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MENA Rights Group joins 30 partner organisations in calling for the immediate and unconditional release of Egyptian activist, Ahmed Douma, ahead of the judgment in his appeal.

MENA Rights Group joins 40 human rights organisations calling on Egyptian authorities to immediately release prominent activist, poet and political writer Ahmed Douma from pretrial detention.

MENA Rights Group joins 80 other NGOs in calling on UN regional groups to field more candidates than available seats for the elections to the Economic and Social Council's (ECOSOC) Committee on Non-Governmental Organisations in April.

MENA Rights Group joins 18 other NGOs and international trade union federations in urging Algeria to immediately release human rights defender and trade unionist Ali Mammeri, who was arbitrarily sentenced to 15 years in prison on 29 October 2025 and is now awaiting appeal.

As organizations committed to civil society and open civic space, we, the undersigned, are gravely concerned by the U.S. government’s (USG) decision to impose sanctions under Executive Order (EO) 14203 against three leading Palestinian human rights organizations — Al-Haq: Law in the Service of Man (Al-Haq), Al-Mezan Center for Human Rights (Al-Mezan), and the Palestinian […]

Les organisations signataires expriment leur vive préoccupation suite à l’adoption, ce mardi 8 juillet 2025 par le Parlement algérien, de deux textes législatifs majeurs: la modification du Code de procédure pénale et la promulgation d’une nouvelle loi relative à la mobilisation générale. Ces évolutions interviennent dans un contexte de fermeture accrue de l’espace civique et […]

MENA Rights Group joins regional and international civil society in urging UN Member States to address the ongoing repression of civic space in Algeria during the upcoming 58th session of the UN Human Rights Council.

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, Salam for Democracy and Human Rightsand the Bahrain Human Rights Society call on the Government of Bahrain and Bahrain’s National Institution for Human Rights (NIHRB) to increase the effectiveness of the NIHRB’s mandate and its independence from other branches (of government) and to improve the character of the NIHRB’s leadership for its accreditation level to be increased.

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.

Durant son Examen Périodique Universel (EPU) le 9 novembre 2023, Djibouti a reçu 266 recommandations de la part de 100 États sur des questions telles que les droits aux libertés d’expression, d’association et de réunion pacifique. Les États ont également saisi cette occasion pour demander aux autorités djiboutiennes de renforcer la Commission Nationale des Droits de l’Homme du pays.