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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.

Following its fourth Universal Periodic Review in January 2025, Iraq accepted approximately 70% of the received recommendations. However, genuine progress will depend on their effective implementation.

MENA Rights Group joins 35 NGOs in condemning Saudi Arabia's record-breaking execution rate and calling on the authorities to implement an immediate moratorium on all executions with a view to abolishing the death penalty.

On the sidelines of the 60th session of the UN Human Rights Council, MENA Rights Group co-organised a side event bringing together UN Special Procedures mandate holders, human rights defenders from across the MENA, and civil society representatives to discuss the weaponisation of counter-terrorism and security measures to carry out reprisals in the region.

MENA Rights Group (MRG) and Safeguard Defenders welcome the decision of the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, which ruled that the detention of Uyghur activist Yidiresi Aishan in Morocco, where he was facing extradition to China, was arbitrary under international law.

MENA Rights Group joins Egyptian and international civil society organizations in welcoming the decision to return the draft Criminal Procedure Code to parliament for revision.

New analysis reveals systematic abuse of security and counter-terrorism frameworks to intimidate activists and organisations engaging with UN human rights mechanisms.

MENA Rights Group joins Human Rights Watch and six other human rights organizations in calling for a review of Algeria’s draft law on associations to ensure its compliance with international standards on freedom of association.

MENA Rights Group joins NGOs in calling for the release of Iraqi Kurdish journalist Sherwani, who has been arbitrarily detained for five years.