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Joint statement
Egypt | Human rights organizations condemn the expansion in summoning human rights and political figures for investigation before the Supreme State Security Prosecution: Security measures and vague charges aimed at silencing independent voices
The undersigned human rights organizations condemn the ongoing escalation of summonses to human rights, political, and journalistic figures for investigation by the Supreme State Security Prosecution, in a context in which these summonses are viewed as a deliberate tool to silence independent voices and intimidate those working in the public sphere. The summoning of Dr. […]
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Press release
Tunisia | Detention of MP Ahmed Saeedani and Risks to Parliamentary Independence
Tunisian Member of Parliament Ahmed Saeedani was suspended following a Facebook post in which he criticized the executive authority’s handling of the country’s worsening economic situation, particularly its management of the recent floods, which exposed the fragility of infrastructure in several regions. According to documentation collected by HuMENA, MP Ahmed Saeedani was arrested on 4 […]
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Press release
Jordan | HuMENA Condemns the Targeting of Kamil Al-Zoubi for Peaceful Expression
HuMENA condemns the continued targeting of Jordanian activist Kamil Al-Zoubi for the peaceful expression of political views on matters of public concern, through a sustained pattern of arrests, prosecutions, trials, and restrictive measures since 2014. This case reflects a cumulative approach that treats political criticism and digital expression as recurring grounds for criminalization, through broadly […]
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Press release
Algeria | 10-year prison sentence for unionist and human rights defender Ali Al-Omari, with serious concerns regarding fair trial guarantees
HuMENA condemns the continued detention of human rights and union activist Ali Al-Omari, and expresses deep concern over the 10-year prison sentence issued against him by the Criminal Court of Appeal in Oum El Bouaghi on February 1, 2026, after an initial 15-year sentence. This reduction does not address serious concerns related to fair […]
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Analysis
How Access Pathways Reshape the Public Sphere in the Diaspora… Unwritten Rules that Redistribute Legitimacy Within Activism in Exile
The vitality of the public sphere is measured by people’s ability to enter spaces of public action and remain in them.
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Press release
Egypt | January 25 Revolution, 15 Years On: A Human Rights Reading of Freedoms and Participation
On the fifteenth anniversary of the January 25, 2011 revolution, this moment is recalled as a point at which broad segments of Egyptian society, women and men alike, demanded a state governed by the rule of law rather than by a logic of exception; a state that guarantees tangible conditions for living with dignity; and a public […]
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Press release
Tunisia | Criminalizing Journalism: Zghidi and Bessis Sentenced
During the hearing on 22 January 2026, the court sentenced journalists Mourad Zghidi and Borhane Bessis to three years and six months’ imprisonment on charges of money laundering and tax-related offences. The ruling also imposed fines, ordered the confiscation of their assets, and provided for the seizure of their shareholdings and associated rights in companies […]
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Press release
Tunisia | January 14 Revolution: No Legitimacy for Repression in the Name of Public Order.
Fifteen years have passed since the outbreak of the Tunisian revolution against injustice and tyranny, when the Tunisian people decided to break with a deeply entrenched authoritarian system that had been in place since 1989. The cost of that system’s persistence was severe for civil society and intermediary bodies, as human rights defenders and political […]
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Statement
Tunisia | A life-threatening health emergency for lawyer and former administrative judge Ahmed Souab in detention, and the State’s duty to ensure medical care and end the criminalisation of the right to defence and freedom of expression
HuMENA expresses deep concern regarding the serious health developments affecting lawyer and former administrative judge Ahmed Souab inside Mornaguia Prison on 5 January 2026. On that day, Souab suffered acute nosebleeding in the morning, followed by more severe bleeding in the afternoon that led to loss of consciousness. On 6 January 2026, Saeb Souab (Ahmed […]
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Press release
Tunisia | HuMENA welcomes the release of Sharifa Riahi and her colleagues, but release is not enough. It is time to end the criminalisation of civil society work linked to protecting migrants and refugees.
HuMENA welcomes the decision to release, with a two-year prison sentence suspended (deferred enforcement), Sharifa Riahi, Mohamed Jaouou, Ayadh Boussalmi, Imen Wardani, and Mohamed Iqbal Khaled, following the second hearing held on 5 January 2026 before the Bab Bnet Court in Tunis. The hearing began at 9:00 a.m. and continued late into the night, according […]
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Joint statement
One year since the arrest of Abdulrahman Yusuf al-Qaradawi: a year of complicity, enforced disappearance, and diplomatic failure
Today, 28 December 2025, marks one year since the arrest of Egyptian–Turkish poet and opposition figure Abdulrahman Yusuf al-Qaradawi in Lebanon. This incident constitutes a serious violation of Lebanese law and of Lebanon’s international obligations and reveals a dangerous pattern of transnational repression, in which political complicity enables the transfer of dissidents to states where […]
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Letter
Yemen | Joint Letter Calls for the Immediate and Unconditional Release of Journalist Naseh Shaker
HuMENA joined a joint letter addressed to President Rashad al-Alimi and Vice President Aidarus al-Zoubaidi, calling for the immediate and unconditional release of Yemeni journalist Naseh Shaker. The letter raises concerns about enforced disappearance, unofficial detention sites, and due process violations, and urges the authorities in Aden to uphold Yemen’s obligations under international human rights […]
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