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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…

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…

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…

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…

Legal & Political Analysis

Punishment by Proxy in Egypt: Families of Exiled Journalists, Activists and Human Rights Defenders Held Hostage by the Authorities

November 10, 2025 0Comments 0Reactions

The undersigned organizations express their deep concern over the escalating pattern of “punishment by proxy” employed by the Egyptian authorities, which has only intensified in recent months. This years-long practice involves targeting relatives inside Egypt of activists, writers, and dissidents living abroad through raids, arrests, and enforced disappearances, in an attempt to pressure or punish…

Research & Reports

Silence by Force: Systematic Houthis Violations Against Human Rights Defenders in Yemen

October 30, 2025 0Comments 0Reactions

At a glance: Civic space, arbitrary detention, press freedom | For policymakers, UN mechanisms, donors, and independent media “This report turns documented testimonies into a roadmap for accountability and protection—so that the silence of victims becomes the exception, not the rule.” “Silence by Force: Systematic Houthi Violations Against Human Rights Defenders in Yemen” offers a…

Statements & Letters

Yemen | Houthi Authorities in Yemen Must Release Lawyer Abdulmajeed Sabra and Others Held for Peaceful Expression

October 14, 2025 0Comments 0Reactions

The undersigned non-governmental organizations call on the Houthi de facto authorities in Yemen, Ansar Allah, to immediately and unconditionally release the prominent human rights lawyer Abdulmajeed Sabra from arbitrary detention. A family member reported that, on 25 September 2025, a group of Houthi armed forces and armed men in civilian clothing arrested Sabra after they stormed…

Statements & Letters

HuMENA Condemns Houthi Arrests of UN Staff in Yemen, Warns of Grave Threat to Humanitarian Work

September 8, 2025 0Comments 0Reactions

HuMENA for Human Rights and Civic Engagement strongly condemns the security raids carried out by the Ansar Allah (Houthis) group in Sana’a and Hodeidah, which targeted the offices of the World Food Programme (WFP) and UNICEF, and led to the arrest of sixteen current and former staff members. Among those detained is Ms. Luna Shukri,…

Statements & Letters

Saudi Arabia | NGOs call for immediate release of Saudi human rights defender Mohammed al-Bejadi, still held two years after his sentence ended

August 7, 2025 0Comments 0Reactions

We, the undersigned organisations, express deep concern over the continued arbitrary detention of the Saudi human rights defender Mohammed al-Bejadi more than two years beyond his sentence. His continuing detention, along with countless others, demonstrates that despite a recent spate of prisoner releases, the Saudi authorities’ severe repression of rights activists and critics remains. We call for his immediate…

Statements & Letters

Egypt | Rights Groups Call on Egyptian Authorities to Immediately Release Dr. Salah Soltan and All Wrongfully Detained Prisoners Sentenced in Case No. 1766 of 2022

July 10, 2025 0Comments 0Reactions

We, the undersigned organizations, are deeply alarmed by the news that Egyptian academic and U.S. lawful permanent resident Dr. Salah Soltan is enduring a potentially life-threatening medical crisis and is at increased risk of sudden death while detained in Egypt’s Badr 1 prison without sufficient medical care. We urge the Egyptian authorities to immediately and…

Statements & Letters

Yemen | Condemnation of the Houthi Court Ruling Against Journalist Mohammed Dabwan Al-Mayahi: A Flagrant Violation of the Right to Free Expression and an Escalation of Repression Against Journalists in Yemen

May 30, 2025 0Comments 0Reactions

HuMENA for Human Rights and Civic Engagement condemns the ruling issued on May 24, 2025, by the Specialized Criminal Court under the Houthi group against journalist Mohammed Dabwan Al-Mayahi, considering it a serious violation of fundamental rights, particularly the right to freedom of expression, and a further intensification of the use of the judiciary as…

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…

Statements & Letters

Alaa Abd el-Fattah – follow-up letter to the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention

April 18, 2024 0Comments 0Reactions

Dear Members of the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, We, the undersigned 27 freedom of expression and human rights organisations, are writing regarding the ongoing and arbitrary detention of the British-Egyptian citizen and award-winning writer and activist, Alaa Abd el-Fattah , in Egypt. In November 2023, our organisations wrote…

Statements & Letters

Joint statement: Egypt must immediately and unconditionally release anti-torture protester Mahmoud Hussein

March 28, 2024 0Comments 0Reactions

The Egyptian authorities must immediately and unconditionally release Mahmoud Hussein who is facing 25 years in prison simply for wearing a T-shirt with an anti-torture slogan, 15 Egyptian and international human rights organizations said today. Mahmoud Hussein has been arbitrarily detained since August 2023. Since then, his mental and physical health has seriously deteriorated. This is…

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