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July 24, 2023
Ethiopia: Oromo Opposition Figures Held Despite Court Orders
Release 7 Senior Party Leaders Jailed for Up to 3 Years
![Activists in prison jumpsuits and handcuffs protest human rights abuses against the Oromo people in Ethiopia at a demonstration in London, October 10, 2020. © 2020 David Cliff/NurPhoto via AP](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2023/07/202307afr_Ethiopia_Oromo_leaders_detained.jpg?h=1389ae57&itok=g5n9gifg)
July 3, 2023
Iran: New Charges Against Journalists
Relentless Crackdown on Media, Rights Defenders, Civil Society
![Iranians protesting in Tehran, Iran, on October 1, 2022.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2022/11/202211mena_iran_arrests.jpeg?h=abca1712&itok=70twmTRh)
![The courthouse at the new Badr Prison in Badr city, 65 kms east of the Egyptian capital Cairo, during a government-guided tour for the media.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2023/05/202305mena_egypt_courthouse_badr_prison.jpg?h=0a8b6f8b&itok=EPrVigbR)
April 12, 2023
UAE: Detainees Held Beyond Sentences
At Least 51 From Mass Trial Still Imprisoned Months or Years Later
March 8, 2023
Egypt: Harsh Sentences Against Rights Activists
Up to Life in Prison for 29 Members of Independent Group
![Egyptian President Abdelfattah Al-Sisi. During his presidency, Egypt has harassed, prosecuted, arrested and seized the assets of dozens of human rights groups and defenders.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2019/201907mena_egypt_sisi.jpg?itok=9HouHonJ)
March 6, 2023
Use Global Meeting to Highlight Bahrain’s Abuses
Joint Letter to Delegates to the Inter-Parliamentary Union
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February 28, 2023
Egypt: Release Prison Population Figures
Lack of Transparency, Whitewashing Efforts as Abuse Continues
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January 17, 2023
Rwanda: Submission to the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
72nd Pre-Session
January 12, 2023
Egypt: A Year of Whitewashing Despite Dire Crisis
Abuses Affect Wide Segments of Society
![Sanaa Seif, sister of jailed Egyptian-British activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah, who went on a full hunger and water strike with the start of COP27 protesting his unjust imprisonment, takes part in the COP27 Coalition march during the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference COP27.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2022/12/202212mena_egypt_alaacop.jpg?h=69e8b7f2&itok=_4C3VXTO)