The Syrian tyrant, Bashar al-Assad, was overthrown in a sudden turn of events during the weekend. Many Syrians around the world took to the streets to celebrate when the news came. This is a historic ...
We are acutely aware of the grave human rights situation in Iran – both historically and at present. Civil Rights Defenders works with human rights organisations and activists in more than 50 countrie...
With hopes for the future, Ayouba works for the organisation Nassawiyat, which means ‘feminist’ in arabic. Nassawiyat is an intersectional feminist group working on 4 main areas: Capacity Building wor...
A year ago, Algerian authorities shut down the “Hirak” pro-democracy protests in most of the country. Since then, the number of unfounded terrorism prosecutions has soared, problematic amendments to t...
Civil Rights Defenders calls on Tunisia’s authorities to immediately investigate and punish the perpetrators of the brutal attack against Badr Baabou, Director of&nb...
Civil Rights Defenders joins a host of human rights organisations in calling Egypt’s authorities to immediately release journalist, Tawfik Ghanem, after 150 Days in detention. Eleven human right...
Civil Rights Defenders condemns medical negligence of imprisoned activist Mohammed Habib al-Miqdad, and call on the Bahraini prison authorities to abide by their international obligations&nb...