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MENA Rights Group joins 18 other NGOs and international trade union federations in urging Algeria to immediately release human rights defender and trade unionist Ali Mammeri, who was arbitrarily sentenced to 15 years in prison on 29 October 2025 and is now awaiting appeal.

MENA Rights Group joins over 50 NGOs in calling on Saudi Arabia to immediately halt all executions and uphold its commitments to end the death penalty for child defendants and drug offenders following the alarming execution of 300 people in 2025.

MENA Rights Group joins 10 NGOs in calling on the UN Committee against Torture to hold Bahrain accountable for ongoing violations of the Convention against Torture ahead of its review on November 18-19, 2025.

MENA Rights Group joins 10 NGOs in calling on the United States of America to address Saudi Arabia's human rights abuses during the Crown Prince's visit to Washington on November 18.

MENA Rights Group joins 19 other Algerian, regional, and international organisations in calling for the immediate release of poet and activist Mohamed Tadjadit and the dropping of all charges against him.

MENA Rights Group joins 20 NGOs in calling for the release of Saudi human rights defender Abdulrahman al-Khalidi detained in Bulgaria since 2021.

MENA Rights Group joins the Free Hoda Abdelmoniem Campaign and 16 other human rights organizations in expressing deep concern over the continued arbitrary detention of lawyer and human rights defender Hoda Abdelmoniem, who has now spent seven years behind bars despite serious and life-threatening health condition.

MENA Rights Group’s new report, “Algeria: Travel bans, a tool of mass repression in the hands of the authorities,” exposes how Algerian authorities misuse travel bans (ISTN) to silence dissent and restrict freedom of movement. Drawing on nearly thirty individual cases, the report details how these measures, often imposed without due process or notification, create a climate of fear and self-censorship.

MENA Rights Group and ALQST for Human Rights address an open letter to Mr. Alexandre Zouev, newly appointed Acting Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT), expressing human rights concerns on the UN office's relationship with Saudi authorities and its Presidency of State Security (PSS).

MENA Rights Group petitioned the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention to rule on the arbitrary detention of Palestinian doctor Hussam Abu Safiya, abducted in Gaza and held without charge by Israel since December 2024.

As organizations committed to civil society and open civic space, we, the undersigned, are gravely concerned by the U.S. government’s (USG) decision to impose sanctions under Executive Order (EO) 14203 against three leading Palestinian human rights organizations — Al-Haq: Law in the Service of Man (Al-Haq), Al-Mezan Center for Human Rights (Al-Mezan), and the Palestinian […]

MENA Rights Group joins 16 NGOs in calling for the immediate release of human rights lawyer Abdulmajeed Sabra, who was arbitrarily detained by Houthi forces in Yemen on 25 September 2025 for social media posts commemorating the 26 September Revolution anniversary.