In pursuit of a better life, Youssef Al Arfi, a young Syrian national, went missing in conflict-torn Libya. 

Like many Syrians escaping war and instability, he had hoped to find safety in Europe but was forced to take dangerous migration routes due to the continuing insecurity in his home country. 

We, the undersigned human rights organizations, strongly condemn the heinous crime committed by the Israeli occupation on the evening of Sunday, August 10, 2025. This was the premeditated assassination of the Al Jazeera news team in the Gaza Strip, which claimed the lives of journalist Anas Al-Sharif and his colleagues Mohammed Qreiqa, Ibrahim Zaher, Moamen Al-Aiwa, and Mohammed Noufal, and wounded journalist Mohammed Sobeh, following a direct airstrike targeting the journalists’ tent set up in front of Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City. 

The undersigned international legal and human rights organizations express their deep outrage and categorical rejection of the recent statements made by the U.S. Envoy to the Middle East, Mr. Steve Whitkoff, in which he denied the existence of famine in the Gaza Strip. 

Such remarks blatantly ignore the well-documented realities on the ground and the numerous international reports confirming an unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe that threatens the lives of over two million Palestinians. 

In a case that has triggered widespread concern among human rights organizations, Malaysian authorities have detained Egyptian national Marwan Mohamed Magdy Osman Ahmed, a university student residing in Malaysia, after he wrote protest slogans on the outer walls of the Egyptian embassy in Kuala Lumpur. His messages called for opening the Rafah border crossing and showed solidarity with the people of Gaza under siege.

The undersigned human rights organisations express their deep concern regarding the ongoing situation at Al-Wadi Al-Jadid Prison in Egypt, also known as the 'Death Prison', in light of the open-ended hunger strike launched by dozens of detainees in Ward 4. The strike is in protest at inhumane detention conditions and treatment amounting to collective psychological and physical torture.

In recent days, we have received reports and testimonies confirming the following:

In a renewed effort to demand accountability and uphold human rights in Saudi Arabia, Alkarama has submitted on 23 July 2025 a new communication to both UN Special Procedures and FIFA concerning the attribution of the 2034 FIFA World Cup to the Kingdom.

On 17 July 2025, Alkarama submitted its contribution to the fourth cycle of Oman’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR), scheduled to take place from 3 to 14 November 2025 in Geneva. This report, based on several years of rigorous documentation, outlines the systematic violations of fundamental rights in the country and puts forward concrete recommendations to end impunity and initiate structural reforms. 

On July 17, 2025, Alkarama submitted its contribution for the fourth cycle of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Lebanon, which will take place in Geneva from November 3 to 14, 2025 before the United Nations Human Rights Council. This report, highlighting violations of fundamental rights documented since the last 2020 cycle, addresses relevant recommendations to the Lebanese authorities. 

In the devastated Gaza Strip, suffering goes far beyond the relentless roar of bombings and Israeli air raids. Another war is raging—quieter but equally ruthless: a war of starvation, systematic and deadly. 

The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) issued Opinion No. 31/2025, concluding that the detention of Yemeni national Mohammed Ali Hussein Al-Wadaei in Saudi Arabia is arbitrary and violates international human rights law. The Group called for his immediate release as well as full reparation.