[state] state/NGO relationships

Yemen: Physical assault of human rights defenders

On 14 December 2010, human rights defenders Ms Tawakkol Karman, Ms Bushra Alsorabi and Mr Ali Hussain al-Dailami were physically assaulted during a peaceful protest in Sana'a, Yemen.
Tawakkol Karman and Bushra Alsorabi are Chairperson and Executive Director respectively of Women Journalists Without Chains (WJWC), an organisation which campaigns for freedom of the press and other human rights in Yemen. Ali Hussain al-Dailami is the executive director of the Yemeni Organization for the Defence of Democratic Rights and Freedom.

البحرين: احتجاز رئيس مركز البحرين لحقوق الإنسان في مطار بلاده ونسخ محتويات كمبيوتره وهاتفه النقال

ديسمبر 2010

يعبر مركز البحرين لحقوق الإنسان عن امتعاضه الشديد لاستمرار السلطات البحرينية في استهداف ومضايقة المدافعين عن حقوق الإنسان والذي تمثل مؤخراً في المعاملة السيئة التي لاقاها رئيس مركز البحرين لحقوق الإنسان السيد نبيل رجب من خلال إجراءات أمنية انتقائية مورست ضده، وذلك بقيام عناصر من جهاز الأمن الوطني باحتجازه لمدة حوالي الساعة أثناء مغادرته متوجها إلى اليونان عبر مطار البحرين الدولي، وانتهاك خصوصيته وانتزاع كمبيوتره الشخصي المحمول وهاتفه النقال عنوة بعد تهديده، علاوة على بقية الأجهزة الالكترونية التي كانت بحوزته، ثم نسخ كل ما فيها من معلومات وصور خاصة بإفراد أسرته وعمله الحقوقي.

Iran: Women's rights defender sentenced to 5 years imrisonment

According to the information received, on June 18, 2008, Ms. Hana Abdi was sentenced to a prison term of five years on charges of “gathering and collusion to threaten national security”, for her peacful defence of human rights.

Iran: Protest the closure of Zanan magazine!

Zanan Magazine, a reform-minded feminist magazine has been active in promoting women's rights for the last 16 years. Authorities revoked its license and friends in Tehran worry there's will be no avenue for appeal. Read the petition and sign on!

Serbia: Public announcement on the attacks against Women in Black - Belgrade

An Attack on a PACE Flag – An Attack on Women Defenders of Human Rights

Egypt: Update on government closure of the Association for Human Rights Legal Aid

A statement from Amnesty International denouncing the closure and recommendations for action.

Egypt: Abolishing the Association for Human Rights Legal Aid

A statement from the Association for Human Rights Legal Aid (APHRA) on increasing pressures on civil society organizations.

Pakistan: NGOs under threat

It should come as no surprise that clerics in Mansehra have asked NGOs to sack their female employees by July 30 or face being forcibly stopped from working in their area.

Egypt: The first anniversary of 'Egypt's Black Referendum Day'

On this first anniversary of Egypt's Black Referendum Day, we remember the abuses of freedom, the assault and sexual harassment of female journalists and activists who believe in the ideals of freedom, democracy and political reform in Egypt.

نداء لرفع الحصار المسلط على الرابطة التونسية للدفاع عن حقوق الإنسان