Free Outspoken Moroccan Rap Star

Moroccan rap star Mehdi Lyoubi was held for interrogation on Monday, July 13 before appearing before a prosecutor later that week.

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Libya: ICC Greenlights First Case to Move to Trial

The International Criminal Court (ICC)’s confirmation of war crimes and crimes against humanity charges against the Libyan suspect Khaled Mohamed Ali El Hishri, the first after 15 years of investigati...

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Tunisia-Libya border: UN experts alarmed by alleged system of mass detention, expulsion and trafficking

GENEVA – UN experts* today expressed serious concern over reports that more than 7,400 people, mostly from sub-Saharan Africa, are victims of a systematic pattern of arbitrary detention, collective ex...

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Ro Khanna, Settler Violence, and What Netanyahu Got Wrong

While visiting the occupied West Bank, Democratic Congressman of California Ro Khanna said he and his team were stopped by armed Israeli settlers who were soon joined by four Israeli soldiers that pro...

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Lebanon: Abolishing Death Penalty Within Reach

Members of three parliamentary committees in Lebanon jointly approved a draft law abolishing the death penalty on July 9, 2026, putting Lebanon on the precipice of becoming the first country in the Mi...

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Account of Abuse and Rape in Tunisia, the Story of a Cameroonian Migrant Woman

“My problems began when the [Tunisian] National Guard intercepted us on the water; that's when I was struck by the reality of the journey.”

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EU: Tunisia Migration Deal Worsening Human Rights Violations

The European Union (EU) and its member states should publicly denounce human rights violations in Tunisia and stop funding abusive migration control activities.

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US: Deaths, Neglect in Fort Bliss Immigration Detention

People held in the immigration detention camp at the US Army’s Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas have experienced serious abuse.

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UNRWA is Irreplaceable in Gaza

Governments should disregard the statement from the US President Donald Trump-chaired Board of Peace that “UNRWA has no place in the new Gaza,” the latest salvo in the US and Israeli government’s long...

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Sounding the Alarm over Tunisia’s Crackdown

At the 62nd session of the United Nations Human Rights Council, which closed on July 8, UN experts and civil society expressed deep concern about Tunisia’s intensifying human rights crises.

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Egypt: Prisoner with Apparent Brain Tumor Denied Care

Egyptian authorities are denying medical care to a death row prisoner with an apparent brain tumor, following a forced disappearance and an unfair trial.

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Tunisia: Harsh Sentences for Rights Defenders

Tunisian courts sentenced eight human rights defenders to prison terms and fines in recent days, for charges connected to their human rights work, including two prominent women who were handed harsh s...

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Lebanon/Israel: Framework Agreement Betrays Victims of War Crimes in Lebanon

The Israel-Lebanon framework agreement signed in Washington on June 26, 2026, threatens to betray war crimes victims in Lebanon.

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Egypt: Refugees, Asylum Seekers Arrested, Deported

Many refugees and asylum seekers in Egypt, mostly from Sudan and South Sudan, have faced a months-long campaign of arbitrary arrest, unlawful detention, and deportation, Human Rights Watch said today....

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Libya: Anti-Migrant Rhetoric Fuels Abuses

Libyan authorities have used incendiary rhetoric and pursued a campaign of mass detention and expulsions of migrants, asylum seekers, and refugees, sparking anti-migrant protests.

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Tunisia: Refugees and asylum seekers trapped in cycle of abuse after authorities dismantle crucial safeguards

Tunisian authorities must immediately overturn racist and xenophobic policies that have systematically excluded refugees and asylum seekers from protection, restore access to asylum procedures, halt u...

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US: Haitians Set to Lose Protections, Risk Return to Violence

The Trump administration’s move to terminate Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haitians has triggered widespread fear among Haitian communities in Florida of family separation, job loss, and deport...

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Banning EU Trade with Israeli Settlements Is Not an “Option.” It’s an Obligation

The European Union’s obligation to ban trade with Israel’s illegal settlements is not in question. But its leadership’s will to comply has long been.

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Kais Saied versus Tunisia's civil society

EDITORIAL. After targeting political opponents, the 'judicial madness' has now turned its sights on human rights activists and journalists who dare to criticize the president's policies. European coun...

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Tunisia: Rights Defender Given 25-Year Sentence

A Tunis court on June 26, 2026, sentenced Sihem Bensedrine, 75, a prominent human rights defender and former president of the Truth and Dignity Commission, to a total of 25 years in prison and a heavy...

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Tunisia: Rights Defender Given 25-Year Sentence

A Tunis court on June 26, 2026, sentenced Sihem Bensedrine, 75, a prominent human rights defender and former president of the Truth and Dignity Commission, to a total of 25 years in prison and a heavy...

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Türkiye: Crackdown Ahead of NATO Summit

The arrest of at least 209 people in the Turkish capital, Ankara, ahead of the July 7-8, 2026 NATO summit there highlights Türkiye’s ruthless intolerance of freedom of speech and assembly, Human Right...

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Syria: Mob Violence Against Groups Linked to Assad Era

Demonstrations demanding accountability for Assad-era crimes in Syria have coincided with a rise in vigilante attacks and identity-based incitement between June 13 and 17.

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US: Millions Lost Health Insurance When Subsidies Expired

The United States Congress’ failure to extend public subsidies for private health insurance has caused millions to lose healthcare coverage, increasing financial hardship and deepening inequality.

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Gulf States: Migrant Workers’ Heat Protections Fall Short

Gulf Cooperation Council countries are exposing migrant workers to yet another deadly summer without adequate occupational health and safety protections as temperatures soar to dangerous levels.

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US: Federal Government Terrorized Minnesota Communities

The Trump administration’s deployment of thousands of federal immigration agents to Minnesota between December 2025 and March 2026 led to widespread human rights violations, terrorized residents with ...

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Tunisia: Quash unjust convictions of anti-racism activists Saadia Mosbah and Mnemty staff

Ahead of an upcoming hearing on 19 June during which the Tunis appeals court will re-examine the conviction of Saadia Mosbah, a prominent Tunisian Black human rights defender, and five of her colleagu...

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Syrian Government Pledges Protection for Children with Disabilities

Syria’s 14-year conflict destroyed vast swathes of the country and killed hundreds of thousands, but it also left behind over 1.5 million Syrians with war-caused disabilities.

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East Jerusalem: Israel Escalating Home Demolitions, Evictions

Israeli authorities are accelerating home demolitions and forced evictions of Palestinian residents in the Silwan district of occupied East Jerusalem.

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