Action for Egyptian human rights defenders
The undersigned organisations strongly condemn the persecution of employees of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR) and Egyptian civil society by the Egyptian government. We urge the global community and their respective governments to do the same and join us in calling for the release of detained human rights defenders and a stop to […]
France: Macron to Receive Al-Sisi on Heels of Repression
(Paris, December 2, 2020) – French President Emmanuel Macron should strongly press Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to address human rights violations before his upcoming visit to Paris, particularly to release arbitrarily detained activists and human rights defenders. President al-Sisi is scheduled to arrive in Paris on December 7, 2020, for a two-day visit, just […]
France : Macron s’apprête à recevoir al-Sissi sur fond de répression en Egypte
Mettre fin au soutien inconditionnel au gouvernement égyptien.
NGOs urge Asia-Pacific Group to oppose consideration of Bahrain for President of the Human Rights Council
On December 1st, 2020, MENA Rights Group and 20 other NGOs submitted a joint letter to call on the Human Rights Council’s Asia-Pacific Group to refrain from considering Bahrain for President of the Council. In the light of the country’s deteriorating human rights record, the election of Bahrain would fundamentally undermine the integrity of the […]
UN Committee issues roadmap to address endemic practice of enforced disappearance in Iraq
On November 25, 2020, the UN Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED) issued its Observations on the additional information submitted by Iraq under article 29 (4) of the Convention on Enforced Disappearances (ICPPED), ratified in 2010. Most notably, the UN experts urged the authorities to revise the draft law on enforced disappearances, which has yet to […]