First Independent Mena Newspaper
Visiting President Francois Hollande of France urged his Egyptian peer to respect human rights even though the country is being riddled with terrorist attacks. Prior to his visit, rights groups lashed out at Hollande for his silence over the poor human rights record in Egypt which has tightened its control over rights groups and massacres […]
Yasmina Filali Head of la Fondation Orient Occident was announced Thursday winner of Swiss-based Schwab Foundation’s 2016 Social Entrepreneur Award for her excellent action in “providing job training to underprivileged Moroccans, sub-Saharan migrants and refugees.” Yasmina Filali features among 11 other laureates crowned by a high profile jury committee chaired by Bangladeshi Mohammad Yunus of […]
Egyptian authorities charged on Thursday a 16-year old boy for plotting to overthrow the government. Omar al-Brashi, a first year high school student was arrested while he was sitting for an exam at his high school in the northern port city of Damietta. He has been charged with international espionage, affiliation to a prohibited group […]
UN’s expert of human rights in occupied Palestinian territories has resigned Monday over Israel’s refusal to grant access to occupied areas, reports say. “The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories, Makarim Wibisono, today submitted his resignation to the President of the Human Rights Council, effective as of […]
The Egyptian ministry of the interior Sunday vowed to deal with growing torture cases and punish police forces involved in such acts. The ministry promised no leniency over what people call total impunity of police forces in the face of the increasing human rights abuses committed by these forces. The interior ministry is under fire […]
Algerian human rights activist, Zoulikha Belarbi, has been arrested by local police at Tlemcen, northwest of Algeria. No clear reason for her arrest has been communicated. The information was confirmed by lawyer and President of the Algerian human rights league (LADDH,) Salah Dabouz. “Human rights activists working on the ground have been, for some weeks, […]
The Tunisian national dialogue quartet, a coalition of civil society organizations, has been awarded the 2015 Nobel Peace Prize for its key role in helping the country’s transition to democracy and building a pluralistic society. The quartet is made up of four key organizations in Tunisian civil society: the Tunisian General Labour Union, the Tunisian […]
Moroccan police have nabbed another group of radical militants who were planning to create an Islamic State affiliate in the North African country and undermine its stability. The cell was operating in the southern city of Essaouira and the central town of Sidi Allal Al-Bahraoui, according to the Moroccan Central Bureau of Judicial Investigation (BCIJ), […]
The death of Egyptian lawyer Karim Hamdy, 27, in police detention has triggered major human rights watchdogs’ concerns about the rule of law in the most populous Arab country. According to local media, medical officials who examined Hamdy’s body reported signs of torture, including ten broken ribs and bleeding in the brain. The victim died […]
The European Union has called on Wednesday for the resumption of “meaningful negotiations” between Israel and Palestine to reach a comprehensive settlement to their longstanding conflict. This came in a series of annual reports released by the European Commission and the High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy on the implementation […]