Cairo - Beth:

The Arab Observatory for Human Rights of the Arab Parliament held its fourth meeting in Cairo today, headed by the President of the Arab Parliament and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Observatory, Adel bin Abdul Rahman Al-Asoumi, and discussed many important items related to the situation of Arab human rights, which are now facing suspicious campaigns that require confronting.

Al-Soumi affirmed the Arab Parliament’s full support for the human rights file in the Arab world, stressing that it comes at the top of the Arab Parliament’s priorities because of its great importance, especially in light of the qualitative leap achieved by Arab countries in this file, which represents the most informed response to any allegations of organizations that issue Suspicious reports dealing with fabricated issues for Arab countries, the latest of which was the report issued by Human Rights Watch and its criticism of the human rights situation in Egypt and Bahrain.

The head of the Arab Parliament stressed that the Egyptian state, under the leadership of President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, made strenuous efforts during short years, during which it achieved an unprecedented leap in the field of human rights.

He praised the achievements of the World Youth Forum recently hosted by Egypt, which emphasized supporting and empowering youth, preserving their political rights, and listening to their theses on building the future.

Al-Soumi condemned the despicable approach used by Human Rights Watch of systematic and continuous targeting of the record and the state of human rights in the Kingdom of Bahrain, as it aims to interfere in the internal affairs of the Kingdom and impose guardianship on it and take human rights as an excuse for these interventions, stressing his categorical rejection of such practices used by this suspicious organization from During the politicization of human rights files and issues in the Kingdom, noting that such a fierce and systematic attack will not affect the Kingdom of Bahrain and its leadership.

The Speaker of the Arab Parliament stressed that King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, King of the Kingdom of Bahrain, paid great attention to advancing the Arab human rights system, and launched several initiatives, including the initiative to establish the Arab Court of Human Rights as a pioneering and distinguished initiative.

 

 In a related context, the Speaker of the Arab Parliament affirmed the Arab Observatory for Human Rights' strong condemnation of the terrorist Houthi militia's launch of a number of booby-trapped drones from Sana'a Airport towards Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates.

 

The Arab Observatory for Human Rights considered what happened to be a cowardly and blatant terrorist attack on the sovereignty of the United Arab Emirates, and called for the Houthi militia to be held accountable for its actions contrary to international norms, charters and human rights rules through cowardly attacks that claim the lives of innocents and civilians.

 

The meeting today also discussed a number of items, foremost of which is the memorandum presented on the competencies of the four proposed committees to be formed in the Arab Observatory for Human Rights and the identification of a head for each of the four committees, as well as the proposal submitted by Dr. Jihad Al-Fadhel, member of the Arab Observatory for Human Rights, regarding the organization of the Arab Conference on Food Security .

The meeting also discussed a proposal on the strategic work plan of the Arab Observatory for Human Rights and a proposal for the establishment of the Arab Parliamentary Network for Human Rights