Sunday 11 September 2022 marks the one year since the launch of Egypt’s National Human Rights Strategy. Yet over this time, the Egyptian state’s systematically authoritarian practices have not subsided. …
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 …
International civil society urges European Union to guarantee an enabling visa framework for human rights defenders
Brussels, 7 September 2022.- In a joint statement published today at the initiative of ProtectDefenders.eu, 50 international civil society organisations[1] are calling on all European Union institutions and the EU …
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 …
Enforced disappearances in Yemen as a direct result of impunity
On August 30, the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, the persistent nature of enforced disappearance in Yemen, exacerbated by the impunity applied to all parties to the …
Egypt: Human rights demands requisite to a credible national dialogue accountable to the public
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Civil society from around the world demand immediate action Dear Mr. President: We write because your administration’s consistently yielding response to the Israeli government’s escalating attacks against prominent Palestinian human …
Yemen: Houthis Should Urgently Open Taizz Roads
Restore Freedom of Movement, Humanitarian Access (Beirut, August 29, 2022) – Houthi forces, also known as Ansar Allah, should immediately open vital roads in and around Taizz, Yemen’s third-largest city, …
Egypt: Immediately release ten Nubians arbitrarily detained in Saudi Arabia for over two years and suspend their trial
In the days before the slated 31 August sentencing of ten Egyptian Nubians detained in Saudi Arabia now for over two years, the undersigned rights organizations call for their immediate …