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,…
(Beirut, November 20, 2025) – The African Commission for Human and Peoples’ Rights should act decisively to address the dire, protracted human rights crisis in Egypt following its review of the situation in the country, 22 organizations said today. The commission has found Egypt in breach of numerous articles of the African Charter on Human…
As Israel’s genocide against Palestinians in Gaza escalates, enabled by US military and political support, the US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has imposed sanctions on prominent Palestinian human rights organisations, Al-Haq, Al Mezan Center for Human Rights, and the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights. This represents a grave assault…
We strongly urge all participants to withdraw from the upcoming World Summit on Counter-Terrorism organised by the International Institute for Counter-Terrorism (ICT), a research institute of Israel’s Reichman University.
The event, scheduled for September 15-18, 2025, and branded as the “most influential event in the field of counter-terrorism today”, is taking place amid Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza,…
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…
We, the undersigned organizations, call on the Egyptian government to immediately end its campaign of transnational repression targeting exiled Egyptian journalists. We specifically urge the government to respond to the UN report detailing the harassment and surveillance of Egyptian investigative journalist Basma Mostafa, currently residing in Germany. We further urge German authorities to ensure her…
HuMENA for Human Rights and Civic Engagement expresses its deep concern over the continued detention of lawyer and media figure Sonia Dahmani, who has been imprisoned for nearly a year following a shocking raid on the Bar Association and her public arrest. This violation marks a dangerous precedent that undermines the independence of the legal…
For more than 20 months, Israeli authorities have barred foreign journalists from entering the Gaza Strip. During the same period, the Israeli army killed nearly 200 Palestinian journalists in the blockaded territory, including at least 45 slain for their work. Palestinian journalists who continue reporting — the only witnesses on the ground — are facing…
The Rt Hon Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer KC
10 Downing Street
London
SW1A 2AB
30 May 2025
Dear Prime Minister,
We are writing as a coalition of 21 organisations deeply concerned about the ongoing detention of British-Egyptian writer and prisoner of conscience Alaa Abd el-Fattah, and the rapidly deteriorating health of his mother Laila Soueif.
Earlier this week, and after an…
The undersigned organizations unequivocally condemn the verdict issued in absentia on 14 May 2025 by the Cairo Economic Misdemeanor Court, sentencing prominent publisher and political dissident Hisham Kassem to six months in prison with labor and ordering him to pay a fine of 20,000 Egyptian pounds. The sentence stems from charges of defamation, slander, and…
HuMENA for Human Rights and Civic Engagement expresses its deep concern and strong condemnation of the Iraqi Ministry of Interior’s decision to ban all forms of peaceful protest in Baghdad from 11 to 20 May 2025, coinciding with the Arab League Summit.
This decision, which has already been implemented and was accompanied by explicit threats of…
The Honorable President Donald J. Trump
President of the United States
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20500
The Honorable Marco Rubio
Secretary of State
U.S. State Department
2201 C Street NW
Washington, DC 20037
May 13, 2025
Dear President Trump and Secretary Rubio,
We, the undersigned organizations, write to urge you to take advantage of the critical opportunity presented during your upcoming trip to Saudi…
As global attention turns to U.S. President Donald Trump's first international visit to Saudi Arabia on May 13, many journalists inside the kingdom will be unable to cover the event as they are behind bars, banned from writing, or silenced by fear of censorship.
We, the undersigned organizations, call on the Saudi authorities to release all…
Position : Researchers
Location : Lebanon and Tunisia
Duration : Contract-based
About the Role:
We are seeking dedicated researchers to contribute to our mission of promoting the right to Freedom of Peaceful assembly (FoPA) in Lebanon and Tunisia. As a researcher, you will play a crucial role in documenting violations, analyzing legal frameworks, and shedding light on challenges…
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…
