Call for End to Death Penalty, Release of Those Unjustly Detained Pope Francis should press Bahrain to end its human rights abuses when he visits the country from November 3 …
Yemen: International accountability imperative to ending humanitarian crisis, and achieving justice and lasting peace
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS), in cooperation with eleven regional and international human rights organizations[1], organized a side event entitled “Yemen: An Abandoned Nation; International accountability Critical …
15 NGOs sound the alarm: Crises and threats are pushing refugees onto deadly Eastern Mediterranean route
15 rights groups are calling on the European Union, and Malta, Cyprus, Greece, Lebanon and Turkey, to ensure legal and safe pathways for asylum and to comply with their legal …
Over 70 organizations welcome and advocate for the recommendations of the META Content Management Policies Examination for Palestine and Israel
We, the undersigned human rights organizations, commend the publication of Business for Social Responsibility’s (BSR) Human Rights Due Diligence Report of Arabic and Hebrew content on Meta’s platforms in the Israel/Palestine …
Sudan: Woman At Risk of Death by Stoning
Mariam Tirab, 20 years old woman from Sudan was sentenced to death by stoning on June 27th, 2022. She was found guilty By a judge in Kosty in White Nile …
Over 115 civil society and union organizations denounce discriminatory and unfair visa policy toward North African States
Over 115 civil society and union organizations from North Africa and Europe have denounced the unfair and discriminatory visa policy followed by the consular authorities of European states, including France, …
Algeria: Government should stop targeting human rights defenders and amend laws to comply with its international obligations
On 31 August 2022, UPR Info organized a pre-session in Geneva in preparation for the Universal Periodic Review of Algeria in November 2022 with the participation of the Algerian government, …
Yemen: NGOs demand UN-led criminal investigation into Yemen war crimes
Yesterday, in a joint letter to United Nations member states, civil society groups from Yemen and around the world called on UN member states to work towards the establishment of …
Algeria: State reprisals must be ended against human rights defenders cooperating with UN mechanisms
On 24 August, Kaddour Chouicha, a prominent human rights defender and vice president of the Algerian League for the Defense of Human Rights (LADDH), and president of the League in …