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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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

One year since the arrest of Abdulrahman Yusuf al-Qaradawi: a year of complicity, enforced disappearance, and diplomatic failure

December 28, 2025 0Comments 0Reactions

Today, 28 December 2025, marks one year since the arrest of Egyptian–Turkish poet and opposition figure Abdulrahman Yusuf al-Qaradawi in Lebanon. This incident constitutes a serious violation of Lebanese law and of Lebanon’s international obligations and reveals a dangerous pattern of transnational repression, in which political complicity enables the transfer of dissidents to states where…

Syria | One Year Since the Fall of the Assad Regime: The Transition Cannot Be Consolidated without Truth, Justice, Security Sector Reform, and Protection of Civic Space

December 8, 2025 0Comments 0Reactions

Beirut – 8 December 2025 One year after the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime on 8 December 2024, which ended family rule that had lasted for more than five decades and a devastating war of nearly fourteen years that killed hundreds of thousands and displaced millions of Syrians, HuMENA, as a regional organisation dedicated to protecting…

The Saudi Human Rights Commission: 20 years of whitewashing the Kingdom’s human rights record

September 12, 2025 0Comments 0Reactions

On the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the Saudi Human Rights Commission ( SHRC ), the undersigned organisations draw attention to the persistent and systemic failure of this institution to function as an independent national human rights institution (NHRI). The SHRC continues to engage in covering up for ongoing violations rather than fulfilling its…

200 Days of Abdulrahman Yusuf’s Enforced Disappearance: Reveal His Whereabouts. Ensure His Safety. Release Him Now.

August 5, 2025 0Comments 0Reactions

The undersigned organizations are extremely concerned over the continued enforced disappearance of Turkish-Egyptian poet and political dissident Abdulrahman Yusuf Al-Qaradawi for more than 200 days. Abdulrahman Yusuf was arrested in Lebanon on 28 December 2024 and forcibly extradited to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on 8 January 2025, in flagrant violation of due process guarantees…

JOINT NGO INPUT AHEAD OF NEGOTIATIONS ON THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING FOR MACRO-FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO EGYPT

June 27, 2025 0Comments 0Reactions

We, the undersigned Egyptian, regional and international human rights organisations, are writing to provide input ahead of the negotiations on the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the EU’s €4 billion Macro-Financial Assistance (MFA) package to Egypt. Article 3 of the decision by the European Parliament and Council on granting MFA to Egypt states that: “The Commission……

Solidarity Gathering in Brussels: A Joint Call to Free Detained Human Rights Defenders Across MENA

June 26, 2025 0Comments 0Reactions

Brussels, 26 June 2025 Amid escalating, systematic crackdowns on civil society across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), and the continued arbitrary detention of human rights defenders under harsh conditions, the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR), the Egyptian Human Rights Forum (EHRF), HuMENA for Human Rights and…

Lebanon | Seven Years Since the Anti-Torture Law: No Implementation, No Justice

June 26, 2025 0Comments 0Reactions

26 June 2025 On the occasion of 26 June, the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture- which symbolizes the global commitment to ending the practice of torture and other ill-treatment- we, the undersigned organizations, express our deep concern over the ongoing impunity for the crime of torture in Lebanon and the lack of effective…

Bahrain | Joint Letter on Human Rights Situation to Member and Observer States of the United Nations Human Rights Council

May 12, 2025 0Comments 0Reactions

Re: Upcoming 59th Session of the Human Rights Council and Eid al-Adha Ahead of the 59th session of the Human Rights Council (June 16 - 11 July 11, 2025), we are writing to you and your delegation regarding the continued detention of leading human rights defenders, bloggers, journalists, opposition and religious activists, and death row inmates…

Bulgaria: Saudi activist at risk of deportation

March 10, 2025 0Comments 0Reactions

Bulgarian authorities should suspend any plans to deport Saudi human rights defender Abdulrahman al-Khalidi to Saudi Arabia, and should allow his resettlement to a third country, twenty organizations said today. Bulgarian authorities would violate the Bulgarian, European, and international law obligation of nonrefoulement, which bars returning someone to a country where they would…

HuMENA Faces Severe Funding Cuts Amid Escalating Attacks on Civic Space in MENA

February 13, 2025 0Comments 0Reactions

Civic space in MENA is under continuous attack, and now, due to sudden and severe funding cuts, HuMENA is being forced to scale down critical support for human rights defenders, activists, and social movements across the region. These cuts come at a time when repression is escalating, authoritarian governments are tightening their grip, and independent…

We’re Looking for a Paid Communications Intern at HuMENA

December 12, 2024 0Comments 0Reactions

Location: HuMENA’s Office in Beirut or Remote Duration: 6 months Organization: HuMENA for Human Rights and Civic Engagement Are you passionate about activism, human rights, and democracy? HuMENA is looking for a Communications Intern to assist with our advocacy and communications efforts in Lebanon and across the MENA region. This paid internship provides a unique opportunity to contribute…

Egypt: Lift punitive measures against EIPR staff

December 4, 2024 0Comments 0Reactions

The Egyptian government must immediately lift the arbitrary travel bans and asset freezes imposed upon three directors of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR), a prominent Egyptian human rights organisation, solely for their legitimate human rights work, a coalition of 34 rights groups said today, four years after the men were released from prison…

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