Articles by Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI)
UN Security Council must press for an end to attacks against media in Yemen
IFEX members urge the UN Security Council to ensure the protection of journalists in Yemen in light of historic resolution.
An open letter calling for justice for slain journalist Ibrahim Foday
Four years after Sierra Leone Journalist Ibrahim Foday’s death, members of IFEX join the Media Foundation for West Africa in calling for more rapid progress.
Resisting oblivion: Prisoners of conscience across the Arab world
It is not imprisonment that a prisoner finds hardest. It is the risk of being forgotten. The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information and Maharat Foundation are launching a campaign to make sure they don’t sink into oblivion.
NGOs to Bashar al-Assad: Implement your amnesty decree and free Syrian activist Mazen Darwish
The International Press Institute and 23 IFEX members sent a letter to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad calling for the release of lawyer and human rights defender Mazen Darwish ahead of his court hearing on 25 March 2015.
On anniversary of mass trial, rights groups call on UAE to “stop the charade”
The mass “UAE 94” trial imprisoned dozens of government critics and reform activists in the United Arab Emirates.
NGOs call on Bahraini government to drop Twitter charges against Nabeel Rajab
The international community’s response to the current charges leveled against prominent activist Nabeel Rajab has been monumental in denouncing the Criminal Investigations Department and the Bahraini government for their actions.
Kuwaiti activist sentenced for insulting the Emir on Twitter
The Kuwaiti Court of Cassation sentenced activist Saqr Al-Hashash to one year and eight months in prison for insulting the Emir through tweets he posted on his personal Twitter account.
UAE’s anti-terrorism law triggers fears it could be used to violate citizens’ rights
The United Nations Human Rights Council is being asked by a colation of international NGOs to ensure that the UAE’s anti-terrorism law is not used as a tool to target, imprison, intimidate and impede the work of rights defenders.