MENA Rights Group and 18 organizations are urging the member nations of the World Trade Organization to reject Saudi Arabia’s nominee for Director General of the WTO. August 17, 2020 Dear World Trade Organization Members, We write to urge you to reject Saudi Arabia’s nominee, Mr. Mohammad Maziad al-Tuwaijri, for Director General of the World […]
23 July 2020 To: States Parties to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights RE: Call to States Parties to take into account gender, competence and independence when electing new members to the Human Rights Committee Dear Permanent Representatives of the States Parties to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, The undersigned […]
On July 16, 2020, CIVICUS, the International Service for Human Rights (ISHR), Gulf Centre for Human Rights, and MENA Rights Group delivered a joint oral statement before the Human Rights Council (HRC) during the adoption of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) outcome of Kuwait. The NGOs expressed concern over the crackdown on human rights defenders […]
Organisations which support human rights, press freedom and journalists are calling on United Nations mechanisms and member states to help save the lives of four Yemeni journalists who were sentenced to death in April 2020 in the capital Sana’a on charges of “spying” and “spreading false news.” Of the six other journalists in the same […]
Chairpersons of the Human Rights Treaty Bodies Ms. Michelle Bachelet, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights RE: UN human rights treaty bodies during the COVID-19 pandemic Dear Chairpersons of the Human Rights Treaty Bodies and High Commissioner Bachelet, We, the undersigned non-governmental organisations, write to you concerning the functioning of the […]
We, the undersigned civil society organizations, lawyers, journalists, and activists, urge the Egyptian authorities to immediately and unconditionally release Alaa Abdel Fattah, our courageous friend, human rights activist, and blogger. Alaa has been on a hunger strike for over two weeks in protest to his continued illegal detention, prohibition of communication with his family, and […]
The conflict in Yemen is entering its sixth year, resulting in what is considered the worst man-made humanitarian crisis in the world. On 10 April, the first COVID-19 case was confirmed in the country. The warring parties, donor states, the United Nations (UN) and the European Union (EU) must take immediate and urgent steps to […]
In light of the COVID-19 global pandemic outbreak, we, the undersigned organizations, urge the governments of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Qatar, and Oman to permanently lift the ban on all Voice Over IP (VoIP) platforms used for voice and video internet calls. Gulf countries have for a long time banned voice and video internet call apps […]
