North Africa

 

Popular uprisings in Tunisia, Egypt and Libya have raised hopes throughout the region of restoring human rights after many years of autocratic rule under emergency decrees. 

 

We are calling on the transitional authorities to ensure human rights are at the heart of all reforms, and that women are included in the process of change. As evidence of serious abuses is revealed, all sides are urged to protect the rights of citizens and ensure that detainees in their custody are not tortured or otherwise ill-treated. 

In Morocco harassment of human rights defenders and other civil society groups continues. Algeria continues to provide impunity to perpetrators of abuses committed during the troubles of the 1990s, including extra-judicial killings and enforced disappearances.

• Read more about the countries in this region in our 2013 Annual Report