Alongside 20 Lebanese and international civil society organisations, MENA Rights Group sent a joint letter to UN member states, urging them to hold an emergency session at the UN Human Rights Council to investigate and pursue accountability for Israel's war crimes in Lebanon.
MENA Rights Group joins a global coalition of 50+ NGOs in calling for an immediate ceasefire in Lebanon and urging the international community to restrict the transfer of arms to Israel.
MENA Rights Group joins 13 civil society organsiations in calling on Saudi authorities to immediately cease their misuse of judicial and administrative measures against human rights defenders, including the practice of imposing arbitrary travel bans, and to ensure that judicial complaints are addressed in accordance with international legal standards.
MENA Rights Group joins local and international civil society organisations in calling on Egyptian authorities to release Hoda Abdelmonem, a lawyer and human rights defender arbitrarily detained since 2018.
MENA Rights Group joins local civil society organisations in urging the German ambassador to address Israel's attacks against civilians and human rights violations in Lebanon.
MENA Rights Group joins local civil society organisations in condemning Israel's targeting of journalists in Lebanon and Palestine. The statement further calls for the unconditional protection of journalists in civilians as per international law, accountability for Israel's unlawful killings of journalists, and a total arms embargo on Israel.
MENA Rights Group joins 110+ international, regional and local civil society organisations in calling on US authorities to halt weapon sales to Israel in the wake of its assault on Gaza and Lebanon.
On the sidelines of the 57th session of the UN Human Rights Council, MENA Rights Group co-organised a side event discussing the detrimental human rights impact of administrative counter-terrorism in the MENA region. The panelists highlighting the weaponisation of these measures against individuals and organisations and explored potential strategies to mitigate their adverse consequences on rights and freedoms in the region.
MENA Rights Group joins 7 civil society organisations in expressing alarm over the arrests and harassment of prominent activists and journalists following the Tunisian presidential elections in October 2024 and calling on Tunisian authorities to drop all charges brought against the detainees and respect their fundamental human rights.
On the World Day Against Death Penalty, MENA Rights group joined partner NGOs in condemning the soaring number of executions in Saudi Arabia and urging Saudi authorities to implement a moratorium on the death penalty.
MENA Rights Group provides a summary of the UNSG's main concerns over reprisals against human rights defenders in the MENA region, particularly in Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Libya, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Yemen.
On the occasion of the UN's 79th session, MENA Rights Group joined 28 civil society organisations in urging UN Member States to advocate for the release of human rights defenders opposition leaders, death row inmates, and all those who remain unfairly imprisoned in Bahrain during the high-level General Debate.
