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Cases

June 22, 2022

Also available in French Djiboutian national Arreh Souleiman Aouled released after being detained in Somaliland for over two months for criticising Djibouti’s President

Al Abbasi

July 27, 2022

Iraqi high school student Abdullah Al Abbasi disappeared since 2006

Abdullah Al Duraibi

July 26, 2022

Abdullah Alduraibi remains missing since his disappearance in Riyadh in May 2022

June 17, 2022

Mukhtar Al Hinai, Omani Journalist subject to judicial harrasment, acquitted of all charges

Advocacy

Cairo

August 09, 2022

Egypt: Twenty human rights organisations call on the Biden administration to withhold military aid to Egypt, in light of egregious human rights violations.

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Cairo

August 01, 2022

MENA Rights Group joins a coalition of 28 civil society organisations condeming the continued blocking of Al-Manassa’s website and calling on the Egyptian authorities to lift the blocking of dozens of news websites

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Free Idris Hasan

July 19, 2022

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Uyghur activist Yidiresi Aishan at risk of extradition after one year of detention in Morocco

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Cairo skyline

July 13, 2022

Egypt: Statements on COP27 imply restricting activism

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Analysis

Palm Jumeirah | Dubai, UAE

May 18, 2022

New UAE penal code: increased restrictions on fundamental freedoms

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map of Lebanon and Syria

April 13, 2022

Lebanon: More needs to be done to safeguard the rights of refugees, says UN Human Rights Committee

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IraqiDelegation

April 11, 2022

Civil and political rights in Iraq under the scrutiny of the Human Rights Committee

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Prison bars

December 14, 2021

The practice of “rotation”: how Egypt keeps its dissidents in indefinite detention

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Reports

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

June 26, 2022

Joint report by MENA Rights Group and EDAC on the UAE's implementation of the UN Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment

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SSP report cover

June 21, 2022

The Saudi Presidency of State Security: An Arm of Repression in the Crown Prince’s Kingdom

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Protest near bridge in Algeria

April 07, 2022

Algeria's Universal Periodic Review: hope for change meets setback of civil and political rights

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Casablanca

April 06, 2022

Morocco's Universal Periodic Review: how human rights have declined over the past five years

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