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Bahrain | Fifteen Years Since the Arrest of Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja: Ongoing Arbitrary Detention, Torture, Medical Neglect, and the Shrinking of Civic Space in Bahrain

April 9, 2026 0Comments 0Reactions

On 9 April 2026, fifteen years will have passed since the arrest of prominent Bahraini human rights defender Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja, only days after he turned sixty-five, while he remains arbitrarily detained in Jau Prison. HuMENA for Human Rights and Civic Engagement affirms that his continued detention, despite the grave violations he has suffered and the…

Statements & Letters

Egypt | Civil Society Organizations Worldwide Call for the Immediate Release of Ahmed Douma

April 8, 2026 0Comments 0Reactions

We, the undersigned civil society organizations from around the world, call on Egyptian authorities to immediately release prominent activist, poet and political writer Ahmed Douma from pretrial detention and to stop their systematic campaign of judicial harassment against him. On April 6, 2026, many in Egypt started the day with hopeful news following Egyptian authorities’ long…

HuMENA at HRC61: Advocacy on Digital Rights and Civic Space in MENA

April 8, 2026 0Comments 0Reactions

During the 61st session of the UN Human Rights Council, HuMENA for Human Rights and Civic Engagement joined a civil society advocacy mission in Geneva alongside the Innovation for Change MENA Hub (I4C MENA Hub), 7amleh – The Arab Center for the Advancement of Social Media, Smart Gov, and Wasl for Human Rights Tunisia, under…

Statements & Letters

Egypt | Seven Years Since the Disappearance of Ahmed Hassan: Human Rights Organizations Demand Immediate Disclosure of His Whereabouts

April 1, 2026 0Comments 0Reactions

The undersigned organizations express their grave concern regarding the continued lack of information concerning the fate of student Ahmed Hassan, whose whereabouts have remained unknown since April 1, 2019, in the absolute absence of any official response to date. Ahmed Hassan, who was 18 years old at the time of his disappearance, vanished on April 1,…

Statements & Letters

Algeria | Closure of the office of the “SOS Disappeared” association, affiliated with the Collective of Families of the Disappeared in Algeria, constitutes a direct attack on freedom of association and the right to truth

March 23, 2026 0Comments 0Reactions

HuMENA for Human Rights and Civic Engagement condemns the decision by the Algerian authorities on 16 March 2026 to close the office of the “SOS Disappeared” association (SOS Disparus) in Algiers, which is affiliated with the Collective of Families of the Disappeared in Algeria (CFDA). HuMENA considers this measure to be not a routine administrative…

Statements & Letters

Tunisia | Prosecution of “Sumud Flotilla” Members Marks a Dangerous Escalation in the Criminalization of Solidarity with Gaza

March 19, 2026 0Comments 0Reactions

HuMENA for Human Rights and Civic Engagement condemns the issuance of pre-trial detention orders against several members of the steering committee of the “Sumud Flotilla” in Tunisia. HuMENA considers these measures a dangerous escalation in the criminalization of solidarity with Gaza, and a troubling resort to punitive criminal law measures against a humanitarian and solidarity-based…

Legal & Political Analysis

Detention of Fareah Al-Saqqaf and Suad Al-Munayes by State Security Raises Serious Concerns about Freedom of Expression and Legal Safeguards in Kuwait

March 13, 2026 0Comments 0Reactions

Kuwaiti authorities have detained activist and writer Fareah Al-Saqqaf and thinker and activist Suad Al-Munayes over social media posts in which they expressed political views. Available information indicates that the State Security apparatus was responsible for their detention, amid a lack of clear official information regarding their legal status or the legal basis for the…

Statements & Letters

Iraq | Arrest of Environmental Activist Murtadha Al-Janoubi and Peaceful Protesters in Maysan

March 5, 2026 0Comments 0Reactions

HuMENA for Human Rights and Civic Participation condemns the arbitrary arrest of environmental activist Murtadha Al-Janoubi and a number of peaceful protesters, following their participation in demonstrations demanding fair and sufficient water allocations for the Meshrab River and surrounding marshlands in Maysan Governorate. This arrest is part of a troubling pattern of shrinking civic space…

Iraq | The Assassination of Yanar Mohammed: A Crime Against Every Woman Who Dared to Resist

March 4, 2026 0Comments 0Reactions

On 2 March 2026, the killing of Yanar Mohammed, President of the Organization of Women’s Freedom in Iraq (OWFI), was announced following a targeted shooting outside her home in Baghdad. According to sources close to her work, she had recently returned to Iraq to resume her activities in a country she refused to abandon as…

Legal & Political Analysis

Tunisian Authorities Face a Test of Their Commitment to Combating Racism: Human Rights Defender Saadia Mosbah Remains in Pretrial Detention Since 2024

February 25, 2026 0Comments 0Reactions

The next hearing in the case of human rights defender Saadia Mosbah is scheduled for 26 February 2026 before the Criminal Chamber of the Tunis Court of First Instance. The proceedings raise serious concerns about respect for fair trial guarantees and the right to liberty, as well as about the judiciary’s adherence to the principle…

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Egypt | Human rights organizations condemn the expansion in summoning human rights and political figures for investigation before the Supreme State Security Prosecution: Security measures and vague charges aimed at silencing independent voices

February 15, 2026 0Comments 0Reactions

The undersigned human rights organizations condemn the ongoing escalation of summonses to human rights, political, and journalistic figures for investigation by the Supreme State Security Prosecution, in a context in which these summonses are viewed as a deliberate tool to silence independent voices and intimidate those working in the public sphere. The summoning of Dr.…

Tunisia | Detention of MP Ahmed Saeedani and Risks to Parliamentary Independence

February 11, 2026 0Comments 0Reactions

Tunisian Member of Parliament Ahmed Saeedani was suspended following a Facebook post in which he criticized the executive authority’s handling of the country’s worsening economic situation, particularly its management of the recent floods, which exposed the fragility of infrastructure in several regions. According to documentation collected by HuMENA, MP Ahmed Saeedani was arrested on 4 February…

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Jordan | HuMENA Condemns the Targeting of Kamil Al-Zoubi for Peaceful Expression

February 11, 2026 0Comments 0Reactions

HuMENA condemns the continued targeting of Jordanian activist Kamil Al-Zoubi for the peaceful expression of political views on matters of public concern, through a sustained pattern of arrests, prosecutions, trials, and restrictive measures since 2014. This case reflects a cumulative approach that treats political criticism and digital expression as recurring grounds for criminalization, through broadly…

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Algeria | 10-year prison sentence for unionist and human rights defender Ali Al-Omari, with serious concerns regarding fair trial guarantees

February 4, 2026 0Comments 0Reactions

HuMENA condemns the continued detention of human rights and union activist Ali Al-Omari, and expresses deep concern over the 10-year prison sentence issued against him by the Criminal Court of Appeal in Oum El Bouaghi on February 1, 2026, after an initial 15-year sentence. This reduction does not address serious concerns related to fair trial…

Statements & Letters

Egypt | January 25 Revolution, 15 Years On: A Human Rights Reading of Freedoms and Participation

January 25, 2026 0Comments 0Reactions

On the fifteenth anniversary of the January 25, 2011 revolution, this moment is recalled as a point at which broad segments of Egyptian society—women and men alike—demanded a state governed by the rule of law rather than by a logic of exception; a state that guarantees tangible conditions for living with dignity; and a public…

Legal & Political Analysis

Tunisia | Criminalizing Journalism: Zghidi and Bessis Sentenced

January 24, 2026 0Comments 0Reactions

During the hearing on 22 January 2026, the court sentenced journalists Mourad Zghidi and Borhane Bessis to three years and six months’ imprisonment on charges of money laundering and tax-related offences. The ruling also imposed fines, ordered the confiscation of their assets, and provided for the seizure of their shareholdings and associated rights in companies…

Tunisia | January 14 Revolution: No Legitimacy for Repression in the Name of Public Order.

January 14, 2026 0Comments 0Reactions

Fifteen years have passed since the outbreak of the Tunisian revolution against injustice and tyranny, when the Tunisian people decided to break with a deeply entrenched authoritarian system that had been in place since 1989. The cost of that system’s persistence was severe for civil society and intermediary bodies, as human rights defenders and political…

Tunisia | A life-threatening health emergency for lawyer and former administrative judge Ahmed Souab in detention, and the State’s duty to ensure medical care and end the criminalisation of the right to defence and freedom of expression

January 8, 2026 0Comments 0Reactions

HuMENA expresses deep concern regarding the serious health developments affecting lawyer and former administrative judge Ahmed Souab inside Mornaguia Prison on 5 January 2026. On that day, Souab suffered acute nosebleeding in the morning, followed by more severe bleeding in the afternoon that led to loss of consciousness. On 6 January 2026, Saeb Souab (Ahmed…

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