We are human rights lawyers fighting for the respect of rights & freedoms in the MENA region | نحن محامون ندافع دون تمييز عن حقوق الإنسان في العالم العربي
📢Our 2023 Annual Report is available!
Discover how MENA Rights Group is advancing
#humanrights
in the region, from litigating on behalf of victims of violations and advocating for their rights at the UN to launching awareness campaigns and events⬇️
🛑 BREAKING: The Court of Cassation of
#Morocco
just approved the extradition of Uyghur activist Idris Hassan to
#China
, disregarding the principle of non-refoulement.
His lawyers clearly raised the risks of
#torture
he would face if forcibly returned.
الأكاديمي #صلاح_سلطان، والد المدافع المصري الأمريكي عن حقوق الإنسان محمد سلطان
@soltan
، رهن الاعتقال التعسفي ويواجه إهمالاً طبياً خطيراً.
يجب على #مصر إطلاق سراح الدكتور سلطان على الفور وتزويده بالرعاية الطبية العاجلة.
#انقذوا_صلاح_سلطان
🚨Academic Salah Soltan, father of US-Egyptian human rights defender Mohamed Soltan, is in arbitrary detention and faces serious medical neglect.
#Egypt
must immediately release Dr. Soltan and provide him with urgently needed medical care.
#SaveSoltan
⬇️
Today, we mourn the death of Dr Abdullah al-Hamid, who dedicated his life to advancing human rights in
#SaudiArabia
. May he rest in peace.
We hold the authorities responsible for imprisoning him for his activism and denying him medical care.
#StandWithSaudiHeroes
Cette semaine, nous avons demandé à l'Office des normes internationales et des affaires juridiques de l'UNESCO d'examiner la situation du journaliste algérien Ihsane El Kadi en détention depuis le 24 décembre dernier.
#FreeIhsaneElKadi
Dear Loujain,
You shouldn't be spending your 30th birthday in jail. Know that we'll always fight for you &
#StandWithSaudiHeroes
.
@KSAmofaEN
, you must
#FreeLoujain
& all
#Saudi
human rights defenders immediately!
The MENA Rights Ladies ✊
خبر عاجل: وافقت محكمة النقض في #المغرب للتو على تسليم الناشط الأويغور إدريس حسن إلى #الصين ، متجاهلة مبدأ عدم الإعادة القسرية. أثار محاميه بوضوح مخاطر #التعذيب الذي قد يواجهه إذا أعيد قسراً.
On the International Day of the
#EndangeredLawyers
, we call on the Iraqi authorities to release human rights lawyer Ali Hattab. He was representing demonstrators arrested in connection with the
#IraqiProtests
. He has been missing since October 8, 2019.
On January 27,
#UAE
authorities abducted Baloch businessman Abdul Hafeez Ramzan, before deporting him to
#Pakistan
. He remains disappeared since & is at high risk of torture.
We call on the
@WGEID
to urge the UAE & Pakistan to clarify his fate & location.
المتظاهر العراقي عبد المسيح سركيس مختطف منذ عامين في مثل هذا اليوم. في رسالة إلى الرئيس العراقي برهم صالح
@IraqiPresidency
، طلبت منّا لحقوق الإنسان و إنهاء الافلات من العقاب في العراق
@EndImpunityIraq
من السلطات توضيح مصيره وم��ان وجوده.
At the request of
@SafeguardDefend
& MENA Rights Group, the UN Committee against Torture just sent a request for interim measures to
#Morocco
requesting the authorities not to extradite Uyghur activist
#IdrisHasan
to
#China
.
في 27 يناير اختطفت سلطات #الإمارات عبد الحفيظ رمضان، رجل أعمال من القومية البلوشية، قبل ترحيله إلى #باكستان حيث لا يزال مختفياً منذ ذلك الحين ومعرض لخطر التعذيب.
ندعو الفريق الأممي المعني بالاختفاء القسري إلى حثّ الإمارات وباكستان لتوضيح مصيره وموقعه.
We are appalled to learn that
#AbdulrahmanAlSadhan
was sentenced to 20 years in prison & a 20-year travel ban after a sham trial before the Saudi Specialised Criminal Court. He has been detained arbitrarily for over 3 years and deprived of his most basic rights.
#FreeSadhan
We are appalled by the sentencing of Saudi women's rights defender Loujain al-Hathloul. It is testament to the authorities’ willingness to do everything in their power to silence and crush any voice demanding freedom & equality.
We won't stop fighting until they
#FreeLoujain
.
"The action of some, emboldened by the inaction of many, is another form of execution. Lasting, and deep. It kills hope, it kills courage, it promotes self-censorship".
Listen to
@AgnesCallamard
's call for action one year after the murder of
#JamalKhashoggi
.
#JusticeForJamal
🇸🇦3 years ago today, Salma al-Shehab was arbitrarily detained for peacefully tweeting in favor of
#humanrights
in
#SaudiArabia
. Sentenced to 27 years in prison, she has not seen her children since.
📢We call on Saudi authorities to immediately
#FreeSalma
!
The
#SaudiLadiesIntl
golf tournament is starting today in
#SaudiArabia
. The winner will receive a $1.5 million prize from the Public Investment Fund, chaired by Mohammed Bin Salman.
We urge players to
#StandWithSaudiHeroes
by demanding the release of all prisoners of conscience.
On the occasion of
#IWD2021
, we honour and celebrate all women throughout the MENA region who have dedicated their lives to advancing human rights in repressive environments.
We are inspired by their strength and courage!
#InternationalWomensDay
🚨URGENT 🚨 We have been informed that
#Morocco
is about to extradite Hassan al-Rabea to
#SaudiArabia
today.
We call on Moroccan authorities to suspend this forcible removal as he is at risk of facing torture and persecution in Saudi Arabia.
Today marks one year since the disappearance of human rights lawyer Ali Jasib Hattab, who was abducted amid the
#Iraqi_protests
.
We filed his case with the UN Committee on Enforced Disappearances, but the
@IraqiGovt
has failed to clarify his whereabouts.
📢Mohammed bin Salman is currently in
#France
, seeking support for Saudi Arabia's candidacy to host
@Riyadh_Expo2030
.
We urge the
@EmmanuelMacron
to consider
#SaudiArabia
's rampant human rights violations & recognise this whitewashing attempt⬇️
While
#SaudiArabia
is hosting
@LETgolf
, human rights activists like Loujain al-Hathloul continue to languish in prison because of their fight for women's rights.
We urge
#SaudiLadiesIntl
golfers to
#StandWithSaudiHeroes
by demanding freedom for all prisoners of conscience!
🚨Sherif Osman has been released! 🚨
He has to remain in the
#UAE
until the case is concluded.
We welcome this news and urge Emirati authorities to reject
#Egypt
's extradition request and allow Sherif to return safely to his home & family.
Avec l'AMDH, nous avons porté le cas du journaliste Soulaimane Raissouni, en grève de la faim depuis avril et récemment condamné à 5 ans de prison, devant le Groupe de travail sur la détention arbitraire de l'ONU.
Five UN experts have just pressed
#SaudiArabia
to immediately release women's rights defender Loujain al-Hathloul, currently on trial before the Specialised Criminal Court:
We join their call & urge the authorities to
#FreeLoujain
.
11 years ago today, the Saudi Civil and Political Rights Association (ACPRA) was founded. Banned in 2013, all of its members have been arrested and most of them remain imprisoned today.
We call on the Saudi authorities to release all political prisoners.
#StandWithSaudiHeroes
تحديث قضية #سلمان_العودة : أجلت السلطات #السعودية أمس محاكمتها السرية للداعية لعدة أشهر أخرى. و تطالب النيابة بقتله تعزيراً بسبب نشاطه العلمي السلمي العلني.
تطالب منّا لحقوق الإنسان بإطلاق سراح الداعية فوراً دون قيد أو شرط.
#سننقذ_سلمان_العوده
Saudi religious scholar Sulaiman Al Dowaish has been forcibly disappeared for nearly 5 years.
We and
@ALQST_En
have urged the United Nations
@WGEID
to call on
#SaudiArabia
to clarify his fate and whereabouts.
We are alarmed by reports from the Moroccan Press Agency that Osama Al Hasani was extradited to
#SaudiArabia
👉 .
If confirmed, this would constitute a serious violation of the non-refoulement principle under the UN Convention against Torture by
#Morocco
.
Today, the UN Committee against Torture requested
#Morocco
not to deport Osama Al Hasani pending the consideration of our complaint by the Committee. We argued that he could face torture in
#SaudiArabia
.
#DontDeportOsamaAlHasani
#لاترحلوا_اسامة_الحسني
We are devastated to learn of the passing of our friend and partner Alaa Al-Siddiq, prominent Emirati human rights defender and director of
@ALQST_En
.
Alaa was one of the the fiercest advocates for truth and justice. May her soul rest in power.
#آلاء_الصديق_في_ذمة_الله
One year after
#Morocco
's Court of Cassation ruled in favour of extraditing Uyghur activist
#IdrisHasan
to
#China
, we,
@HRF
&
@SafeguardDefend
, seized the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention demanding the end of extradition proceedings & his release.
🚨URGENT: le Comité contre la torture de l'ONU a de nouveau demandé à la
#Tunisie
de ne pas expulser le défenseur des droits humains Zaki Hannache vers l'
#Alg
érie.
Nous avions soumis son cas compte tenu des risques qu'il encourt dans son pays.
🚨Mauvaise nouvelle pour la liberté d'expression en
#Alg
érie🚨
Hier, le journaliste et dirigeant d'Interfaces Médias Ihsane El Kadi a été condamné à 5 ans de prison. Nous condamnons cette décision et exigeons sa libération.
#free_ihsane_elkadi
🚨Liberté pour le journaliste
#alg
érien Ihsane El Kadi
📢Dans l'attente du verdict prévu ce dimanche, nous appelons les autorités algériennes à mettre fin à son harcèlement judiciaire et à le libérer immédiatement. El Kadi risque jusqu’à 7 ans de prison.➡️
Al Qarni, Al Omari, Al Odah & Al Maliki are Saudi prisoners of conscience facing the death penalty.
Today UN expert
@AgnesCallamard
and six others published a letter urging the
#Saudi
authorities to ensure that the clerics are not sentenced to death.
➡️
Two years ago today,
#Uyghur
activist Idris Hasan was arrested in
#Morocco
, where he remains at risk of deportation to
#China
.
📢With
@SafeguardDefend
, we call on Moroccan authorities to cancel his extradition proceedings and release him.
#FreeIdrisHasan
The Saudi Civil and Political Rights Association (ACPRA) was founded 12 years ago today. Banned in 2013, all of its members have been arrested and most of them remain imprisoned today.
We urge the Saudi authorities to release all prisoners of conscience.
#StandWithSaudiHeroes
نشر خبراء الأمم المتحدة للتو رسالتهم المؤرخة في 8 نوفمبر 2021 إلى #السعودية، تطلب من السلطات توضيحات بشكل عاجل بشأن الاحتجاز التعسفي والقتل الذي لم يحقق فيه، للمعارض السياسي #موسى_القرني.
In a joint statement, 11 NGOs have called on
#SaudiArabia
to hold accountable those responsible for the mass execution of 37 people in April 2019 and to return the remains of all those executed by the kingdom.
#Hand_over_the_bodies
#سلموا_الجثامين
Shaima Albugamy disappeared after her family denounced her to
#Saudi
State Security for escaping from her family home, where she was physically & psychologically abused.
Yesterday, we asked the
@WGEID
to call on
#SaudiArabia
to disclose her whereabouts.
Saudi university graduate Abdullah Jelan has been missing since his arrest by State Security forces in Medina on May 12.
Prior to his disappearance, Jelan had been vocal on Twitter, advocating for greater freedoms & the right to work in
#SaudiArabia
.
🚨URGENT🚨
As minors, they protested discrimination in
#SaudiArabia
. Now, they face execution.
📢With
@ESOHumanRightsE
, we urge the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention to recognise the arbitrariness of their detention & to advocate for their release!
#StopTheSlaughter
1⃣0⃣0⃣0⃣ DAYS.
That's the time Loujain al-Hathloul has spent in prison for standing up for women's rights. She has been brutally tortured and endured two hunger strikes.
Sign the petition & join us in urging the Saudi authorities to
#FreeLoujain
: .
Saudi lawyer Mohammad al-Qahtani should have been released yesterday after serving a 10-year prison sentence for his human rights work. He is now being held incommunicado and his family has not heard from him since October 23.
We call on the Saudi authorities to release him.
The UN Committee against Torture has just requested
#Morocco
to suspend the extradition of Hassan al-Rabea to
#SaudiArabia
.
We ask the government of Morocco
@ChefGov_ma
to implement the Committee's request as a matter of urgency.
La Cour de Cassation de Rabat examine aujourd'hui la demande d'extradition visant Yidiresi Aishan qui risque d'être soumis à la torture en cas de renvoi vers la Chine.
Nous demandons l'abandon de la procédure au nom du principe de non-refoulement.
Ali Al Heliji is a 29 year-old human rights lawyer who was representing demonstrators arrested during
#iraq_protests
.
His family has not heard from him since his abduction 2 months ago by militias.
We call on the authorities to release him immediately.
Loujain Al-Hathloul is a Saudi human rights activist known for her role in the Women to Drive movement and for advocating against the repressive male guardianship system.
She has been imprisoned since May 2018 because of her activism.
#FreeLoujain
#StandWithSaudiHeroes
Today, the UN Committee against Torture requested
#Morocco
not to deport Osama Al Hasani pending the consideration of our complaint by the Committee. We argued that he could face torture in
#SaudiArabia
.
#DontDeportOsamaAlHasani
#لاترحلوا_اسامة_الحسني
#SaudiArabia
should halt the imminent deportation to
#China
of two Uyghur men, Nurmemet Rozi and Hemdullah Abduweli. They would face torture should they be forcibly returned.
وافق #المغرب على تسليم حسن آل ربيع إلى #السعودية، حيث قد يتعرض لخطر التعذيب.
تقدمنا بطلب عاجل إلى لجنة الأمم المتحدة لمناهضة التعذيب، نحثها فيه على دعوة السلطات المغربية إلى تعليق تسليم آل ربيع.
Today marks one year since Saudi humanitarian worker Abdulrahman Al Sadhan, who has been forcibly disappeared since 2018, last contacted his family.
We urge
#SaudiArabia
to immediately
#FreeSadhan
and all prisoners of conscience.
#WhereIsSadhan
#StandWithSaudiHeroes
After receiving death threats from Hezbollah, Lebanese activist
#LokmanSlim
was assassinated on February 4, 2021.
Yesterday,
@UN_SPExperts
, including
@AgnesCallamard
, called on
#Lebanon
to “ensure that those responsible are identified & held accountable."
🚨BREAKING🚨We’re taking
@TotalEnergiesFR
to court seeking reparations for 2 torture survivors who were detained in Balhaf gas plant in
#Yemen
, invoking Total's failure to implement due diligence obligations following the site's takeover by
#UAE
forces.
Alaa Al Sidiq, a hero from the
#UAE
, was an irreplaceable & tireless fighter for human rights, whose passing has left us with a profound sense of loss and sadness.
We offer our deepest condolences to her friends, family and colleagues. Rest in peace Alaa.
UN experts have just published their letter of 8 November 2021 to
#SaudiArabia
requesting urgent clarifications on the arbitrary detention & uninvestigated murder of political dissident Musa Al Qarni.
Le porte-parole du Haut-Commissariat des Nations unies aux droits de l'Homme
@RColville
s'inquiète de la multiplication des arrestations arbitraires en
#Alg
érie dont celle du journaliste Rabah Kareche (
@JournaLiberteDZ
) en détention préventive depuis le 19 avril dernier.
MENA Rights Group joins a coalition of 42 organisations calling on
@POTUS
to
#SanctionMBS
, following the report by the US Director of National Intelligence on the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
#JusticeForJamal
Naseema Al-Sadah is a Saudi human rights activist known for campaigning for the Women to Drive movement as well as for civil and political rights in Saudi Arabia.
She has been imprisoned since July 2018 because of her activism.
#FreeNaseema
#StandWithSaudiHeroes
We are appalled by the news that Saudi human rights defender Mohammed Al Rabiah was sentenced to six years in prison today by the Specialised Criminal Court.
He has 30 days to appeal the decision.
#StandWithSaudiHeroes
Two
#Uyghur
men facing imminent deportation to
#China
have disappeared since March 20 in
#SaudiArabia
, along with one of the men's ex-wife & her 13yo daughter.
With
@SafeguardDefend
, we called on the
@WGEID
to urge Saudi authorities to clarify their fate.
Le 10 mars, l'activiste pour les droits des femmes
@LoujainHathloul
comparaitra à nouveau devant le tribunal.
Plusieurs ONGs et le président du groupe d’amitié parlementaire France-Arabie saoudite
@moreaujb23
demandent sa libération inconditionnelle.
أصدر فريق الأمم المتحدة العامل المعني بالاحتجاز التعسفي رأيًا يحث السلطات الإماراتية على الإفراج عن مريم البلوشي وأمينة العبدولي 👈
إن عقابهم لممارسة حقهم في حرية التعبير يتبع نمطاً معروفاً من الانتهاكات في #الإمارات.
Today marks 2 years since Loujain al-Hathloul's arrest. She remains behind bars along with women's rights defenders Samar Badawi, Nassima Al Sadah, Nouf Abdulaziz & Mayaa Al Zahrani.
Join us in calling on
@KingSalman
to release them.
#StandWithSaudiHeroes
#FreeLoujain
On the eve of Loujain al-Hathloul's trial, 28 NGOs urge the president of the Saudi Human Rights Commission
@AwwadSAlawwad
to take a stand & demand the release of all women's rights defenders imprisoned in Saudi Arabia.
#StandWithSaudiHeroes
#FreeLoujain
#BREAKING
:
#SaudiArabia
is about to forcibly return Abula Buheliqiemu & her daughter to
#China
where they would face torture & enforced disappearance. Saudi authorities have yet to clarify the fate and whereabouts of Nurmemet Rozi and Hemdullah Abduweli.
📢مع تحالف حرية الرأي والتعبير
@FoECoalition
، ندين بشدة التهم الموجهة إلى الإعلامية اللبنانية
@DimaSadek
.
إن تجريم القدح والذمّ والتحقير يؤدي إلى تقييد حرية الإعلام وينتهك الحق في حرية التعبير في #لبنان.⬇️
We are happy to hear protester Yasir Elsir Ali &
#HRD
Rudwan Dawod were released on 31/1 & 18/2, respectively.
@MENA_Rights
will continue to call for the release of those arbitrarily detained during
#SudanProtests
as well as accountability for those who have been killed.
🚨Manahel al-Otaibi was arrested for peacefully advocating for
#womensrights
in
#SaudiArabia
. She has been forcibly disappeared for a month.
📢We have requested the urgent intervention of the
@WGEID
; Saudi authorities must clarify her fate & whereabouts.
🚨عاجل🚨
قصّر، تظاهروا ضد التمييز في #السعودية، والآن يواجهون عقوبة الإعدام.
مع
@ESOHumanRights
، نحث فريق الأمم المتحدة العامل المعني بالاحتجاز التعسفي على الاعتراف بتعسف احتجازهم والدعوة إلى إطلاق سراحهم!
#أوقفوا_المذبحة
The
#UAE
’s new Law on Combatting Rumours and Cybercrime restricts civic space & free speech in the country and criminalises acts that are protected under int’l law.
We join a coalition of 15 NGOs calling on the UAE to immediate repeal or amend the law.
Following the
#Pegasus
spyware scandal, we join a coalition of NGOs demanding the immediate end to the use, sale and transfer of surveillance technology to autocratic governments in the Middle East and North Africa.
One year ago today, 11 Saudi activists appeared in court to face charges in reprisal for defending women's rights.
Their trials continue, but hearings are routinely cancelled or postponed.
Charges must be dropped and detained activists released.
#StandWithSaudiHeroes
1⃣0⃣0⃣0⃣ DAYS.
That's the time Saudi aid worker Abdulrahman Al Sadhan has spent in arbitrary detention. Since his arrest on 12 March 2018, he has only be allowed a one minute call to his family.
We urge the Saudi authorities to immediately
#FreeSadhan
.
#StandWithSaudiHeroes
بعد إعادة المحاكمة ، حُكم على طالبة الدكتوراه #السعودية والناشطة في مجال #حقوق_الإنسان سلمى الشهاب بالسجن 27 عامًا بموجب قانون مكافحة الإرهاب.
أتيحت للمحكمة الجزائية المتخصصة الفرصة لتبرئة التهم الموجهة إليها ، لكنها أصدرت حكماً قاسياً.
نشعر بالأسى من الأخبار عن الحكم على المدافع السعودي عن حقوق الإنسان محمد الربيعة اليوم بالسجن 6 سنوات من قبل المحكمة الجزائية المتخصصة ، وأمامه 30 يومًا لاستئناف القرار.
#StandWithSaudiHeroes
Les poursuites visant la journaliste marocaine
#HajarRaissouni
constituent des représailles & une violation de son droit à la vie privée.
MENA Rights Group a saisi plusieurs experts indépendants de l'ONU appelant à sa libération immédiate.
#FreeHajar
On 10 October,
#Saudi
dissident Musa Al Qarni was brutally murdered in prison.
@ALQST_En
& MENA Rights Group call on the Special Rapporteur on executions to urge the
#Saudi
authorities to undertake an independent & impartial investigation into his death.
Iraqi protester Abdel-Messih Sarkis was abducted two years ago on this day. In a letter to
@IraqiPresidency
Barham Salih, MENA Rights Group and
@EndImpunityIraq
ask the authorities to clarify his fate and whereabouts.
Yesterday, a coalition of NGOs wrote to the
@INTERPOL_SG
Jürgen Stock, expressing deep concern over the candidacy of an Emirati official from the Ministry of Interior to the presidency of
#INTERPOL
, given the
#UAE
's poor human rights record.
🚨Detained
#Saudi
women's rights defender Manahel al-Otaibi has been forcibly disappeared for over a month.
🇺🇳With
@ALQST_En
, we have requested the urgent intervention of UN Special Rapporteur on
#humanrights
defenders
@MaryLawlorhrds
⬇️
Hoda.
Aisha.
Mahinour.
These three human rights defenders were arrested for speaking out on women's rights issues in Egypt.
Today, on
#IWD2020
, we honour these women's brave activism and urge
#Egypt
-ian authorities to release them immediately.
#InternationalWomensDay2020
مرّ 1000 يوم على اعتقال الصحفي اليمني مروان المريسي في #السعودية منذ 1 يونيو 2018.
ولا يزال حتى يومنا هذا معتقلاً بشكل تعسفي بدون تهمة، نطالب بالإفراج الفوري وغير المشروط عنه!
Suite à la récente condamnation du défenseur des
#droitshumains
@ZakiHannache
et l'émission d'un mandat d'arrêt international contre lui, nous et 16 ONGs exhortons le gouvernement tunisien à ne pas l'expulser vers l'
#Alg
érie.
ندين بشدة تسليم #المغرب ل #حسن_آل_ربيع إلى #السعودية، حيث من المحتمل أن يتعرض للتعذيب، راسلنا
@ChefGov_ma
للحصول على تفسير مع أكثر من 20 منظمة حقوقية.
لقراءة رسالتنا المفتوحة:
Idris Hasan remains in prison 2 years after
#Morocco
's Court of Cassation ruled in favour of his extradition to
#China
, where he risks torture. His case remains pending before
#UNCAT
. We will continue to call for his release & transfer to a safe country.