The undersigned human rights organisations call on the Saudi authorities to immediately and unconditionally release Dr. Lina Alsharif, who has been arbitrarily detained in Saudi Arabia for over a year …
Algeria: Immediately release and annul the sentence of environmental human rights defender Mohad Gasmi
View PostCivil Society Organizations support submission by HRD Salah Hammouri urging ICC to Investigate Israel’s Ongoing War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity in Jerusalem
National, regional, and international civil society organizations* welcome today’s communication submitted to the Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on behalf of 37-year-old, Palestinian-French Jerusalemite, …
Sudan: Ensure continued public debates on the human rights situation
To Permanent Representatives of Member and Observer States of the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council (Geneva, Switzerland) Excellencies, Following the military coup of 25 October 2021,[1] the UN Human …
#NotACrime: Online campaign calls on Algerian authorities to stop their assault on civic space and fundamental freedoms
View PostPalestine: International Community Must End Impunity and Hold Israel Accountable for Killing of Palestinian Journalist
View PostLibya: Authorities in East and West Unite in Imposing Crackdown on Civil and Political Freedoms
In recent months, security institutions and armed groups throughout Libya have led a virulent campaign against freedom of expression and association, specifically targeting independent civil society and free thought. Groups …
CIHRS and partners welcome the Human Rights Committee concluding observations on Israel emphasizing the “pre-existing systematic and structural discrimination against non-Jews”
On 30 March 2021, the United Nations Human Rights Committee (the Committee) issued its concluding observations on its review of Israel’s implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political …
Algeria: Spain forsakes international obligations in appalling refoulement of Algerian whistleblower
The undersigned organisations strongly condemn the deportation by Spain of Algerian activist Mohamed Benhalima, in the evening of 24 March 2022, despite the risks of torture and serious human rights …