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During COVID-19 response, emergency laws should not be imposed to silence human rights defenders & must be lifted as soon as virus threat diminishes
Author: CIVICUS
"CIVICUS: States should put human rights at the centre of all responses to COVID-19", 24 Mar 2020...
Tourah Cement lawsuit (re workers’ prison charge for illegal protest, Egypt)
Snapshot: On 23 May 2017, 32 workers from Tourah Portland Cement Company, a subsidiary of HeidelbergCement in Egypt were arrested and brought to trial for assaulting a police captain, obstructing justice and using violence to resist authorities. This...
UK Govt. hosts NSO Group at closed trade show following allegations of spyware technology being used to target human rights activists
The UK Home Office announced on 6 February 2020 that NSO Group would be one of 300 firms invited to exhibit their products at the three-day, closed trade show. This is following allegations against NSO Group that its technology was used to target human...
How Ethiopia's hydropower & dam projects could compromise Egypt's food security
Author: Al Jazeera
"Saving the Nile", January 2020...
Bahrain: Striking hotel employees allegedly unpaid for eight months
Author: Raji Unnikrishnan, GDN Online (Bahrain)
"Four-star hotel in Manama blacklisted over unpaid wages," 8 Jan 2020...
- Related in-depth areas: Migrant workers
Digital human rights defenders continue to experience attacks, incl. arbitrary detention & torture
Author: Danny O'Brien, Electronic Frontier Foundation
"Caught Between Worlds: Imprisoned Tech Users In 2019," 22 December 2019 ...
Middle East & N. Africa: Civil society criticises the evaluation of EU Association Agreements and their impact on socio-economic wellbeing in the region
A coalition of civil society organisations in the Middle East and North Africa have published a statement jointly criticising the evaluation study of six Association Agreements (AAs) between the EU and Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco and...
Report calls on IMF to integrate gendered perspective on policies implemented in Egypt, Jordan & Tunisia
Author: Nabil Abdo, Oxfam
"The Gendered Impact of IMF Policies in MENA: The case of Egypt, Jordan and Tunisia" 8 October 2019...
- Related in-depth areas: Gender, Business & Human Rights
African countries increasingly considering nuclear energy to meet electricity needs
Author: Chiponda Chimbelu, Deutsche Welle
"African countries mull nuclear energy as Russia extends offers", 22 October 2019....