On Monday (January 28) woman human rights defender Awfa AlNaami was arbitrarily and forcefully disappeared…
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On April 16, 2019, the State Security Prosecution decided to renew WHRD Malak Al-Kashif’s pre-trial…
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Women human rights defenders have been targeted by the Sudan government through security forces for…
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Sudanese authorities are continuing their crackdown on women human rights defenders. WHRDs are being arbitrarily…
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On March 18, Moroccan authorities began the trial of Nazha El Khalidi, a…
Read More → On 6 March 2019, Egyptian authorities arrested Malak al-Kashef, a prominent feminist activist and woman…
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WHRDs Loujain al-Hathloul, Aziza al-Yousef, Eman al-Nafjan and Hatoon Al-Fassi were among around 10 women appearing before the criminal court, in addition to Nouf Abdulaziz who didn’t attend the trial. 8 hours before the trial, Loujain al-Hathloul’s family was informed that she was to appear before the criminal court instead of the Specialized Criminal court which deals with terrorism suspects.
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Women human rights defenders imprisoned in Sudan have launched a hunger strike today, 8th…
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قابلنا المدافعة عن حقوق الإنسان أسيل عبدو. وهي مدافعة شابة عن حقوق الإنسان وتنشط في…
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As protests, sit-ins and demonstrations escalate and continue, women human rights defenders (WHRDs) are leading,…
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Posting on Facebook, protesting, and going to a funeral are among the reasons why Saudi…
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Sudan: Wini Omer may face death sentence Journalist and WHRD Wini Omer could face the…
Read More →TO SIGN PLEASE CLICK HERE. An Open Letter from Feminist & Human Rights Organizations and…
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Read More →Ongoing Crackdown in Egypt and Saudi Arabia The Regional Coalition for Women Human Rights…
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Saudi Arabia has continued its crackdown against women human rights defenders, with reports of…
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On Monday (18 June), the investigative judge for Case No. 173, known as the NGO Foreign…
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El Nadeem Against Violence and Torture said in a statement that the investigative magistrate in…
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On 11 May 2018, Egyptian security forces stormed into the house of woman human rights…
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Saudi Arabia: Women Human Rights Defenders Accused of ‘Treason’. Since 15 May 2018, Saudi authorities…
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ALERT: Arbitrary detention of Awfaa AlNaami in Yemen
On Monday (January 28) woman human rights defender Awfa AlNaami was arbitrarily and forcefully disappeared and detained in Sanaa, Yemen. AlNaami and her colleague were asked for a meeting by the Houthi…
#SheDefends Launching Statement: Long Live the Struggle of WHRDs!
Long live the struggle! 25-11-2017 The #SheDefends campaign launches this year in the light of regional and international political and economic turmoil, and in the light of the suppression practiced in unison…
Third Regional Meeting for WHRDs in MENA: Regional Solidarity as a Strategy
Poster says: Human Rights are Not A Crime The Regional Coalition for WHRDs in Middle East and North Africa held its third regional consultation meeting from the 9th to the 13th…
“Visionary and creative resistance”: meet the women challenging extractivism – and patriarchy
“What is the state? We are the state! The state is the state thanks to us” saidHavva Ana (Mother Eve), a 63-year old woman who, in July 2015, joined a demonstration to block…
“It has probably become more dangerous to be a woman than a soldier in armed conflict.”
(Major-General Patrick Cammaert, former commander of UN peacekeeping forces in the eastern Congo.) Six years since the conflict began, an estimate of 400,000 dead and around 11 million have been driven from…
National Protection Mechanisms for WHRDs in Iraq!
The Regional Coalition for WHRDs in MENA held a meeting on the local protections mechanisms for WHRDs in Iraq. The meeting was attended by various Iraqi and Kurdish organizations from different governorates.…
Lebanon: Hundreds of Human Rights Violations & Attack on Lawyer Diala Chehade
Lawyer and human rights defender Diala Chehade obtained a court…
Free Khalida Jarrar and Khitam Saafin Now!
Khalida Jarrar was again arrested by Israeli occupation forces, previously…
Stop the Deportation of the Domestic Workers & Activists: Sujana and Rosa
Stop the Deportation of the Domestic Workers & Activists: Sujana…
The Status of Women Human Rights Defenders in Syria
This research paper aims to highlight the situation of WHRDs…
Women Human Rights Defenders in Sudan: Arbitrary Detentions and Unfair Trials
Women human rights defenders have been targeted by the Sudan…
Alert: Sudanese authorities arrest at least 6 women human rights defenders
Sudanese authorities are continuing their crackdown on women human rights…
Solidarity with Nazha El Khalidi: Drop all charges against her!
On March 18, Moroccan authorities began the trial…
Egypt: Release Malak al-Kashef!
On 6 March 2019, Egyptian authorities arrested Malak al-Kashef, a…
Sudan: WHRDs go on hunger strike
Women human rights defenders imprisoned in Sudan have launched…
Saudi Arabia begins trial of WHRDs
WHRDs Loujain al-Hathloul, Aziza al-Yousef, Eman al-Nafjan and Hatoon Al-Fassi were among around 10 women appearing before the criminal court, in addition to Nouf Abdulaziz who didn’t attend the trial. 8 hours before the trial, Loujain al-Hathloul’s family was informed that she was to appear before the criminal court instead of the Specialized Criminal court which deals with terrorism suspects.
WHRD Israa Al Ghomgham may face death sentence
Posting on Facebook, protesting, and going to a funeral are…
Smearing Campaign against Women Human Rights Defenders in Saudi Arabia
Who are the media actors in this violence? How…
Ongoing Crackdown in Saudi Arabia with New Arrests
Saudi Arabia has continued its crackdown against women human…
Saudi Arabia: Women Human Rights Defenders Accused of ‘Treason’
Saudi Arabia: Women Human Rights Defenders Accused of ‘Treason’. Since…