees and asylum seekers.

March 28, 2024 0Comments 0Reactions
The undersigned organizations urge the Egyptian authorities to immediately stop the serious abuses against Sudanese seeking refuge in Egypt. After issuing Decree No. 3326 of 2023, end of August 2023, authorities have arrested and detained Sudanese refugees and asylum seekers in inhumane conditions, subjected them to unfair trials, and forcibly returned them to Sudan in…

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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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