Advocacy / Lebanon
Open letter to Royal Jet: do not enable the extradition of Abdul Rahman al-Qaradawi
MENA Rights Group sent a letter to Royal Jet expressing concern regarding the company's possible involvement in the unlawful extradition of Turkish-Egyptian dissident Abdul Rahman al-Qaradawi.
Call for the immediate release of poet Abdel Rahman Youssef
MENA Rights Group joins 500+ signatories in urging Lebanese authorities to immediately release poet Abdel Rahman Youssef Al-Qaradawi and to not extradite him to Egypt, where he risks human rights abuses.
Torture to death: Military Justice fails to deliver
MENA Rights Group joins local and international NGOs in urging Lebanese judicial authorities to hold accountable the State Security officers who tortured Syrian refugee Bashar Abdel Saud to death.
Lebanon: NGOs call for emergency session at UN rights body to investigate “catastrophic” destruction and targeting of civilians
Alongside 20 Lebanese and international civil society organisations, MENA Rights Group sent a joint letter to UN member states, urging them to hold an emergency session at the UN Human Rights Council to investigate and pursue accountability for Israel's war crimes in Lebanon.
Global coalition of NGOs call for immediate ceasefire in Lebanon
MENA Rights Group joins a global coalition of 50+ NGOs in calling for an immediate ceasefire in Lebanon and urging the international community to restrict the transfer of arms to Israel.
Urgent call to address human rights violations in Lebanon and the justification of civilian attacks through dehumanising rhetoric
MENA Rights Group joins local civil society organisations in urging the German ambassador to address Israel's attacks against civilians and human rights violations in Lebanon.
Statement condemning Israel’s targeting of journalists in Lebanon and Palestine
MENA Rights Group joins local civil society organisations in condemning Israel's targeting of journalists in Lebanon and Palestine. The statement further calls for the unconditional protection of journalists in civilians as per international law, accountability for Israel's unlawful killings of journalists, and a total arms embargo on Israel.
More than 110 organisations call for US Senate to block arms sales to Israel
MENA Rights Group joins 110+ international, regional and local civil society organisations in calling on US authorities to halt weapon sales to Israel in the wake of its assault on Gaza and Lebanon.
Joint Letter – Rights Groups and Victims' Families Call for International Action in the Beirut Blast Case
MENA Rights Group joins organisations and victims' families in calling on the Human Rights Council to establish an international fact-finding mission into human rights violations related to the Beirut port explosion.
Joint Statement: Lebanon must end practices of refoulement and torture
MENA Rights Group joins a coalition of 20 civil society organisations in urging Lebanese authorities to respect their international obligations, specifically to investigate cases of torture and ill-treatment and to halt the unlawful deportations of Syrian refugees.