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Law and Democracy Support Foundation Welcomes Landmark Joint UN Statement on Transnational Repression

September 23, 2026

The joint statement emerged from a strategic retreat and consultations that brought together UN...

UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention Warns of Transnational Repression: Misuse of INTERPOL and Targeting of Dissidents’ Families May Amount to Arbitrary Detention

September 16, 2026

Law and Democracy Support Foundation (LDSF) welcomes the latest report of the United Nations...

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Egypt: Rights Groups Welcome UN Special Rapporteur’s Report on Water and Sanitation and Call for Implementation of Recommendations

September 14, 2026

The undersigned organizations welcome the report of the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the...

Six UN Experts Address Egypt and Oman Over the Case of Egyptian Activist Mariam Abdelbasette, Warn of Transnational Repression and the Risk of Refoulement

August 28, 2026

Six United Nations human rights mandate holders have issued formal communications to the governments...

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Germany Must Not Be an Enabler of Transnational Repression: LDSF Calls for Comprehensive Measures to Combat it in a UN Submission

February 10, 2026

Law and Democracy Support Foundation (LDSF) has submitted a detailed contribution to the UN...

Egypt: CFJ and LDSF Submit a Joint Report to UN Mechanisms on Enforced Disappearance in the Context of Transnational Repression

February 9, 2026

Berlin / Geneva — 9 February 2026 The Committee for Justice (CFJ) and the...

Civil Society Organizations Question GANHRI’s Continued “A Status” Accreditation for Egypt’s National Human Rights Council

January 29, 2026

The undersigned human rights organizations express deep concern regarding the decision to maintain “A...

Over a Thousand Days of War in Sudan. State disintegrates amid failed domestic leadership and weak international response

January 28, 2026

We, the undersigned Sudanese, African, and Arab organizations, stand united in our commitment to...

Law and Democracy Support Foundation Participates in EU Policy Dialogue on Transnational Repression

December 4, 2025

Brussels – December 4, 2025 The Law and Democracy Support Foundation (LDSF) participated in...

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Joint appeal for a Council of Europe Convention on Transnational Repression

December 3, 2025

We, the undersigned civil society organisations, call upon the Member States of the Council...