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Afghanistan: Letter Urging Increased Funding for Reconstruction and Security (10/10/03) Update: Letter from Lebanese Lawyer Released from Prison (09/05/03) Lebanon: LCHR Calls for Release of Prominent Lawyer (08/26/03) Egypt: Human Rights Organizations "Closed" Due to Implementation of New Law on Associations (6/11/03) A Conversation with Saad Eddin Ibrahim (5/8/03) Lawyers Committee Condemns Crackdown on Dissidents in Egypt (3/27/03) LCHR Extends Solidarity to Tunisian Legal and Human Rights Community (1/16/03) What is the Human Rights Defenders Project? Contact Human Rights Defenders Project
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Lawyers Committee Condemns Crackdown on Dissidents in Egypt The Egyptian government may be taking advantage of the international
attention focused on the war in Iraq to take further steps to intimidate
independent activists and government critics. Read the LCHR Press Release on this Issue Promoting
the Human Rights Movement A Special Initiative of the Lawyers
We are launching a new initiative to assist local human rights defenders in the closed societies of the Middle East. The terrible events of September 11, 2001 have underlined the urgent need for human rights progress in this region. The seeds of political violence are being sown in societies where avenues for peaceful political participation are blocked. These are not localized problems - although many Middle Eastern societies have suffered grievously from political violence. Rage and frustration about political conditions in one part of the world may be expressed in another with destructive consequences. The stalled societies of the Middle East need
more plurality of ideas, less repression of peaceful dissent, more
political Human rights defenders are at the forefront of this struggle for change. Opening space for their activities, and supporting their efforts is essential to removing obstacles to political development. Our goal is to strengthen broad constituencies for human rights change within specific countries in the region by working with local human rights advocates. To that end, we will report on and campaign against restrictive laws that limit freedom of association, and other basic freedoms essential to human rights advocacy. We will also extend a lifeline to human rights defenders when they come under attack for their work and call for justice when they are intimidated or harassed.
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participation,
and more institutions to channel popular desire for change, and
for a better future. 