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Human Rights Watch
See reports and press releases on the Middle East and North Africa

Amnesty International 
See reports on the Midde East and North Africa

United Nations Commission on Human Rights

US State Department 
Human rights section

UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office 
Human rights section

Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network  
See recent press releases

The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information


Documents on human rights

Universal Declaration of Human Rights  
UN General Assembly, 10 December, 1948

Universal Islamic Declaration of Human Rights 19 September, 1981

Arab Charter on Human Rights  
Arab League, 15 September, 1994

The Casablanca Declaration  
Arab Human Rights Movement, 25 April, 1999

Beirut Declaration (PDF)
First Arab Conference on Justice, 16 June, 1999. Also in Arabic (PDF).

Treaties, conventions, agreements
Full text of 95 international human rights documents [Human Rights Internet, Canada]


Algeria

Human Rights Watch - Algeria

Amnesty International - Algeria


Bahrain

Human Rights Watch - Bahrain

Amnesty International - Bahrain


Comoros

Human Rights Watch - Comoros

Amnesty International - Comoros (2004)


Djibouti

Human Rights Watch - Djibouti

Amnesty International - Djibouti


Egypt

Human Rights Watch - Egypt

Amnesty International - Egypt

Egyptian Organisation for Human Rights 

Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights 

Freedom of association and human rights in Egypt  
EMHRN, 1999


Iraq

Human Rights Watch - Iraq

Amnesty International - Iraq

Human rights in Iraq (Wikipedia)


Jordan

Human Rights Watch - Jordan

Amnesty International - Jordan

Refugees also have rights 
Palestinian refugees in Lebanon and Jordan. EMHRN, September 2000


Kuwait

Human Rights Watch - Kuwait

Amnesty International - Kuwait


Lebanon

Human Rights Watch - Lebanon

Amnesty International - Lebanon

Refugees also have rights 
Palestinian refugees in Lebanon and Jordan. EMHRN, September 2000


Libya

Human Rights Watch - Libya

Amnesty International - Libya


Mauritania

Human Rights Watch - Mauritania

Amnesty International - Mauritania


Morocco

Human Rights Watch - Morocco

Amnesty International - Morocco and Western Sahara

Human rights in Morocco - Wikipedia

Derechos organisation 
On human rights in Morocco and Western Sahara (English and Spanish)

Moroccan human rights organisations 
(Ministry of Communication - in French)

Association Marocaine des Droits de l'Homme 
A non-governmental organization

Conseil Consultatif des Droits de l'Homme 
A governmental human rights body


Oman

Human Rights Watch - Oman

Amnesty International - Oman


Palestine/Israel

Human Rights Watch - Israel and the occupied territories

Amnesty International - Israel and the occupied territories

Amnesty International - Palestinian Authority

B'Tselem (Israeli human rights organisation)

Palestinian Human Rights Monitoring Group 

Human rights review on EU-Israel   
EMHRN, 29 May 2005 

Tightened spaces for human rights - Palestinian NGO work 
EMHRN discussion paper, March 2004

Migrant workers in Israel - a contemporary form of slavery 
EMHRN. August 2003


Qatar

Human Rights Watch - Qatar

Amnesty International - Qatar


Saudi Arabia

Human Rights Watch - Saudi Arabia

Amnesty International - Saudi Arabia

Saudi Human Rights Centre 

Human rights in Saudi Arabia (Wikipedia)


Somalia

Human Rights Watch - Somalia

Amnesty International - Somalia 


Sudan

Human Rights Watch - Sudan

Amnesty International - Sudan

Human rights in Sudan (Wikipedia)


Syria

Human Rights Watch - Syria

Amnesty International - Syria

Trial of Syrian human rights activist Aktham Naisseh  
EMHRN, 16 Aug 2004 

Trial of Syrian human rights activist Aktham Naisseh 
EMHRN, 26 July 2004


Tunisia

Human Rights Watch - Tunisia

Amnesty International - Tunisia

Freedom of expression, freedom of association and unfair trials in Tunisia  
EMHRN, 2001. English

The Tunisians prisons seen from within  
Report by Khémais Ksila. EMHRN, 2000. French

The state of lberties and human rights in Tunisia 
EMHRN, 1999. English, French

Torture, arbitrary detention and unfair trial in Tunisia 
The trial of Radhia Nassraoui and 20 co-defendants. EMHRN, 1999. English, French


United Arab Emirates

Human Rights Watch - United Arab Emirates

Amnesty International - UAE


Yemen

Human Rights Watch - Yemen

Amnesty International - Yemen

Executions in Yemen  
(1998-2001)

The human rights system in Yemen  
Dr Salah Haddash (Yemen Times, 10 August 1998)

     

In the human rights section

 

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