MENA Rigths 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.
The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (UN WGAD), a panel of independent legal experts that rules on individual cases of unlawful detention worldwide, has issued a landmark decision finding that Israel’s detention of Palestinian paediatrician Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya is arbitrary, and has called for his immediate release. The opinion, adopted following a request submitted by MENA Rights Group, marks the first time the body has ruled on the detention of a Palestinian from Gaza held under Israel’s Unlawful Combatants Law.
Following its fourth Universal Periodic Review, Lebanon chose to accept 218 out of the 286 recommendations it had received. While the authorities accepted the majority of recommendations, they notably rejected calls to abolish the statute of limitations on torture and failed to receive any recommendation specifically addressing their role in transnational repression.
Following its fourth cycle of the Universal Periodic Review, Mauritania informed the Human Rights Council of its decision to accept 229 out of the 271 recommendations it had received. While Mauritania accepted the majority of recommendations, it rejected key ones notably on the 1993 amnesty law and on women’s rights.
On the sidelines of the 62nd session of the UN Human Rights Council, MENA Rights Group co-organised a side event bringing together human rights defenders and civil society representatives to discuss the death penalty in Saudi Arabia and highlight how its use amounts to torture and arbitrary execution, eroding international standards.
