First Independent Mena Newspaper
Amnesty International and 32 local human rights organizations have called on all candidates for this month’s presidential elections in Mauritania to sign a manifesto consisting of 12 commitments to promote and protect human rights in Mauritania. Mauritania’s next president must urgently tackle the country’s poor human rights record by taking a tougher stance against slavery, […]
Opposition outstanding figures in Egypt on Sunday called for a boycott of the country’s upcoming presidential election scheduled in March, citing a wave of repression that has cleared the ground from challengers to incumbent President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. The opposition figures, including former presidential candidates Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh and Mohammed Anwar Sadat issued a […]
Political parties in Tunisia tend to agree on the dates set aside by the Independent High Authority for Elections (ISIE) for the legislative and presidential elections. Tunisia has been able to maneuver its way through the transition despite a couple of challenges from the Salafists and the tensions which resulted in the assassination of high […]