Policies of Consecutive Governments Undermine Independent Civic Action in Jordan 

Jordan is not moving towards broadening the space of independent civic engagement and strengthening its three pillars (freedom of expression, freedom of peaceful assembly and freedom of association) in compliance with international rules and legal standards, to which Jordan has always stated its firm commitment. On the contrary, the current space is shrinking to its…

UN Secretary General Removes Report Concluding Israel Imposes 'Apartheid Regime' on Palestinians– Here's Copy

(RightsCable)- On March 17, UN @ESCWACIU Executive Secretary Rima Khalaf resigned after UN Secretary General rejected report her agency published concluding “Israel impose ‘apartheid regime’ on Palestinians”. SG has asked to remove the report from UN website (consequently the report no longer is available on ESCWA’s website or any other UN sites). Here is a copy…

MENA Rights Advocates: Popular Rejection of Trump’s Decisions in US and World is Evidence of Global Citizens’ Choice of Justice and Human Rights

Human rights advocates in Middle East and North Africa salute mass popular mobilization against recent decisions made by new US President Donald Trump, including decision to ban entry of refugees to the US. We also salute faithful positions made by few pillars of the justice system to reject and object to these decisions. Trump’s decisions…

Children in the Arab world: fleeing war, barely surviving, and not entirely living. The Right to life from a children’s rights perspective

Uprooted from their homes, fleeing war zones, constantly on the move, often unaccompanied or separated from their families, killed and targeted indiscriminately — these are some of the many situations children from war affected countries in the Arab World are faced with. And instead of finding safety at their displaced or refugee communities, children are…