Tag: NGOs

Washington, NGOs, pundits congratulate Morocco on election to Presidency of UNHRC

January 11, 2024

The United States has congratulated Morocco on its election to the Presidency of the UN Human Rights Council for 2024, while committing to strengthening bilateral ... Read More

Tunisia: NGOs raise alarm over dire conditions of Sub-Saharan Migrants in Sfax

September 16, 2023

Tunisian civil society organizations have sounded the alarm about the precarious situation of Sub-Saharan migrants in Sfax, in southeastern Tunisia, calling for urgent intervention to ... Read More

HCHR: United States, several NGOs lambast Algeria for massive human rights abuses

September 17, 2022

The American delegation to the ongoing 51st session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva and several participating NGOs have pilloried Algeria for the extremely ... Read More

OHCHR: Algerian, International NGOs denounce serious rights violations in Algeria

June 22, 2021

Several Algerian and international NGOs have decried, at the 47th session of the UN Human Rights Council currently held in Geneva, the “massive and flagrant ... Read More

NGOs call on UN to investigate violations suffered by Moroccan Seasonal workers in Spain

June 4, 2020

Eight NGOs, including the international organization Women's Link Worldwide, have called on the United Nations to investigate urgently the human rights violations suffered by the ... Read More

Egypt: Constitutional Court nullifies government’s right to dissolve NGOs

February 4, 2019

Egypt’s Supreme Court has cancelled a parliament bill allowing the government to dismantle Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) that it accuses of getting foreign funds or aligned ... Read More

Egypt: US Holds back $290 Military Financial Support over Human Rights Record

August 23, 2017

The US State Department denied Egypt $96 million in aid and delayed $195 million in military funding because of concerns over Egypt’s human rights record ... Read More

Libya: Charities Put Rescue Operations at Sea on Hold

August 14, 2017

Several NGOs rescuing migrants off Libya’s coasts have suspended operations because of security threats from Libyan coastguard whom they accuse of firing at their ships. ... Read More

Libya: NGOs accused of aiding illegal migration

July 4, 2017

The Libyan navy has claimed that the country’s sovereignty is being jeopardized by international Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO) that are helping illegal migrants trying to reach ... Read More

African Union’s Deafening Silence Regarding Deportations of Sub-Saharans by Algeria

December 17, 2016

The President of the African Union Commission, South Africa’s Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, came under harsh criticism for her deafening silence on the violations of human rights ... Read More