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Analysis
Transnational Oppression: Gendered Repression Across Borders
For LGBTQ+ people and women of North Africa, refuge is no protection when repression crosses borders.
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Joint statement
Egypt | In absentia verdict against politician Hisham Kassem reinforces growing pattern of transnational repression targeting exiled dissidents
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 […]
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Analysis
How Civil Society Organizations in North Africa Can Thrive Under Authoritarian Regimes
Civil society in North African countries faces challenges and risks, at times under authoritarian regimes.
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Joint statement
Bulgaria: Saudi activist at risk of deportation
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 risk facing torture […]
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Joint statement
Joint Statement: Urgent Demand to Stop Executions and Investigate Human Rights Abuses in Saudi Arabia
We, the undersigned organizations, are gravely concerned about the imminent execution of dozens of prisoners in Saudi Arabia on non-lethal drug-related charges, including numerous Egyptian nationals held in Tabuk Prison.[1] These individuals face the death penalty following deeply flawed judicial processes that violate internationally recognized human rights and legal standards, including Saudi Arabia’s obligations under […]
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Report
HuMENA Announcing the “Activism in Exile (2019-2024)” Impact Report
We are proud to share HuMENA’s Activism in Exile Impact Report, highlighting five years of achievements, challenges, and milestones from 2019 to 2024. This report captures how HuMENA has transformed exile from a condition of displacement into a platform for advocacy, empowerment, and systemic change. Since its launch, the Activism in Exile program has worked […]
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Joint statement
The AIMC must end its role in transnational repression, say NGOs
The undersigned organisations call on the Arab Interior Ministers’ Council (AIMC) to cease its facilitation of arbitrary extraditions of peaceful dissidents and human rights defenders across Arab League countries and to align its legal framework and systems with international human rights law. On Sunday, February 16, 2025, the AIMC held its 42nd annual conference […]
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Letter
Joint Letter to Secretary Rubio Urgently Calls on United States to Help Secure Release of Ahmed Kamel
The Honorable Marco Rubio Secretary of State 2201 C Street, NW Washington, DC 20520 Dear Secretary Rubio, We, the undersigned organizations, are writing to urgently request the Trump administration to help secure the immediate release of Ahmed Kamel from detention in Saudi Arabia, where he faces imminent extradition to Egypt on bogus charges. Extraditing Kamel […]
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Joint statement
Human Rights Groups Urge Disclosure of Abdulrahman Al-Qaradawi’s Fate, Demand His Release, and Call for Accountability for the UAE and Lebanon for His Physical and Mental Safety
The undersigned organizations express their deep concern over the disappearance of journalist and poet Abdulrahman Youssef Al-Qaradawi since January 8, 2025, following his boarding of a private plane bound for Abu Dhabi. This deportation was carried out in execution of a decision by the Lebanese Council of Ministers to extradite him to the UAE, based […]
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Letter
Joint Letter Calls for Urgent Congressional Action to Prevent Extradition of Abdel Rahman Youssef Al-Qaradawi
The Honorable John Thune Majority Leader U.S. Senate Washington, DC 20510 The Honorable Mike Johnson Speaker U.S. House of Representatives Washington, D.C. 20515 Dear Senate Majority Leader, Speaker of the House, and Members of Congress, We are writing to call on you to take urgent action to prevent the extradition of Abdel Rahman Youssef […]
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Joint statement
Call for Urgent Action | Lebanon Must Protect Abdel Rahman Youssef and Refuse His Deportation to the Unknown
We, the undersigned individuals and organizations, express our strong condemnation of the detention of poet Abdel Rahman Youssef Al-Qaradawi by Lebanese authorities on December 28, 2024, based on a security cooperation memorandum with the Egyptian authorities. This action represents a grave and alarming example of transnational repression, a systematic practice used to silence dissenting voices […]
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Joint statement
56 NGOs: The Greek state crime of Pylos will neither be forgotten nor forgiven.
One and a half years have passed since the state crime near Pylos was committed, which led to the death of more than 600 people migrating to Europe. Despite the irrefutable evidence and testimonies of shipwreck survivors, those responsible for this crime have not yet been brought before the judicial authorities. In fact, the perpetrators […]
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