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Israeli security forces forcefully push out Palestinian protesters near a barrier blocking access, outside the Damascus Gate in Jerusalem’s Old City, 25 April 2021, AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP via Getty Images April 2021 in Middle East and North Africa: A free expression roundup produced by IFEX's Regional Editor Naseem Tarawnah, based on IFEX member reports and news from the region. Palestinian protesters battle barricades, forced displacement, and cyber-espionage. Fake news laws target journalists and activists throughout North Africa. The impact of Egypt’s prison-industrial...

74 NGOs urge Egyptian Authorities to Release Researcher Ahmed Samir Santawy We, the undersigned 74 organizations, call upon the Egyptian authorities to immediately and unconditionally release 29-year-old student and researcher Ahmed Samir Santawy, who has been arbitrarily detained since 1 February 2021 on bogus terrorism-related charges. The undersigned organizations further call on the authorities to ensure prompt, independent, impartial, transparent, and effective investigations into Ahmed Samir Santawy’s allegations of being subjected to enforced disappearance and ill-treatment by securi...

3 minute read A picture taken during a guided tour organised by the Egyptian State Information Service shows inmates resting in their cell at Borg el-Arab prison, near the city of Alexandria, 20 November 2019, MOHAMED EL-SHAHED/AFP via Getty Images A new report from the Arab Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI) reveals how Egypt built dozens of jails since the January 2011 revolution to keep thousands of prisoners, including roughly 65,000 prisoners of conscience, behind bars. This statement was originally published on anhri.info on 11 April 2021. The Arabic Networ...

States break silence to condemn Egypt’s abuses at UN rights body Geneva, Switzerland—Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) from around the world expressed their strong support today for a joint declaration by UN member states condemning the human rights situation in Egypt which was delivered at the UN Human Rights Council.  In the declaration governments expressed “deep concern” for widespread human rights violations committed with impunity by the Egyptian authorities. The joint declaration, signed by 31 states and delivered by Finland at the Council’s 46th session highlighted “r...

March 08, 2021 Arab League's Assistant Secretary-General for Social Affairs Ambassador Haifa Abu Ghazaleh. CAIRO — The Arab League praised on Monday the exceptional contributions made by women in the Arab region to confront coronavirus (COVID-19) especially health care workers. This came in a statement by the Assistant Secretary-General for Social Affairs, Ambassador Haifa Abu Ghazaleh, on the occasion of International Women's Day, stressing keenness to share the international community in celebrating this day. She also praised the role of women in the security instituti...