Independent journalist Ihsane El Kadi, imprisoned since December 2022 and recently sentenced to five years in prison on bogus charges, should be immediately and unconditionally released, demands the Cairo Institute …
Rescue is a right and a duty, not a crime! Stop attacks against CSOs and people on the move
30+ civil society organisations (CSOs) raise their concerns and address their recommendations to the European Union and its Member States ahead of the Justice and Home Affairs Council meeting today …
Libya: New commission to apply Gaddafi-era law is ominous development for civil society
A decision issued on 22 May 2023 by the Government of National Unity in Tripoli will create a new commission to oversee civil society organizations (CSOs). Under the purview of …
Palestine: Israeli Apartheid – The Legacy of the Ongoing Nakba at 75
Seventy-five years have passed since the Palestinian people were ethnically cleansed and forcibly expelled from their homes, lands, and property in their ancestral land during the 1948 Nakba (meaning ‘catastrophe’ …
Libya: Violating women’s right to freedom of movement is an insult to Libyan women and a contravention of the constitution and law
We, the undersigned activists and civil society organizations, express our strong condemnation of the discriminatory measures imposed by the Internal Security Agency of Libya’s National Unity Government on women’s freedom …
Sudan: Urgently convene a special session and establish an investigative mechanism
To Permanent Representatives of Member and Observer States of the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council (Geneva, Switzerland) Excellencies, In light of the unfolding human rights crisis in Sudan, and …
Human Rights and other Civil Society Groups Urge United Nations to Respect Human Rights in the Fight Against Antisemitism
Dear UN Secretary-General António Guterres and Under Secretary-General Miguel Ángel Moratinos: Our coalition of 60 civil society organizations is writing to you to voice our strong support for the United …
HRC 52: Sustain international monitoring of crimes in Libya and press Egypt and Algeria to back up human rights claims with tangible reforms
The United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) held its 52nd session from 27 February to 4 April 2023. The UN Fact-Finding Mission (FFM) on Libya submitted its final report during …
UN rights body fails to further justice in Libya
Civil society organisations dismayed by inadequate Human Rights Council Libya resolution despite worsening situation On 4 April, the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) adopted resolution 52/L.33 on “Technical assistance and capacity-building …
53 organizations call for speedy passage of proposed resolution before Congress to re-evaluate US-Saudi relations in light of its human rights record
The undersigned organizations[1]write to express our strong support for S.Res.109, Senator Chris Murphy and Senator Mike Lee’s resolution requesting a report on human rights conditions in Saudi Arabia under Section 502B(c) …