Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI)

The family of journalist Mohammad Omar Khatib were informed of his death under torture ten days after the fact. Prior to his death, he was detained at Sednaya prison for two and a half years.

While peacefully marching to demand the repeal of Egypt’s protest law and the release of prisoners of conscience, 23 activists were detained and charged on groundless accusations.

Sudanese authorities sent a letter to the Salema Center for Women’s Research and Studies on 24 June 2014, informing the organisation that it would be shut down. The group has deemed this action to be illegal.

More than 100 groups and individuals worldwide call on Egyptian President el-Sisi to remove the unjust sentencing of three Al Jazeera journalists.

Kuwaiti blogger and activist Hijab Al-Hajri has been sentenced to two years in prison for defaming the Kuwaiti Emir and attempting to overthrow the regime.

This week, a resolution on the importance of protecting human rights online was discussed at the 26th UN Human Rights Council Session in Geneva. Read the oral statement on this resolution led by ARTICLE 19 and supported by several IFEX members.

On 18 June 2014, the Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI) welcomed the decision by a Moroccan court to release members of the “February 20” movement, who were arrested during a 6 April 2014 march in Casablanca. On Tuesday 17 June, the Casablanca Court of First Instance delivered a verdict temporarily setting the “February […]

The head of the Sudanese Congress Party, Ibrahim Al-Sheikh, has been charged with disseminating false news, undermining the constitutional order, calling for an armed opposition, tarnishing the regime’s image, and disturbing the public order.