Last Wednesday #Egypt received over 370 recommendations at the #UPR34 on how to improve the #HumanRights situation in the country. Issues explored included torture and the mass arrests of demontrators.
Read our summary for more information⬇️
https://t.co/9LMsJK5Lvn
Today is Egyptian activist and blogger @Alaa's 38th birthday--the sixth consecutive one that he is spending in prison.
Happy birthday Alaa. May you be spending your next birthday among loved ones and friends.
#FreeAlaa
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#Egypt’s parliament is reviewing a draft law to « combat rumours ». Another nail in the coffin for whatever is left of free speech in this country.
@davidakaye
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“Shooting was clearly targeted and intentional…; they directed their guns at us… they were shouting ‘kill them, kill them’ all the time".
HRW report on #Sudan documents violent crackdown on protesters; says violence amounts to #CrimeAgainstHumanity.
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https://t.co/SnNsYaPOrt
Women rights defender Saba Al Mahdawi was released yesterday. She was abducted on November 2 after attending anti-government rally in #Baghdad.
She has been offering medical assistance to demonstrators since the beginning of #IraqProtests#freesaba
➡️https://t.co/2dp7e7HK0C
Egypt is practicing #FakeNews at #UPR_Egypt denying existence of torture and enforced disappearances. Egypt is infamous for practicing horrendous human rights violations. Recently the @europeanpar issued an important resolution highlighting its record
https://t.co/eT6w63DInv
#Egypt replies to recommendations made in its #UPR34 to end the practice of torture by merely listing dispositions that prohibit torture in domestic law.
Further states that enforced #disappearance is also prohibited & that the majority of the reports of violations are false.
Countries at #UPR34 raised the practice of #torture.
MENA Rights' report highlighted the need for #Egypt to implement the recommendations of the UN Committee against torture following its inquiry which concluded that torture is widespread & habitual➡️ https://t.co/wTiEbxwe61
Today is #Egypt's #UPR34.
MENA Rights Group raised the issues #torture arbitrary #detention, #executions, #disappearance & systematic violations of fundamental #freedoms.
Read our report➡️https://t.co/lTl4ZKIzLT
Follow the review live at the #HRC➡️https://t.co/fGxqsLocGr
#Iraq's human rights record will be reviewed today by the @UN_HRC during #UPR34.
Ahead of the UPR, MENA Rights Group submitted a report outlining the human rights situation post-ISIL, including recommendations to improve conditions ➡️ https://t.co/I2xB9cEiah
2/2 "Signals" include:
Attending Friday prayers;
Wearing a djellaba, mid-knit pants, hijab, beard without mustache;
Not consuming alcohol or pork-based food;
Not attending parties;
Recent consumption of hallal products;
Sudden interest in national & international news.
#Paris Uni prof says he received a form to fill to inform the administration/government about "weak signals" of #radicalisation of #muslim students 1/2
See ⬇️ 2/2 what "weak signals" look like & why this should make any right-minded person scared AF about #HumanRights in #France
L'@UniversiteCergy me fournit un formulaire pour faire remonter les "signaux faibles", dont :
absentéisme récurrent : aux heures de prière/le vendredi
port d'une djellaba/port de pantalon dont les jambes s'arrêtent à mi-molets
port de la barbe sans moustache
... 1/2
Latest #Saudi PR move: Riyadh's Ritz Carlton (used as a jail 2 years ago), is hosting the "Joy Forum" aka the #KillJoyForum19.
There is nothing joyful about murdering #JamalKhashoggi or imprisoning human rights defenders & critics.
#StandWithSaudiHeroes
https://t.co/0f4qx8PC5F
Latest #Saudi PR move: Riyadh's Ritz Carlton (used as a jail 2 years ago), is hosting the "Joy Forum" aka the #KillJoyForum19.
There is nothing joyful about murdering #JamalKhashoggi or imprisoning human rights defenders & critics.
#StandWithSaudiHeroes
https://t.co/0f4qx8PC5F
La communication de la Rapporteuse spéciale de l'#ONU@AgnesCallamard sur la situation de 7 ressortissants français condamnés à mort en #Iraq pour appartenance à l’#EI a été rendue publique :
➡️https://t.co/ojTM3tbed2
Le gouvernement français est appelé à y répondre.