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EU should uphold human rights and accountability in negotiation of strategic partnership with Egypt

December 15, 2023 0Comments 0Reactions
14 NGOs urge the EU and its Member States to prioritize accountability and human rights reforms in ongoing negotiations for an EU strategic partnership with Egypt, notably regarding the overall framework of the deal, provision of financial support, and migration and security cooperation. If the EU fails to address Egypt’s human rights and accountability crisis,…

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Statements & Letters

Alaa Abd El-Fattah – Letter to the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention

November 23, 2023 0Comments 0Reactions
23 November 2023Dear Members of the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention,We, the undersigned 34 freedom of expression and human rights organisations, are writing regarding the recent submission to the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (UNWGAD) filed on behalf of the award-winning writer and activist Alaa Abd El-Fattah, a British-Egyptian citizen.On…

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Civil society urges BIE Member States not to vote for Saudi Arabia to host the World Expo 2030

November 22, 2023 0Comments 0Reactions
November 21, 2023Bureau International des Expositions (BIE)General Assembly34, Avenue d'Iéna, 75116, France Open letter to BIE Member States: do not vote for Saudi Arabia to host World Expo 2030We, the undersigned organisations, write to express our deep concern about Saudi Arabia’s candidacy to host the World Expo 2030. By providing a global platform to a regime…

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Joint Statement by 48 Human Rights Organizations: International and Arab failure to prevent the annihilation of the Palestinian people must end

October 20, 2023 0Comments 0Reactions
 A Joint Statement by 48 Human Rights Organizations from Eight Arab Countries The undersigned Arab human rights organizations call on permanent member states of the United  Nations Security Council and member states of the League of Arab States to take immediate action to prevent the situation in Gaza from developing into the crime of genocide against…

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HuMENA for Human Rights and Civic Engagement Condemns Ongoing Israeli War Crimes in Gaza and Urges Immediate International Action

October 16, 2023 0Comments 0Reactions
Brussels, 16th October 2023HuMENA for Human Rights and Civic Engagement strongly condemns the continuous and appalling war crimes committed by Israel in the Gaza Strip, resulting in an unprecedented humanitarian crisis. The international community must urgently respond to these grave violations of international law.Under the slogan of " Swords of Iron," the Israeli army has…

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Turkey: Release stateless activist Ghada Naguib and refrain from deporting her to Egypt 

October 10, 2023 0Comments 0Reactions
The undersigned human rights organizations condemn the detention of political activist Ghada Naguib by Turkish authorities, the wife of opposition figure Hisham Abdullah. We call for her immediate and unconditional release, urging the Turkish authorities to immediately refrain from deporting her to Egypt. The organizations emphasize that any improvement in relations between Egypt and Turkey…

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Research & Reports

Four years on, peaceful Iraqi protesters remain missing

October 2, 2023 0Comments 0Reactions
October 1, 2023 marks the four-year anniversary of the beginning of the anti-government protests, known as the “Tishreen Uprising” that erupted in multiple governorates across Iraq. Demonstrations over unemployment, corruption, and poor public services were met with excessive and unnecessary use of lethal force including live ammunition to disperse demonstrators, resulting in significant deaths and…

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Egypt after the Rabaa Massacre: Ten years of repression, collective punishment, and impunity

August 14, 2023 0Comments 0Reactions
In commemoration of the tenth anniversary of the Rabaa massacre, 26 organizations express their condolences to the families who lost loved ones peacefully opposing the overthrow of former President Mohamed Morsi and reiterate their calls for accountability and justice. A decade ago, on August 14, 2013 under the direct orders of Egypt’s current president –…

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NGOs’ Joint Letter to Italian Prime Minister_President of the Chamber of Deputies_President of the Senate

July 21, 2023 0Comments 0Reactions
To the kind attention of the Italian Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni, of the President of the Chamber of Deputies, his excellency Lorenzo Fontana, and of the President of the Senate, his excellency Ignazio La Russa,Ahead of the upcoming International MENA and Migration Conference on July 23, 2023, which will bring together diplomatic delegations from…

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Egypt | HuMENA and +40 CSOs Condemn Sentencing of Egyptian Academic and Researcher Patrick George Zaki

July 19, 2023 0Comments 0Reactions
We, the undersigned civil society organizations, condemn the three-year prison sentence handed down to human rights researcher at the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) and academic Patrick George Zaki for his writings highlighting the hardship and discrimination faced by Coptic Christians in Egypt, such as himself.    On July 18, 2023, following a trial…

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HuMENA and rights groups calling on UN mechanisms to intervene to stop violations of freedom of assembly in Lebanon, Tunisia, Egypt and Saudi Arabia

July 4, 2023 0Comments 0Reactions
Several human rights organizations, including HuMENA for Human Rights and Civic Engagement, have called on United Nations mechanisms to intervene to halt grave violations of the right to peaceful assembly in Lebanon, Tunisia, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia. They emphasized the need to take all necessary measures to address these violations and ensure that these countries…

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Civil society urges French President Macron to consider Saudi Arabia’s horrific human rights record during Crown Prince’s visit to Paris

June 22, 2023 0Comments 0Reactions
Palais de l’Élysée55 Rue Faubourg Saint-Honoré75008, ParisFrance 21 June 2023 Subject: Visit of Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed Bin Salman, to France Mr President, We, the undersigned organisations, kindly address this letter to express our deepest concern at the welcoming of Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman to France and to the…

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NGOs letter to the French President: call for a new approach in relations with Egypt regarding human rights

June 20, 2023 0Comments 0Reactions
June 20, 2023  NGOs letter to the French President: call for a new approach in relations with Egypt regarding human rights Your Excellency President Emmanuel Macron, In light of Egyptian President Abdelfattah al-Sisi’s expected attendance of the 22-23 June, 2023 Summit for a New Global Financing Pact in Paris, we are writing to ask…

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Celebrating #IDAHOBIT: HuMENA for Human Rights and Civic Engagement Stands with the LGBTQ+ Community in the MENA Region!

May 17, 2023 0Comments 0Reactions
Today, as HuMENA for Human Rights and Civic Engagement, we proudly join the global movement in commemorating the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Intersexism, and Transphobia (IDAHOBIT). We stand in solidarity with the LGBTQ+ community in the MENA region, where the struggle for equality and acceptance remains an ongoing battle.In the MENA region, LGBTQ+ individuals…

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Civil society concerned over Saudi Arabia’s attempt to whitewash its human rights record through the World Expo 2030

May 16, 2023 0Comments 0Reactions
HuMENA for Human Rights and Civic Engagement, and civil society organizations calls on the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE) to exclude the candidacy of Saudi Arabia as a potential host for World Expo 2030 on account of its grave and internationally documented and recognised appalling human rights record. May 16, 2023 Bureau International des…

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