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Joint statement
Call to Withdraw from “Counter-Terrorism” Summit in Israel Amid Genocide in Gaza
We strongly urge all participants to withdraw from the upcoming World Summit on Counter-Terrorism organised by the International Institute for Counter-Terrorism (ICT), a research institute of Israel’s Reichman University. The event, scheduled for September 15-18, 2025, and branded as the “most influential event in the field of counter-terrorism today”, is taking place amid Israel’s ongoing genocide in […]
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Analysis
The Egyptian Government’s Urban Control Strategies to Prevent Peaceful Protests
For decades, Egypt has seen peaceful protests on social and political issues. This analysis looks at the state’s strategies to prevent them.
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Analysis
From the Constitution to the Prison: How Egypt Penalizes Citizens for Protesting
In an era of accelerating repression and shrinking civic space in Egypt, why is the state intent on criminalising the right to protest?
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Press release
HuMENA: Israel’s Targeting of Journalists in Gaza Is a War Crime and a Crime Against Humanity in the Context of Systematic Genocide and Starvation
HuMENA for Human Rights and Civic Engagement strongly condemns the Israeli airstrike on 10 August 2025 that targeted a media tent near Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, killing journalists Anas Al-Sharif, Mohammed Quraiqa, Ibrahim Zaher, Moamen Alouwa, and Mohammed Noufal, along with a relative, while they were documenting violations and reporting from the field. The […]
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Joint statement
Egypt | Ongoing Harassment of Lina Attalah and Escalating Crackdown on Mada Masr and Independent Journalism in Egypt
The undersigned organizations condemn the ongoing judicial and security harassment of Mada Masr, one of the last operating independent media platforms in Egypt. The latest incident involved the summoning of Editor-in-Chief Lina Attalah for interrogation before the Supreme State Security Prosecution (SSSP) on Monday, 4 August 2025, in Case No. 6182 of 2025 (SSSP). This […]
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Joint statement
Saudi Arabia | NGOs call for immediate release of Saudi human rights defender Mohammed al-Bejadi, still held two years after his sentence ended
We, the undersigned organisations, express deep concern over the continued arbitrary detention of the Saudi human rights defender Mohammed al-Bejadi more than two years beyond his sentence. His continuing detention, along with countless others, demonstrates that despite a recent spate of prisoner releases, the Saudi authorities’ severe repression of rights activists and critics remains. We call for his immediate […]
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Joint statement
200 Days of Abdulrahman Yusuf’s Enforced Disappearance: Reveal His Whereabouts. Ensure His Safety. Release Him Now.
The undersigned organizations are extremely concerned over the continued enforced disappearance of Turkish-Egyptian poet and political dissident Abdulrahman Yusuf Al-Qaradawi for more than 200 days. Abdulrahman Yusuf was arrested in Lebanon on 28 December 2024 and forcibly extradited to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on 8 January 2025, in flagrant violation of due process guarantees […]
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Analysis
From Street to Screen: Maps of Struggle in the Age of Algorithms and Digital Repression
What happens when the square is closed but the screen is open? On digital activism and repression.
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Letter
Joint Letter to the Egyptian Ambassador to the U.S. Urging Action on the Ongoing Detention of Galal El-Behairy
On July 31, 2025, +10 human rights organizations wrote to the Egyptian Ambassador to the U.S. Motaz Zahran urging him to raise our concerns about the detention of poet and PEN/Barbey Freedom to Write Award honoree Galal El-Behairy with relevant authorities in Cairo. Your Excellency, We, the undersigned human rights organizations, are deeply alarmed by […]
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Analysis
Activism and Identity Politics Under a Sectarian System: The Case of Lebanon
Political sectarianism is entrenched in Lebanese society, politics and people’s sense of identity. What does that mean for activism?
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Joint statement
Egypt | Rights Groups Call for End to State Harassment of Human Rights Defender Mohamed Abdel Salam and Association for Freedom of Thought and Expression
The undersigned human rights organizations call on the Egyptian authorities to immediately end all forms of harassment or intimidation against human rights defender Mohamed Abdel Salam, Executive Director of the Association for Freedom of Thought and Expression (AFTE), in retaliation for his legitimate human rights work. The organizations are also calling to ensure that AFTE […]
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Analysis
At a Crossroads: Civil Society in Post-Assad Syria and the Struggle for Independence
For over half a century under the Assad family, political freedoms in Syria were systematically repressed. Where does civil society stand now?
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