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Joint statement
Alaa Al-Siddiq, freedom fighter
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 birthday to announce the designation of this day, 18 June, as […]
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Joint statement
International Fair Trial Day | Joint Statement on the Situation in Egypt, the Focus Country of 2022
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 trial standards. On […]
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Joint statement
Joint statement on the second anniversary of the death of the lesbian and queer activist Sarah Hegazy/ WANA Lesbian and Queer Woman’s Pride Day
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 – Paris Background: Sarah Hegazy was an Egyptian lesbian and queer political activist. In 2017, Sarah was detained for three months and tortured in prison […]
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Study
Research Paper: The Right to Peaceful Assembly in Lebanon
In recent years, the global community has witnessed a rise in protests and demonstrations in response to issues afflicting the daily lives of people at all economic and social levels. In many cases, these issues are the results of violations of human rights and public freedoms committed by governments. As of 2019, Lebanon has experienced […]
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Joint statement
Egypt: End arbitrary detention, Free them all
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 imprisonment. On 8 March, Walid Shawky ended his hunger strike. Their […]
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Joint statement
Egypt: Quash Verdicts and Stop Unfair Trials by Emergency Courts
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 terms in grossly unfair trials by emergency courts solely for peacefully exercising their human rights. The organizations also urge for an […]
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Joint statement
We reject the verdicts of the exceptional courts against human rights defenders and activists in Egypt
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 repeal this verdict, in accordance with his authority. Yesterday’s verdict was issued […]
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Joint statement
Global Legal Community Stands in Solidarity with Egyptian Lawyer Mohamed el-Baqer
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 charges against el-Baqer, to promptly release him unconditionally, […]
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Joint statement
A joint statement recognizing the first anniversary of the death of lesbian activist Sarah Hegazi and announcing the inauguration of a Pride Day for Lesbian and Queer Women from the Middle Ea
First Annual MENA Lesbian and Queer Women’s Pride Day in honor of Sarah Hegazi The movements and organizations that have joined in signing this statement support the honoring of Sarah Hegazi’s memory by adopting the thirteenth of June each year as a day of pride for lesbian and queer women from the Middle East and […]
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Joint statement
EGYPT: 74 NGOS URGE EGYPTIAN AUTHORITIES TO RELEASE RESEARCHER AHMED SAMIR SANTAWY
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 Santawy, who has been arbitrarily detained since 1 February 2021 on bogus terrorism-related charges. The […]
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Joint statement
23 Human Rights organizations call for empowering MENA diaspora activists, placing them at the heart of the discourse for change
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 than leaving them marginalized. Ten years after the eruption of the Arab Spring, […]
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Guide
MENA Diaspora Paving Road to Justice: What Is Strategic Litigation and Why It Matters
On the occasion of the “10 Days of Activism for MENA Diaspora” and in parallel with the efforts of the diaspora from the Middle East and North Africa to achieve justice through strategic litigation, such as the courts of Koblenz and Frankfurt, which seek justice for the victims of the Syrian regime, HuMENA for Human Rights and […]
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