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MENA Rights Group joins 26 partner organisations in calling on Tunisian authorities to annul the recent conviction of Sihem Bensedrine, former President of the Truth and Dignity Commission, guarantee fair trial safeguards ahead of the upcoming July 27 hearing, protect the transitional justice process, and stop the use of criminal proceedings against human rights and civic actors.

The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention issued an Opinion qualifying the detention of Saudi protestors Mohammad Labbad and Mohammad Abdullah al-Faraj as arbitrary and in violation of international human rights standards.

The Moroccan Association for Human Rights (AMDH) and MENA Rights Group urgently call for the opening of an independent, impartial and transparent investigation into the deaths of Abdelhakim Derfidi, Abdessamade Oubalat and Mohamed Rahali, killed on October 1, 2025 in Leqliâa when the Royal Gendarmerie fired live ammunition at GenZ212 movement protesters.

Following its fourth Universal Periodic Review in January 2025, Iraq accepted approximately 70% of the received recommendations. However, genuine progress will depend on their effective implementation.

The undersigned organizations condemn the ongoing judicial and security harassment of Mada Masr, one of the last operating independent media platforms in Egypt. The latest incident involved the summoning of Editor-in-Chief Lina Attalah for interrogation before the Supreme State Security Prosecution (SSSP) on Monday, 4 August 2025, in Case No. 6182 of 2025 (SSSP). This interrogation […]

MRG joins Palestinian civil society and 200+ international humanitarian and human rights organisations in an urgent call to action: The manufactured famine in Gaza must end, the siege must be lifted, and humanitarian crossings must be opened.

On March 7, 2025, MENA Rights Group co-hosted a side event during the 58th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council. The event focused on the shrinking civic space in Algeria since the visit in the country of the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, Mary Lawlor, in 2023. The discussion coincided with the presentation of the Special Rapporteur’s country visit report.

During its Universal Periodic Review (UPR) on January 27, 2025, Iraq received 263 recommendations from 93 States on various issues including its human rights framework, the right to freedom of expression, and the death penalty.

MENA Rights Group strongly condemns the Jordanian authorities' ongoing crackdown on pro-Palestine activism and has appealed to several UN Special Rapporteurs, urging them to call for its immediate halt.

Following the arrest and detention in Saudi Arabia of Egyptian peaceful protestor Ahmed Kamel, who faces the threat of extradition to Egypt, MENA Rights Group leads a coalition of 12 human rights organisations calling for his immediate release.

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 July 5, 2024, the UN Human Rights Council met to adopt the outcome report for Jordan’s Universal Periodic Review. MENA Rights Group, Front Line Defenders and the Regional Coalition for Women Human Rights Defenders in MENA delivered a joint oral statement condemning the Jordanian government's repression of civic space in the context of the Gaza war.