Articles by Maharat Foundation
![Kem Ley, 4 June, 2016, AP/ASSOCIATED PRESS](https://ifex.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/kemley3.jpg)
Pressure mounts on Cambodia a year after Kem Ley’s killing
On the one-year anniversary of the death of popular Cambodian activist Kem Ley, civil society organisations from around the world reiterated their call for an independent inquiry.
![](https://ifex.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/ifexlogo-hearts-ifex25.jpg)
Statement of Solidarity in Support of MENA HRDs for IFEX25
NGOs around the world ask authorities to stop campaigns of repression against HRDs and civil society organisations in the Middle East and North Africa region
![AP / Jon Gambrell](https://ifex.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/ap_16238600136176.jpg)
UAE: Free prominent rights defender Ahmed Mansoor held on speech-related charges
91 NGOs call on UAE to immediately and unconditionally release award-winning human rights defender Ahmed Mansoor
![The Douma 4: Samira Al-Khalil, Nazim Hammadi, Razan Zaitouneh and Wa’el Hamada](https://ifex.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/douma-4.jpg)
Three years on and no word on Douma’s missing activists
The prominent Syrian human rights defenders Razan Zaitouneh, Samira Al-Khalil, Wa’el Hamada and Nazim Hammadi remain missing three years after armed men abducted them.
![The Douma 4: Samira Al-Khalil, Nazim Hammadi, Razan Zaitouneh and Wa’el Hamada](https://ifex.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/douma-4.jpg)
Three years on and no word on Douma’s missing activists
The prominent Syrian human rights defenders Razan Zaitouneh, Samira Al-Khalil, Wa’el Hamada and Nazim Hammadi remain missing three years after armed men abducted them.
![Imprisoned journalist Faisal Hayyat](https://ifex.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/faisalbahrain.jpg)
Bahrain must cease judicial harassment of Faisal Hayyat and other Bahraini journalists
48 human rights organizations have signed a letter asking King Hamad to cease its judicial harassment of human rights defenders and its violation of their right to freedom of expression.
![Journalists carry Yahya Qallash, head of the Egyptian press syndicate, during a protest against restrictions on the press in front of the Egyptian Press Syndicate's headquarters in downtown Cairo, Egypt May 4, 2016, REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany](https://ifex.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/rtsshku.jpg)
A new low point for Sisi’s Egypt?
After two years of prosecuting journalists for everything, from “spreading false news” to “participating in a gathering”, Egypt is now taking aim at a new target in its fight against dissent.
![Journalists carry Yahya Qallash, head of the Egyptian press syndicate, during a protest against restrictions on the press in front of the Egyptian Press Syndicate's headquarters in downtown Cairo, Egypt May 4, 2016, REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany](https://ifex.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/rtsshku.jpg)
A new low point for Sisi’s Egypt?
After two years of prosecuting journalists for everything, from “spreading false news” to “participating in a gathering”, Egypt is now taking aim at a new target in its fight against dissent.