MENA Rights Group joins 16 partner organisations in calling for the release of Tunisian journalist Zied El Heni, and an end to the criminalisation of peaceful expression.
Trois ans après les recommandations faites par le Comité des disparitions forcées des Nations Unies à la Mauritanie sur le Passif Humanitaire, rien n’a changé. MENA Rights Group et ses partenaires appellent l’Etat à abroger la loi d’amnistie de 1993, à établir la vérité sur le sort des disparus et à rendre justice aux familles.
MENA Rights Group joins more than 100 organisations to condemn the shutdown of the independent Egyptian news outlet Mada Masr, and the conviction of its editor-in-chief, Lina Attalah. We call on Egyptian authorities to put an end to the continued repression of independent media and to immediately and unconditionally release all detained journalists.
MENA Rights Group and 14 partner organisations come together to call on Algeria to refrain from resuming executions, repeal the expansion of the death penalty, and engage with civil society in a legislative process toward its abolition.
MENA Rights Group joins partner organisations in calling for the immediate release of six journalists working at the independent investigative journalism platform Matsadaash.
Every year, the United Nations Secretary-General (UNSG) presents an annual report documenting cases of reprisals against individuals who have engaged with the UN. This year’s report, covering 32 states between May 1, 2025 and April 30, 2026, highlights deepening concerns with regards to the persistent use of transnational repression.
Following the recent pardon and release of Egyptian-Turkish poet Abdul Rahman Al-Qaradawi, MENA Rights Group joins partner organisations to call on the UAE to continue in this direction and release all those who remain arbitrarily detained or disappeared.
Between August 11 and 25, 2026, the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD), completed its review of Saudi Arabia’s follow-up report. Its findings reveal a troubling gap between the Kingdom’s international obligations and the lived reality of minorities and marginalized communities in the country.
Ahead of the International Day for the Victims of Enforced Disappearance, MENA Rights Group joins families of the missing and partner organisations in a statement calling on governments across the MENA region to put an end to the use of enforced disappearance and to honour victims' and families’ demands for truth, justice, accountability and reparations.
Today marks 100 days in detention for Egyptian filmmaker and screenwriter Omar Salah Marei. MENA Rights Group joins 19 partner organisations in calling for his immediate and unconditional release.
MENA Rights Group joins 26 partner organisations in calling on Tunisian authorities to annul the recent conviction of Sihem Bensedrine, former President of the Truth and Dignity Commission, guarantee fair trial safeguards ahead of the upcoming July 27 hearing, protect the transitional justice process, and stop the use of criminal proceedings against human rights and civic actors.
MENA Rights Group joins 30 partner organisations in calling for the immediate and unconditional release of Egyptian activist, Ahmed Douma, ahead of the judgment in his appeal.
