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Cases

Photo Romeo

March 13, 2020

Peaceful protestor Abdel-Messih Sarkis disappeared since arrest on March 1, 2020

Abdulrahman Al Sadhan

April 14, 2021

Employee of Saudi Red Crescent sentenced to 20 years in prison after three years of disappearance

March 18, 2021

Zuhair Al Mahmeed sentenced to 15 years in prison in Kuwait following an unfair trial

March 23, 2021

Quadriplegic son of Emirati dissident separated from his family due to travel ban

Advocacy

EU parliament

November 19, 2021

45 Members of the European Parliament express concerns over UAE candidate for presidency of INTERPOL

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November 10, 2021

Human rights organisations call on Libyan authorities to rescind the new cybercrime law

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Workshop Group picture

November 09, 2021

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African Commission holds workshop to validate Guidelines on the Protection of all Persons from Enforced Disappearances in Africa

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Protests for Palestine

October 29, 2021

NGOs condemn Israel’s designation of six Palestinian human rights organisations as “terrorists”

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Analysis

September 29, 2021

UN Secretary General’s 2021 report highlights ongoing acts of reprisals against MENA-based human rights defenders, lawyers and CSOs

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Al Tahrir Square early in the morning

September 10, 2021

Opinion Piece: Protection for Victims of Enforced Disappearance in Iraq?

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Muscat

July 09, 2021

Oman responds to UN member states’ recommendations issued during the country's last universal periodic review

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Nouakchott

July 08, 2021

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Mauritania’s roadmap for human rights in light of the 3rd cycle of the Universal Periodic Review

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Reports

KSA

June 21, 2021

Joint-report by MENA Rights Group, ESOHR and Reprieve to the UN Committee against Torture - Saudi Arabia's third periodic review

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Iraqi protests

March 03, 2021

Annual report 2020

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February 28, 2021

15 years into the Charter on peace and national reconciliation, Algerian authorities must uphold the right to truth and justice of families of the disappeared

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Tahrir monument

February 19, 2021

Evaluation Report of the Iraqi High Commission for Human Rights

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