Publications

December 1, 2020
Iraq
Freedom of expression

Iraq’s new draft Law on Combating Cybercrimes still contains problematic provisions restricting fundamental freedoms

November 30, 2020
Mauritania
Arbitrary detention, Freedom of expression, Torture

Mauritanie: 30 ans après le massacre d’Inal, retour sur les « années de braise »

Saudi Arabia: UN Group denounces continued and widespread use of enforced disappearances

October 1, 2020
Arbitrary detention, Freedom of association, Freedom of expression

Will COVID-19 Create a Human Rights Crisis in the Middle East and North Africa?

October 1, 2020
Iraq
Enforced disappearances, Freedom of peaceful assembly

One year on, dozens of disappeared Iraqi protestors remain missing

September 30, 2020
Reprisals

Annual UNSG report sheds light on cases of reprisals against human rights defenders and NGOs in the MENA region

September 21, 2020
Kuwait
Freedom of association

Joint submission ahead of Kuwait’s review by the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child

September 18, 2020
Yemen
Torture

Yemeni national secretly detained and tortured by Emirati forces in Balhaf

September 10, 2020
Algeria
Enforced disappearances

Algérie: Suivi des constatations du Comité des droits de l’Homme

Waiting for Redress: The Plight of Victims of Enforced Disappearances in Algeria – A Baseline Study

Two decades after the Algerian civil war, the families of the missing are still claiming their right to truth and justice

August 13, 2020
Mauritania
Death penalty & summary executions, Enforced disappearances, Minority rights

Mauritania: Survivors of the “Passif humanitaire” demand truth and justice 29 years after the Inal massacre