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One year since the arrest of Abdulrahman Yusuf al-Qaradawi: a year of complicity, enforced disappearance, and diplomatic failure

December 28, 2025 0Comments 0Reactions

Today, 28 December 2025, marks one year since the arrest of Egyptian–Turkish poet and opposition figure Abdulrahman Yusuf al-Qaradawi in Lebanon. This incident constitutes a serious violation of Lebanese law and of Lebanon’s international obligations and reveals a dangerous pattern of transnational repression, in which political complicity enables the transfer of dissidents to states where…

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Six Years After Lebanon’s 17 October Uprising. The Path to Reform Begins with Civic Space

October 17, 2025 0Comments 0Reactions

Beirut — 17 October 2025 Six years after the 17 October uprising, HuMENA reaffirms that no political or economic reform is possible without an open and safe civic space and the protection of fundamental rights to expression, association, and peaceful assembly. Between 2019 and 2025, legal, security, and judicial practices have gradually narrowed civic space…

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Peaceful Assembly Under Fire: Authorities’ Violations of the Right to Protest in Lebanon

August 26, 2024 0Comments 0Reactions

HuMENA for Human Rights and Civic Engagement has published a research paper titled “Peaceful Assembly Under Fire: Authorities’ Violations of the Right to Protest in Lebanon” This paper delves into the current state of the right to peaceful assembly in Lebanon, shedding light on the significant challenges this right faces amid volatile political and security…

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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. …