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Cases

SaadAlMadi

November 02, 2022

Saudi-American citizen sentenced to 16 years in prison for tweets

Mohammad Fahad Al Qahtani

June 13, 2019

Human rights defender Mohammad Al Qahtani remains in detention in Saudi Arabia despite repeated UN calls for his release

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March 09, 2023

An energy advisor to the Iraqi Prime Minister facing corruption-related charges arbitrarily detained and tortured

March 09, 2023

An Iraqi businessman facing corruption-related charges arbitrarily detained and tortured

Advocacy

algeria protests

March 28, 2023

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Universal Periodic Review: how to address the current human rights crisis in Algeria? A civil society perspective

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March 24, 2023

Joint letter – NGOs call on Secretary Blinken to urge Egypt to withdraw its upcoming NGO registration deadline

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March 23, 2023

Open letter: NGOs call on Boeing to urge Saudi Arabia to lift travel bans on peaceful activists

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hrc

March 23, 2023

UN Human Rights Council must hold Saudi Arabia accountable for repression of activists

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Analysis

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March 09, 2023

Understanding the Arab Interior Ministers' Council and its role in transnational repression

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abudhabi

March 01, 2023

UN Group questions United Arab Emirates on pattern of enforced disappearances in the country

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Draft law on associations

October 05, 2022

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Algérie: Analyse du projet de loi sur les associations

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September 29, 2022

UN Secretary-General’s 2022 report highlights reprisals against MENA-based activists, including cases of digital surveillance

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Reports

collage of victims

March 01, 2023

Annual report 2022

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December 15, 2022

The UAE State Security Apparatus: A Tool of Repression Against Dissenting Voices

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Dubai (United Arab Emirates)

October 11, 2022

Continued restrictions on civil and political rights ahead of the UAE's Universal Periodic Review

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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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