We, the heads of over 50 human rights and humanitarian organizations are coming together to sound the alarm about Sudan, where a disaster is unfolding before our eyes. With fighting continuing …
Algeria: Halt Assault on Fundamental Freedoms
UN Expert’s Visit Amid Unrelenting Crackdown on Dissent The Algerian authorities should commit to end their attacks on civic space and allow independent organizations to operate without unreasonable restrictions …
Joint NGO Letter: The Need to Address the Situation of Prisoners in Bahrain at the 54th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council
To the attention of: Permanent Missions of Member States to the United Nations in Geneva 6 September 2023 Your Excellency, We, the undersigned organisations, are writing to you urgently with …
Libya: Haftar forces should end forced displacement of Tebu families
On 24 August, paramilitary armed groups affiliated with Libyan Arab Armed Forces (LAAF) under the command of Khalifa Haftar, who controls vast swathes of Libyan territory, arrested hundreds of civilians …
The Human Rights Council should establish an independent mechanism on Sudan
To Permanent Representatives of Member and Observer States of the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council (Geneva, Switzerland) Excellencies, Following the outbreak of armed conflict in Khartoum and other areas …
Yemen: Houthis Still Forcibly Disappear 11 Baha’is Over Two Months after Kidnapping
The continued enforced disappearance of 11 Baha’is by Ansar Allah forces (Houthis) is condemned by the undersigned organizations. The Baha’is were kidnapped on 25 May when armed men raided a …
Joint Letter to Biden Administration on Urgent Concern for Life of Imprisoned Rights Defender Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja
Ambassador Henry Wooster Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern Affairs 2201 C Street NW Washington, DC 20520 Dear Ambassador Wooster, We, the undersigned organizations, are writing with urgent …
UAE: Release all those unjustly imprisoned before COP28
Joint Appeal Authorities in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) should release all those unjustly imprisoned in the country before the start of COP28, which will be held at Expo City Dubai …
International and Regional organizations support the Yemen Declaration for Justice and Reconciliation
NGOs call on the international community and warring parties to address the demands in Yemen Declaration On July 26, 2023, over 40 civil society organizations and victims and survivor …