MENA Rights Group joins 19 NGOs in calling on the Government of Lebanon to recognise the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court over crimes committed on its territory since October 8, 2023, to ensure accountability and justice for victims.
MENA Rights Group and ALQST for Human Rights address an open letter to Mr. Alexandre Zouev, Acting Under-Secretary-General for Counter-Terrorism and Executive Director of the United Nations Counter-Terrorism Centre (UNCCT), expressing human rights concerns on the UN office's new agreement with Saudi Arabia’s Presidency of State Security (PSS).
MENA Rights Group and ALQST for Human Rights address an open letter to Mr. Alexandre Zouev, newly appointed Acting Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT), expressing human rights concerns on the UN office's relationship with Saudi authorities and its Presidency of State Security (PSS).
On the sidelines of the 60th session of the UN Human Rights Council, MENA Rights Group co-organised a side event bringing together UN Special Procedures mandate holders, human rights defenders from across the MENA, and civil society representatives to discuss the weaponisation of counter-terrorism and security measures to carry out reprisals in the region.
MENA Rights Group leads a campaign calling on all participants and sponsors to withdraw from the 2025 “World Summit on Counter-Terrorism,” organised by the International Institute for Counter-Terrorism at Reichman University, amid Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza.
On the sidelines of the 58th session of the UN Human Rights Council, MENA Rights Group co-organised a side event bringing together civil society actors and the UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and counter-terrorism to discuss concerning trends of counter-terrorism abuse and its negative impact on human rights across the MENA region.
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.
On the 50th anniversary of the UAE’s State Security Apparatus (SSA)’s establishment, MENA Rights Group, the Emirates Detainees Advocacy Center and Human Rights Watch call on Emirati authorities to immediately halt the SSA’s gross human rights violations.
MENA Rights Group rejoint 25 organisations pour publier une lettre en soutien aux avocat·es et activistes tunisien·nes emprisonné·es, brutalisé·es et malmené·es par le pouvoir dictatorial de Kais Saied et se tient aux côtés de celles et ceux qui se battent pour les droits et libertés en Tunisie.
MENA Rights Group joins the Emirates Detainees Advocacy Center and 40+ civil society organisations in urging the UAE to drop the 'terrorism' charges against 80+ Emiratis, including human rights defenders.
Ahead of COP27, MENA Rights Group and other members of the Coalition on Human Rights and Counter-terrorism denounce Egypt’s use of counterterrorism accusations against civil society.
Open letter urging Alphabet shareholders to use their vote at the upcoming Annual General Meeting on June 1, 2022, to ensure that Alphabet upholds basic human rights principles before it proceeds with its cloud region plan in Saudi Arabia.
