Publications

From online dissent to terrorism: The criminalisation of freedom of expression through security frameworks in the Middle East and North Africa

October 29, 2025
Algeria
Freedom of expression

Algérie : Les interdictions de sortie du territoire national

January 21, 2025
Egypt, Lebanon, United Arab Emirates
Freedom of expression, Transnational repression

Op-ed: After Qaradawi case, no Arab League state is safe for dissidents

January 31, 2024
Saudi Arabia
Death penalty & summary executions, Freedom of expression, Freedom of peaceful assembly

Saudi Arabia’s human rights record assessed during its fourth UPR session

July 11, 2023
Jordan
Arbitrary detention, Freedom of expression, Torture

Universal Periodic Review of Jordan: joint report to the UN Human Rights Council

Algeria: New media laws are a setback for freedom of expression

The UAE must release all political prisoners before hosting COP28

Continued restrictions on civil and political rights ahead of the UAE’s Universal Periodic Review

May 18, 2022
United Arab Emirates
Death penalty & summary executions, Freedom of expression, Freedom of peaceful assembly

New UAE penal code: increased restrictions on fundamental freedoms

April 11, 2022
Iraq
Death penalty & summary executions, Enforced disappearances, Freedom of expression, ...

Civil and political rights in Iraq under the scrutiny of the Human Rights Committee

Morocco’s Universal Periodic Review: how human rights have declined over the past five years

Study on the protection of lawyers against undue interference in Lebanon

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