HuMENA for Human Rights and Civic Engagement
@humena.bsky.social
HuMENA is a non-profit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to promoting human rights and civic engagement across the #MENA region. With offices in Brussels and Beirut, HuMENA operates through regional teams to protect civic space and empower communities.
#Yemen 🇾🇪 | Yemeni freelance journalist Naseh Shaker has been detained in Aden since November 2023 after disappearing while travelling to Beirut to attend a Hostile Environment and First Aid Training (HEFAT) course organised by the Samir Kassir Foundation.
HuMENA is looking for a lead developer or small civic-tech team to build the first working version of the Civic Space Watchdog, an AI-assisted platform to monitor civic space in Tunisia and Egypt and prepare for expansion across MENA. Details: bit.ly/WatchdogDev
HuMENA has joined the #CICC, the world’s largest CSOs network advancing #InternationalJustice. Through this step, HuMENA continues documenting grave crimes — from #genocide and #warcrimes in #Palestine and #Lebanon to repression across #MENA — working to end #impunity and advance #accountability.
📢 Join us at the #GlobalGathering in Estoril, Portugal. Circle: Reclaiming Civic Voices & Online Space in SWANA 🗓️ Sept 9 | 🕜 13:30–14:30 📍 Booth 18, SWANA Village Co-hosted by @humena.bsky.social , @skylineforhuman , Vuka! Coalition & @CIVICUS . #SWANA #DigitalRights #CivicSpace
They shut down streets, We build movements. They criminalize protests, We defend the right to speak, gather, and resist. Because freedom of peaceful assembly is not a privilege to be granted, it is a right to be claimed.
Egypt🇪🇬 | Urban Control & Civic Space Since 2014, Egypt has reshaped laws & cities to restrict civic space. From Tahrir Square to the New Administrative Capital, public spaces were securitized to deter protests & suppress collective action. 🔗 By Ibrahim Ezzedine: humena.org/blogs/egypt-...
#Palestine 🇵🇸 | HuMENA condemns Israel’s killing of 5 journalists in #Gaza in cold blood while reporting from the field — a clear #WarCrime and part of a wider policy of #Genocide & #SystematicStarvation. 📖 humena.org/israel-war-c...
🇪🇬 #Egypt is intensifying its crackdown on independent journalism. Editor-in-Chief #LinaAttalah of #MadaMasr was summoned by State Security Prosecution after publishing an investigation into prison abuses. 🔗 humena.org/lina-attalah...
As civic space shrinks across MENA, the digital sphere is no longer a refuge; it’s a battleground shaped by algorithms, censorship, and surveillance. 📍In his latest analytical piece, @mostfouad.bsky.social examines how repression has moved from the street to the screen. 🔗 humena.org/blogs/street...
🇱🇧 In #Lebanon, sectarian identity defines access to citizenship and speech. Mainstream media reinforce this exclusion by marginalizing refugees & Palestinians. Outlets like Megaphone & Daraj have countered these narratives, especially during the Gaza war, with rights-based, critical coverage.
#لبنان 🇱🇧 | في لبنان، تُستخدم الهوية لإقصاء اللاجئين والمهمّشين، عبر نظام طائفي يعيد تعريف المواطَنة وحدود التعبير. الإعلام التقليدي يُعيد إنتاج هذا الإقصاء، بينما تقابل منصات مثل درج وميغافون الرواية السائدة بخطاب ناقد، خاصة خلال حرب غزة.
📍غزة | رغم وضوح الأدلة وتكرار التحذيرات، لا يمكن النظر إلى حرمان أكثر من مليونين من المدنيين في غزة من الغذاء والماء والرعاية الصحية كحدث عرضي. بل هو استراتيجية ممنهجة تؤدي إلى عواقب إنسانية متوقعة.
📍 Gaza | Despite clear evidence and repeated warnings, the ongoing deprivation of food, water, and medical care from over two million civilians in Gaza cannot be seen as incidental. It is a deliberate strategy with foreseeable humanitarian consequences.
#سوريا 🇸🇾 | في مرحلة ما بعد الأسد، بدأت المبادرات المدنية بالظهور مجددًا. لكن المساحة المتاحة للعمل تبقى هشّة، محدودة، وخاضعة لحسابات سياسية ضيّقة. ✍️ في هذه التدوينة، تكتب الباحثة السورية مايا الجرف تحليلًا دقيقًا لمعادلات المجتمع المدني في سوريا ما بعد الأسد: 🔗 humena.org/ar/blogs/pos...
على مفترق طرق: المجتمع المدني بسورية ما بعد الأسد والنضال من أجل الاستقلال - HuMENA
مايا الجرف تكتب عن عودة المجتمع المدني في سوريا ما بعد الأسد، بين الوعود الرسمية والرقابة المتجددة، ونضال الفاعلين المدنيين من الداخل والشتات.
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#Syria 🇸🇾 | In post-Assad Syria, civil society is reemerging, but it remains under political control, faces legal uncertainty, and continues to be excluded. ✍️ Maya Al Jarf analyzes the contradictions of Syria’s post-conflict civic space: 🔗 humena.org/blogs/post-a...
At a Crossroads: Civil Society in Post-Assad Syria and the Struggle for Independence - HuMENA
Maya Al Jarf explores the uncertain future of Syrian civil society after Assad’s fall—between fragile openings, repressive echoes, and the fight for true independence.
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Francesca Albanese is being punished for doing what the world refuses to: name GENOCIDE. @FranceskAlbs This is an attack on truth and justice, not just on her. #StandWithFrancesca #Gaza #UN #HumanRights
#Egypt 🇪🇬 | Dr. Salah Soltan is at risk of dying in Badr 1 Prison 16 rights groups demand his immediate release and that of all unjustly detained in Case 1766/2022, amid medical neglect amounting to torture. 📄 Statement: humena.org/free-salah-s...
#Tunisia 🇹🇳 | Two-Year Sentence for #RamlahDahmani: Solidarity Criminalized under #Decree54 A Tunisian court sentenced her in absentia to 2 years in prison over public statements about her detained sister. 📖 Full statement: humena.org/ramlah-dahma...
🇵🇸#Palestine | Five years on, Tal’at remains a symbol of radical feminist resistance. Born in the streets, not institutions, it defied patriarchy and occupation. But its principled stance came at a cost. ✍️ By Rawan Natsheh 📖 humena.org/blogs/tal3at...
🇵🇸 #فلسطين | "طالِعات" لم تكن مجرد حركة نسوية، بل انتفاضة من قلب الشارع رفضت الخضوع للأبوية أو التمويل، وواجهت الاحتلال بلا مؤسّسة تحميها. بعد خمس سنوات، ما زالت تجربتها تُثير أسئلة جوهرية حول المقاومة، الاستمرارية، والحق في التجمّع. ✍️ تحليل لـ روان النتشة 📖 humena.org/ar/blogs/tal...
🇪🇬 #Egypt | Since 2013, public space has become a zone of surveillance & fear. Egyptians now censor their bodies, voices, phones, and gatherings, not out of law, but out of survival. 📖 Read: humena.org/blogs/the-st...
#MENA | Free All Detained WHRDs & HRDs 🔵 In a joint action outside the #EU_Parliament, HuMENA, FIDH, GCHR, EHRF & CIHRS called on the #EU & #UN to act now to release detained defenders across Egypt, Bahrain, Tunisia, Algeria, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Syria & the region. 🔗 humena.org/free-detaine...
#Lebanon 🇱🇧 | On the Intl. Day in Support of Victims of Torture: 7 years since Law 65/2017. Zero convictions. Torture persists. In a joint statement, HuMENA + 16 orgs call for urgent enforcement, protection for survivors, and an end to impunity. 📖 bit.ly/4nlQndT
🇱🇧 #لبنان | في اليوم الدولي لمساندة ضحايا التعذيب: 7 سنوات على إقرار قانون 65/2017 دون أي إدانة واحدة. هيومينا و16 منظمة تدعو لتنفيذه فورًا وإنهاء الإفلات من العقاب. 📖 humena.org/ar/lebanon-anti-torture-law-7-years-without-implementation
🇪🇬 | #Egypt #TransnationalRepression 🔵 Even in exile, journalist Basma Mostafa remains under threat. UN experts documented surveillance, harassment & gender-based digital abuse targeting her across 🇩🇪 🇨🇭 🇰🇪 🇱🇧. 🔗 humena.org/statements/stop-egypt-transnational-repression-basma-mostafa
🇪🇬 🇱🇾 🇹🇳 | كيف تبدو رحلة الهروب من القمع إذا كان القمع نفسه يعبر الحدود؟ النساء وأفراد مجتمع الميم-عين في شمال أفريقيا لا يجدون في اللجوء حماية من القمع المنظّم. 📖 لقراءة المقال الكامل: 🔗 humena.org/ar/blogs/tra...
Please join @gulfcentre4hr.bsky.social @fidh-official.bsky.social @humena.bsky.social & CIHRS at a solidarity gathering in front of the #EU Parliament in Brussels on Wednesday 25 June at 12h-13h to call for international mechanisms -the UN & EU- to act now for detained WHRDs/HRDs in the #MENA region
