Mr. Aziz AkhannouchHead of Government of MoroccoPrime Minister’s OfficeTouarga, RabatCC: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccans Residing Abroad; Ministry of Justice; National Human Rights CouncilSubject: Hassan al-Rabea’s extradition constitutes a grave violation of Morocco’s...

We, the undersigned organisations, urge the authorities of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) not to deport Sherif Osman to Egypt, where he would be at high risk of being subjected to torture and other human rights violations. An extradition would constitute a viol...

On 3 December 2022, Egyptian activist Ahmed Douma entered his 10th year in arbitrary detention. The undersigned individuals, groups and organizations urge the Egyptian authorities to immediately release Douma and all those arbitrarily detained in Egypt. Douma is an Egyptian poet, w...

We, the undersigned organizations, express our solidarity with former political prisoner Ramy Shaath, and his wife Ms. Céline Lebrun-Shaath, in their complaint against the Egyptian government. The complaint was submitted with the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (AC...

June 23, 2022 – Human rights defender Mohamed El-Baqer must be released immediately and unconditionally, stated 20 human rights organisations. His detention is arbitrary, aimed at punishing him for his legitimate human rights work and is only putting his life and psychological well-being at serious ...

One year ago, the human rights community was shocked to hear of the death of Emirati human rights defender Alaa Al-Siddiq in a tragic car accident, the day after she celebrated her 33rd birthday. We, the undersigned organisations, are taking the occasion of her...

Today, 14 June 2022, marks the International Fair Trial Day (IFTD), which will be observed for the second time worldwide. The focus country of the IFTD this year is Egypt, a country that is and has been suffering for many years from systemic human rights violations and a serious lack of fair...

The undersigned organizations and movements urge host communities to pay attention to the mental and physical health of lesbian and queer women from immigrant and refugee groups.Monday, June 13th - ParisBackground:Sarah Hegazy was an Egyptian lesbian and queer political activist. In 2017, Sarah was ...

Twelve Egyptian activists have been on hunger strike since early February 2022 in protest of their prolonged pre-trial detention at Tora Prison Complex. Among them, Abdelrahman Tarek (Moka), Ahmed Maher (Rigo), Galal El Beheriy, and Walid Shawky started hunger strikes to protest their unlawful impri...

We, the undersigned organizations call on Egyptian President Abdelfattah Al-Sisi to immediately quash the verdicts against seven arbitrarily detained human rights defenders, activists and politicians, convicted of bogus charges and sentenced to long prison term...

The undersigned organizations condemn the Emergency State Security Court’s verdict on December 20, of 5 years’ imprisonment for activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah، and 4 years in prison for lawyer Mohamed El-Baqer and blogger Mohamed Ibrahim (Oxygen) in case no. 1228 of 2021, calling on the President to...

We, the undersigned members of the global legal community, stand in solidarity with Egyptian lawyer Mohamed el-Baqer as he awaits his verdict on baseless criminal charges on December 20, 2021, following years of reprisal by the Egyptian state. We call on the Egyptian authorities to drop all ...

تعرب المنظمات الحقوقية الموقعة على هذا البيان عن إدانتها البالغة لمحاولة المكون العسكري السوداني تحويل عملية التغيير السلمي الشاملة نحو مجتمع مدني ديموقراطي إلى نزاع داخلي مسلح عن طريق الانقلاب على السلطة الذي وقع فجر يوم الإثنين 25 أكتوبر 2021م.وتؤكد المنظمات أن الإجراءات الاستثنائية التي اتخذها قا...

أعلنت الجمعية العامة للأمم المتحدة في قرارها 52/149 المؤرخ 12 كانون الأول/ديسمبر 1997، يوم 26 حزيران/يونيو يوماً دولياً للأمم المتحدة لمساندة ضحايا التعذيب، بهدف القضاء التام على التعذيب وتحقيقاً لفعالية أداء اتفاقية مناهضة التعذيب وغيره من ضروب المعاملة أو العقوبة القاسية أو اللاإنسانية أو المهينة ...

First Annual MENA Lesbian and Queer Women’s Pride Day in honor of Sarah Hegazi‎On the morning of June 13th, 2020, Sarah chose to leave our world, putting an end to her pain after all the oppression, injustice, hatred, discrimination, and torture that she was subjected to. Her tragic life and ...

أصدرت عشر منظمات حقوقية بيانًا مشتركًا يدعو سلطات إقليم كردستان العراق إلى وقف انتهاكاتها المستمرة لحرية الصحافة، ورفع القيود المفروضة على العمل الصحفي، وإنهاء حملات ملاحقة واحتجاز الصحفيين على خلفية عملهم المشروع.«    سلطات إقليم كردستان العراق مطالبة بالكف عن التعسف في استخدام القانون لمحاكمة وملا...

Ahmed Samir Santawy – French Ahmed Samir Santawy – German Ahmed Samir Santawy – Spanish Ahmed Samir Santawy- Arabic We, the undersigned 74 organizations, call upon the Egyptian authorities to immediately and unconditionally release 29-year-old student and researcher Ahmed Samir Santaw...

Twenty-three human rights organizations, including Euro-Med Monitor, HuMena, and Innovation for Change (I4C)-MENA Hub, published a petition that calls for sparking the untapped potentials of MENA diaspora activists; by empowering and placing them at the heart of the discourse for change, rather ...

Dear Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, We the undersigned, more than 100 organizations from around the world, are appealing for your assistance to secure the release of prominent human rights defender and dual Danish-Bahraini citizen Abdul-Hadi Al-Khawaja from prison in Bahrain, where he is se...

What is the “AlMahjar_Can” campaign? “AlMahjar/the diaspora Can” is the theme of the first edition of “10 Days of Activism for the Arab Diaspora”, an event that will be held annually, from January 15 to 25. This campaign is designed, implemented, and managed by a group of Arab diaspora acti...