Depuis cinq ans et le début du mouvement de protestation du Hirak, les défenseur·es des droits humains et les activistes font face à une répression de grande ampleur, les poussant parfois à l’exil. Dans ce contexte, MENA Rights Group et les organisations signataires expriment leur inquiétude et appellent à la fin de cette répression, exhortant les autorités algériennes à respecter les droits fondamentaux consacrés. Elles enjoignent par ailleurs les autorités françaises à mettre fin au harcèlement des militant·es présent·es sur leur territoire et à garantir la liberté d’expression.
MENA Rights Group expresses deep concern over reported human rights violations against Afghan refugees who have been stuck in the "Emirates Humanitarian City" since August 2021.
Marking 13 years since the ousting of Egyptian autocrat Mubarak, MENA Rights Group joins 18 civil society organisations in calling on Egyptian authorities to release thousands of unjustly detained persons, end the use of enforced disappearance, extrajudicial killing and torture, halt attacks against independent media and civil society, and to uphold basic human rights and freedoms.
On the "Global Day of CommemorAction", MENA Rights Group joins local civil society organisations in urging Lebanese authorities to investigate the April 2022 sinking of a migrant boat, to respect the principle of non-refoulement for asylum seekers and to provide safe and legal alternatives to irregular migration.
While December 2023 saw the global spotlight on Dubai for the COP28, Abu Dhabi discreetly conducted the second-largest political mass trial in the UAE’s history, known as the “UAE87” in a complete absence of media coverage.
MENA Rights Group joins the Emirates Detainees Advocacy Center and 40+ civil society organisations in urging the UAE to drop the 'terrorism' charges against 80+ Emiratis, including human rights defenders.
The UN Human Rights Council prepares to elect its 2024 President from Africa—Morocco & South Africa in the running. In a joint letter, MENA Rights group joins a coalition of NGOs in urging all members of the Council to elect the Council President based on Council membership criteria.
MENA Rights Group joins 10 civil society organisations in supporting the recommendations made by the Special Rapporteur on human rights defenders marking the end of her visit to Algeria.
MENA Rights Group welcomes the Sub-Committee on Accreditation's decision to defer the review of Bahrain and Egypt's National Human Rights Institutions, which cited their lack of compliance with the Paris Principles.
As part of the Coalition to Defend Freedom of Expression in Lebanon, MENA Rights Group calls on Lebanese authorities to ensure the new draft media law does not include provisions that restrict the right to freedom of expression, and that it meets international human rights standards.
MENA Rights Group, ALQST for Human Rights and the European Saudi Organisation for Human Rights publish an in-depth report detailing the Saudi Human Rights Commission's role in whitewashing the Kingdom's egregious human rights abuses.
Ahead of the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders' visit to Algeria, MENA Rights Group joined a coalition of civil society organisations in calling on Algerian authorities to release all human rights defenders and activists currently detained, and to end their crackdown on fundamental rights and freedoms.
