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Palestine | The al-Mughayyir killings demand consequences, not another closed investigation
Two young Palestinians were killed by live fire on 2 September during a settler incursion into al-Mughayyir, northeast of Ramallah.
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Joint statement
Algeria’s Disappeared Remain Unaccounted For, While Authorities Target Those Demanding Truth and Justice
More than three decades on, families in Algeria still seek the truth about their disappeared relatives, while those demanding accountability face restrictions.
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Joint statement
Families of the disappeared, organizations in MENA sound the alarm over crackdown on families amid continued crimes
On the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearance, families and organisations in MENA sound the alarm over a crackdown on families.
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Statement
Tunisia | HuMENA Condemns Appeal Court Decision Upholding Ghassen Boughdiri’s Seven-Month Sentence in Maersk Case
The Tunis Court of Appeal upheld on 14 August 2026 the seven-month prison sentence against Global Sumud Flotilla organiser Ghassen Boughdiri.
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Joint statement
Egypt | After 100 Days, Omar Salah Marei’s Arbitrary Detention Must End
Organisations renew their call for the immediate and unconditional release of Egyptian filmmaker and screenwriter Omar Salah Marei.
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Lebanon Abolishes the Death Penalty: HuMENA Calls on Countries Across the Region to Move from Moratorium to Abolition
After more than two decades of a de facto moratorium on executions in Lebanon, this step offers a practical pathway for countries that continue to retain the death penalty in law, while HuMENA calls on states that still carry out executions to establish an immediate moratorium as a first step towards abolition. HuMENA for Human […]
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Joint statement
Egypt | Rights Groups Call for Release of Detained Shi’a Muslims in Egypt, including Journalist Haidar Qandil
The undersigned organizations strongly condemn the arrest, and enforced disappearance, of at least 36 Shi’a Muslim in Egypt, including journalist Mohammed Haidar Qandil. On 22 June 2026, Egyptian security forces arrested at least six Shi’a Muslims from their homes. Later that day, Qandil, who as a journalist had spent the day documenting the arrests of Egyptian Shi’a Muslims ahead of Ashura […]
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Morocco | Following the Postponement of Mourad Habal’s Hearing, HuMENA Calls for His Immediate Release
Following the postponement of activist Mourad Habal’s court hearing in Marrakech from 12 to 19 August, HuMENA calls for his immediate and unconditional release and for the dropping of charges arising solely from his peaceful exercise of freedom of expression. Mourad Habal was arrested on 5 August 2026 in Marrakech by security forces. The same […]
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Tunisia | HuMENA calls for the release of four Global Sumud Flotilla activists amid alarming health and detention conditions
HuMENA expresses its deep concern over the continued pretrial detention of four Tunisian activists associated with the Global Sumud Flotilla: Wael Naouar, Ghassen Henchiri, Ghassen Boughdiri and Nabil Channoufi. They have been held since their arrests on different dates in March 2026, pending an ongoing investigation before the Economic and Financial Judicial Pole. Following the […]
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Algeria | Authorities must implement judicial decision lifting search notice against journalist Saïd Boudour
The Algerian authorities must immediately implement the judicial order requiring the lifting of an outstanding search notice imposed in 2019 against investigative journalist and human rights defender Saïd Boudour in connection to his peaceful exercise of his fundamental rights to expression and assembly, and end the resulting practical restrictions on his freedom of movement which […]
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Joint statement
Tunisia | Appeal to stop imprisoning journalists and human rights defenders
We, the undersigned members of IFEX and civil society partners, appeal to the Tunisian authorities to stop imprisoning journalists and human rights defenders in violation of international law. There is a pattern of sentencing to prison those who criticise government policies, human rights violations or corruption, during trials that lack the minimum international standards. Among […]
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Morocco | Authorities must release rapper and filmmaker El Mahdi Lyoubi and drop charges targeting his artistic expression
Ahead of the 31 July hearing in El Mahdi Lyoubi’s case before the Ain Sebaa First Instance Court in Casablanca, following the court’s decision at the first hearing on 22 July to reject his request for provisional release and adjourn the proceedings while maintaining all charges against him, HuMENA for Human Rights and Civic Engagement […]
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