Articles by Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI)
Civil servant sentenced to three years in prison for writing poem
The misdemeanors court in Adawa, Menya province has adjourned an appeal of the defamation case against government clerk Mounir Saad Hanna to 18 July 2009.
Editor sentenced to six months in prison
ANHRI expresses deep dissatisfaction towards the sentencing of editor Yasser Barakat, to six months in prison.
Poet sentenced to one year in jail
A Jordanian court has issued a ruling sentencing Islam Samhan to one year in prison and fining him 10000 JD (approx. US$14,100).
Writer detained and prevented from travelling
ANHRI condemns the detention of writer Abd Al-Monem Monieb by state security officers at Cairo airport.
States attack human rights experts at UN rights body; thirty-five organisations, including six IFEX members, express concern
Human rights organisations from every region of the world warn that recent “extraordinary attacks” by states on United Nations human rights experts at the Human Rights Council was “severely eroding the Council’s legitimacy and credibility.”
State security police force Internet café owners to report on customers visiting “political” websites
State Security Police are violating the right to privacy by spying on Internet users in Egypt, searching for individuals who exercise their right to express their political views online peacefully
ANHRI concerned over parliament’s approval of draft press law
Sudanese parliament approval for the draft press law is a severe strike against press freedom in Sudan and is paving the way for more suppression and confiscation
Forty-five IFEX members call for release of journalist Chief Ebrimah Manneh
Free expression advocates from around the world gathered this week in Oslo, Norway, at the IFEX General Meeting. Forty-five IFEX members signed on to the following statement, calling on The Gambian government to enforce an ECOWAS court judgement of the journalist’s case.