To Permanent Representatives of Member and Observer States of the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council (Geneva, Switzerland) Excellencies, As violence is increasing in Sudan following the military coup of …
UAE: Reject candidacy of Major General Ahmed Naser Al-Raisi for INTERPOL presidency
Open letter to the General Assembly of INTERPOL Dear Members of the General Assembly, We, the undersigned, are writing to express our deep concern about the candidacy of Major General …
The FIDH, the OMCT and CIHRS stand in solidarity with attacked Palestinian human rights groups
Brussels, Geneva, Paris, Tunis 25 October 2021 – The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) and the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) …
Egypt: Arsenal of repressive laws ensure continuation of permanent state of emergency
In the wake of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s announcement on 25 October lifting the emergency law across the country, the undersigned rights organizations assert that this has negligible impact in …
Sudan: No to military rule
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Violence on land, violence at sea In Libya, the already dire situation for migrants, asylum-seekers and refugees has been escalating to an unprecedented level of violence. Not only do migrants …
Egypt: New escalation in human rights crimes as activists and defenders referred to Emergency State Security trials on fabricated charges
The undersigned rights organizations condemn the politically retaliatory decision to refer activists Alaa Abdel Fattah and Mohamed Ibrahim, known as Oxygen, and rights lawyer Mohamed al-Baqer to trial in the …
Urgent appeal: rights organizations call on Lebanese authorities to cease the intimidation of human rights lawyer Mohammed Sablouh
Human rights organizations are gravely concerned by the Lebanese authorities’ recent attempts to silence and discredit Mohammed Sablouh, a human rights lawyer defending victims of torture and Syrian refugees facing …
UN Human Rights Council Member States’ abject failure to renew Yemen investigation is a wake-up call
(13 October 2021) Civil society organizations condemn and express their profound disappointment at the United Nations Human Rights Council’s (the Council) decision to discontinue the mandate of the Group of …