Advocacy / Palestine
UN body finds detention of Gaza paediatrician Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya arbitrary, calls for his immediate release
The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (UN WGAD), a panel of independent legal experts that rules on individual cases of unlawful detention worldwide, has issued a landmark decision finding that Israel’s detention of Palestinian paediatrician Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya is arbitrary, and has called for his immediate release. The opinion, adopted following a request submitted by MENA Rights Group, marks the first time the body has ruled on the detention of a Palestinian from Gaza held under Israel’s Unlawful Combatants Law.
NGOs call urgent attention to proposals for the death penalty in Israel
MENA Rights Group joins 10 other NGOs in an oral statement delivered by the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, raising concern over two proposed bills that would expand the scope of the death penalty in Israel.
UN Working Group petitioned to rule Israel’s detention of Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya as arbitrary
MENA Rights Group petitioned the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention to rule on the arbitrary detention of Palestinian doctor Hussam Abu Safiya, abducted in Gaza and held without charge by Israel since December 2024.
U.S. sanctions on palestinian human rights organizations erodes international law, civil society warns
As organizations committed to civil society and open civic space, we, the undersigned, are gravely concerned by the U.S.
UN Secretary-General’s 2025 report highlights reprisals against human rights defenders in the MENA
MENA Rights Group provides a summary of the UNSG's main concerns over reprisals against human rights defenders in the MENA region, particularly in Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Yemen.
Call to withdraw from “counter-terrorism” summit in Israel amid genocide in Gaza
MENA Rights Group leads a campaign calling on all participants and sponsors to withdraw from the 2025 “World Summit on Counter-Terrorism,” organised by the International Institute for Counter-Terrorism at Reichman University, amid Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza.
Palestinians seeking aid abducted as Israel uses starvation as a tool of genocide
Pattern of enforced disappearances at Gaza Humanitarian Foundation aid points, NGOs report
Open letter from media and press freedom organizations on Gaza access
We, the undersigned, call for immediate, independent, and unrestricted international media access to Gaza and for full protection of journalists who continue to report under siege.
Unified call to confront famine in Gaza: launch the diplomatic humanitarian convoy now
MRG joins Palestinian civil society and 200+ international humanitarian and human rights organisations in an urgent call to action: The manufactured famine in Gaza must end, the siege must be lifted, and humanitarian crossings must be opened.
UN event highlights human rights abuses in MENA region under the guise of counter-terrorism
On the sidelines of the 58th session of the UN Human Rights Council, MENA Rights Group co-organised a side event bringing together civil society actors and the UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and counter-terrorism to discuss concerning trends of counter-terrorism abuse and its negative impact on human rights across the MENA region.