One year since the arrest of Abdulrahman Yusuf al-Qaradawi: a year of complicity, enforced disappearance, and diplomatic failure December 28, 2025 Cedar Centre for Legal Studies 10:10 am 28 December 2025 Today, 28 December 2025, marks one year since the arrest of Egyptian–Turkish poet and opposition figure Abdulrahman Yusuf al-Qaradawi in Lebanon. This  incident constitutes...

Urgent Appeal for the Immediate Release of Abdulrahman Yusuf Al-Qaradawi September 13, 2025 Cedar Centre for Legal Studies 10:27 pm  To: Right Honourable David Lammy, UK Foreign Secretary Her Excellency Kaja Kallas, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy for the European Union Dear Esteemed Officials, We, the undersigned organizations, write...

Joint Statement Lebanon: Seven Years of Enacting a Torture Law without Effective Implementation September 13, 2025 Cedar Centre for Legal Studies 10:20 pm 26 June 2025 On the occasion of 26 June, the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture- which symbolizes the global commitment to ending the practice of torture and other ill-treatment...

200 Days of Abdulrahman Yusuf’s Enforced Disappearance: Reveal His Whereabouts. Ensure His Safety. Release Him Now. September 13, 2025 Cedar Centre for Legal Studies 12:17 pm The undersigned organizations are extremely concerned over the continued enforced disappearance of Turkish-Egyptian poet and political dissident Abdulrahman Yusuf Al-Qaradawi for more than 200 days. Abdulrahman Yusuf was arrested...

Urgent Call for Judicial Independence and Accountability in the Beirut Port Explosion Investigation! March 21, 2025 Cedar Centre for Legal Studies 10:08 am On March 21, 2025, a group of local and international organizations, individuals, survivors, and families of the victims, and families of the following firefighters addressed the Lebanese Prime Minister and the Minister...

The AIMC must end its role in transnational repression, say NGOs February 17, 2025 Cedar Centre for Legal Studies 10:16 am The undersigned organisations call on the Arab Interior Ministers’ Council (AIMC) to cease its facilitation of arbitrary extraditions of peaceful dissidents and human rights defenders across Arab League countries and to align its legal...

Commemorating Lives and Demanding Justice: Never Forget the Dead and Missing February 6, 2025 Cedar Centre for Legal Studies 10:22 am February 6, 2025 Today, February 6, marks the International Day for the Commemoration of the Dead and Missing at Borders and at Seas. On this occasion, we honor the memory of those who lost...

Urgent Appeal from 40+ International and Regional Organizations to End the Enforced Disappearance of Poet Abdulrahman Yusuf Al-Qaradawi and Call for His Release February 6, 2025 Cedar Centre for Legal Studies 10:19 am To: Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan is the President of the United Arab Emirates and Ruler of Abu Dhabi Highness...

Request to Refuse the Extradition of Egyptian and Turkish Citizen Abdul Rahman Youssef Al-Qaradawi to Egypt and the United Arab Emirates January 7, 2025 Cedar Centre for Legal Studies 10:25 am Beirut, January 7, 2025To: His Excellency the Prime Minister Mr. Najib Mikati, Subject: Request to Refuse the Extradition of Egyptian and Turkish Citizen Abdul...