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CategoriesAdvocacyThe United Arab Emirates (UAE) government continues to invest in strategy with the goal of portraying the country as liberal, tolerant, and rights-respecting. Yet, with the prolonged imprisonment of major human rights defender Ahmed Mansour, academic Nasser bin Ghaith, and other activists and dissidents, the country’s extreme intolerance of criticism was on full display. Some […]
CategoriesAdvocacySaudi Arabia supposedly began the war in Yemen to prevent Iran from gaining a foothold on the Arabian Peninsula, which borders the strategically important Bab al Mandab straits. Nearly six years later, the war has given Iran just that, as well as causing the world’s largest humanitarian disaster. When the Houthi rebels agreed to enable […]
CategoriesAdvocacyThis year was marked by violent persecution of human rights campaigners and suspected dissidents, as well as systematic ethnic minorities suppression. Despite the criticism from the UN, restrictions on freedom of expression remained in place unchanged. Foreign journalists were subjected to detention and expulsion, as well as visa renewal delays and denials. Outside of China, […]
CategoriesAdvocacyThe Covid-19 pandemic offered an excuse for Russian authorities to limit human rights in a variety of ways, as well as to impose additional restrictions, particularly in the area of privacy rights and Freedom of political participation. In 2020, constitutional changes were a major development. Several oppressive laws have been strengthened through constitutional amendments. Authorities […]
CategoriesAdvocacyIn 2015, the UAE government hacked Mr. Ahmed Mansour’s phone, using a spyware developed by an Israeli-based firm called NSO Group making his smartphone a tool to monitor him. His phone was hacked to spy on him and his colleagues. Ahmed Mansour, 51 years-old, an Emirati engineer, poet, blogger and father of four. He is […]
The US says it has carried out air strikes against Iran-backed militias near the Iraq-Syria border in response to drone attacks on its forces in Iraq. A Pentagon spokesman said the strikes targeted “operational and weapons storage facilities” at three locations. President Biden had been clear he would act to protect US personnel, he added. […]
Several human rights organizations are worried that Vice President Harris’s upcoming trip to Mexico and Guatemala risks focusing too much on immigration and not other issues such as rule of law and government corruption. The Washington Office on Latin America, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, Latin America Working Group, Due Process of Law Foundation and […]
CategoriesAdvocacyMay 14, 2021 Dear Mr. Secretary-General, We strongly support the United Nations and the resolutions on human rights protection, as nongovernmental organizations continue working to alleviate humanitarian sufferings in different regions around the world. Throughout the year, there were reports of extrajudicial executions, excessive use of force, and unlawful killings by security forces in […]
