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August 29, 2024 News Release

Lebanon: Nationwide Electricity Blackout

Lebanon's capital, Beirut, in the dark on July 27, 2020, due to widespread electricity blackouts caused by fuel shortages in the midst of a dire economic crisis. 
August 29, 2024 News Release

Egypt: Spate of Free Speech Prosecutions

Freedom of Expression Under Relentless Attack

Vehicles pass near banners displaying Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi for the presidential elections, in Cairo, Egypt, on December 10, 2023.
August 28, 2024 Dispatches

Stop Politicizing Education for Lebanon’s Refugee Children

Government Should Ensure Schools Enroll Children Regardless of Status

Chairs are placed on classroom tables at a closed public school in Beirut.
August 26, 2024 Witness

A Palestinian Paramedic’s Ordeal in Israeli Detention

Walid Khalili, sheltering alone in a tent in al-Mawasi, Khan Younis, unable to reach his wife and three boys who are in northern Gaza. The photo was taken on June 18, 2024, about four months following his release from Israeli detention.
August 26, 2024 Report

Israel: Palestinian Healthcare Workers Tortured

ICC Prosecutor Should Investigate Attacks on Health Care, Detainee Abuses

A leaked photograph of the detention facility at the Sde Teiman military base shows a blindfolded man with his arms above his head. Interviewed healthcare workers described this image as punishment imposed by Israeli soldiers on Palestinian detainees if they speak or move.
August 23, 2024 Commentary

Britain Needs to End its Two-Tier Approach to Protection of Civilians in Gaza and Ukraine

To end civilian suffering in Ukraine and Gaza, the UK must quit its double standards and apply international humanitarian law equally

August 20, 2024 News Release

Iran: Alarming Surge in Executions

87 Executions Reported after June Elections, including 29 in One Day

Shadows of an Iranian policeman and a noose are seen on the ground before an execution in Tehran, Iran.
August 20, 2024 News Release

Tunisia: Prospective Presidential Candidates Barred

Potential Contenders Excluded, Convicted, Imprisoned

The Chairman of the Independent High Electoral Body (ISIE) Farouk Bouasker, (3-R) at a press conference to announce just three preliminary candidates for the presidential election to be held in Tunis on August 10, 2024.
August 19, 2024 News Release

Yemen: Israeli Port Attack Possible War Crime

Retaliatory July Strike on Hodeidah Threatens Food, Aid, Electricity Supply

Oil tanks burn following an Israeli strike at the port in Hodeidah, Yemen, July 20, 2024.
August 16, 2024 Dispatches

Houthis Raid UN Human Rights Office in Yemen

Crackdown on United Nations, Civil Society Groups amid Humanitarian Crises

Soldiers in uniform ride in a military vehicle down a city street
August 16, 2024 News Release

Iraq: Parliament Poised to Legalize Child Marriage

Sweeping Bill Imperils Women’s, Children’s Rights

A woman holds a sign protesting women being deprived of their rights in marriage in Tahrir Square, Baghdad, Iraq, August 8, 2024.
August 13, 2024 News Release

Iraq: Exhume Mass Grave Sites to Ensure Justice

End of UN Mandate Raises Concerns About Recovery, Identification of Victims

Members of expert teams take part in the opening of a mass grave and the exhumation of the remains of victims who were killed and buried by the so-called Islamic State (ISIS) terror group back in 2014, in Al-Humaydat, Iraq, June 13, 2021.
August 12, 2024 Dispatches

Tunisia Hollows Out its Media Landscape Ahead of Elections

Clampdown Stifles Diverse Voices, Political Debate

Protesters with red tape over their mouths hold placards
August 8, 2024 Statement

Lebanon’s Poverty Crisis: A Dire Need for Universal Social Security

Joint Civil Society Statement

August 7, 2024 Report

Yemen: Houthis Obstructing Aid, Exacerbating Cholera

Authorities Across Yemen Should Strengthen Preventative Measures Against Cholera

People are treated for suspected cholera infection at a hospital in Sanaa, Yemen,  March 28, 2019.

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