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Analysis
On the Right to Peaceful Assembly: When Solidarity Gets Sued and Comes at a High Cost
Many predicted an explosion of social movements in Tunisia due to the economic crisis. What happens when solidarity is taken to court?
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Report
Statelessness in Bahrain: Its Effect on Identity and Belonging
The report “Statelessness in Bahrain: Its Effect on Identity and Belonging” offers a comprehensive and in-depth exploration of the profound impact that the revocation of citizenship has on individuals in Bahrain. It delves into the social, legal, and psychological dimensions of statelessness, focusing on how losing nationality not only strips people of their legal rights […]
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Report
Behind the Facade: Understanding Human Rights Challenges in Bahrain
Between 2019 and 2024, Bahrain has continued to face systematic human rights violations, despite repeated government promises of reform following the crackdown on peaceful protesters in 2011. The report “Behind the Facade: Understanding Human Rights Challenges in Bahrain,” issued by HuMENA for Human Rights and Civic Engagement, sheds light on these violations and their developments, […]
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Analysis
Tunisian Women and Peaceful Assembly: An Ongoing Struggle Against Repression After July 25, 2021
Since the revolution, Tunisian women have been at the forefront of demonstrations, and of the struggle against repression since 25 July 2021.
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Analysis
Prisons or Gas Chambers? How do detainees withstand extreme heat waves in Egypt?
How do detainees in Egypt withstand extreme prison conditions? Former detainees, including journalist Solafa Magdy, describe what they lived through.
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Analysis
Freedom or Facade? Tunisia’s Civil Society Remains in Repression
In May 2024, Tunisian authorities arrested human rights activists, lawyers and journalists and accused them of treason. What it says about freedom in Tunisia.
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Analysis
Police Violations and Coercive Practices in Tunisia: Anal Test as a Case Study
Tunisia has seen a surge in protests since the 2011 revolution. A case study of police violations and coercive practices.
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Analysis
Timeline of Peaceful Assemblies in Lebanon: Scattered Victories and Building an Opposition Movement
The peaceful assemblies in Lebanon since the end of the civil war, set out in three distinct phases.
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Press release
HuMENA Condemns the Detention of Cartoonist Ashraf Omar and Calls for His Immediate Release
HuMENA for Human Rights and Civic Engagement strongly condemns the recent detention of renowned Egyptian cartoonist Ashraf Omar. He was recently thrown behind bars for his poignant drawings, which criticized the system and exercised his right to free speech, an act that is protected by international human rights laws and Egypt’s constitution. Ashraf Omar’s arrest […]
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Joint statement
Joint statement: Civil Society Groups Call for End to Crackdown in Tunisia
The undersigned organizations call on the government of Tunisia to end its ongoing crackdown on the rights to free expression and free association and to respect the human rights of everyone in Tunisia. In May 2024, Tunisian authorities escalated a repressive crackdown targeting human rights defenders, civil society organizations, lawyers, and journalists with new arrests, […]
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Joint statement
Egypt: UN experts call on government to stop targeting and retaliating against human rights lawyers
The undersigned organizations support the letter by five UN Special Rapporteurs, published on 19 May 2024, addressing the Egyptian government in regards to the ongoing targeting of human rights lawyers through the use of counter-terrorism legislation, resulting in their imprisonment or compelling them to stop their human rights activities. The letter addressed the targeting of […]
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Joint statement
Joint Statement | Italy Must Review its Decision to Classify Egypt as a “Safe Country of Origin”
41 civil society organizations express their deep concern for Italy’s decision to classify the Arab Republic of Egypt as a “safe country of origin” under Legislative Decree No. 25/2008, paragraph 2-bis. We urge the Italian government to publicly disclose the criteria followed in their country review of Egypt and reconsider the decision. On 7th May, […]
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