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Will Egypt stop listing religion on official IDs?

Published: 14/Jun/2016
Source: Al Monitor

Summary: The draft bill to remove the religion field from national IDs and official documents sparked a debate among Egyptians, with some supporting the decision as it would eliminate discrimination and others arguing that it would further entrench sectarian tension. […]

Enregistrement des naissances: Tous les enfants on droit à une identité

Published: 14/Jun/2016
Source: Bureau International Catholique de l'Enfance

Plus qu’une simple démarche administrative, l’enregistrement des naissances est un droit fondamental, clé de voûte à l’exercice de nombreux autres droits. Or, des millions d’enfants ne sont pas enregistrés à leur naissance. Ces enfants « invisibles » sont ainsi exposés […]

Délivrance de passeports au Burkina : «Plus d’inquiétude »

Published: 13/Jun/2016
Source: Burkina24.com

Le directeur général de l’Office national d’indentification (ONI), Parbignalé Arsène Yoda a indiqué, ce lundi 13 juin 2016, que la crise de fourniture des passeports burkinabè a été résolue et désormais « il n’y a plus d’inquiétude » pour les […]

Childhood Statelessness in South Africa

Published: 13/Jun/2016
Source: Lawyers for Human Rights (South Africa) and Institute on Statelessness and Inclusion

Childhood statelessness in South Africa is a generally unaddressed, largely preventable, but growing phenomenon. This short publication presents the experiences of nine children who have been let down by the system, denied their right to acquire a nationality and rendered […]

L’Égypte redonne sa citoyenneté à Mohammed Fahmy

Published: 11/Jun/2016
Source: Journal de Montreal

LE CAIRE – Les autorités égyptiennes ont redonné sa citoyenneté égyptienne au journaliste canadien Mohammed Fahmy. La nouvelle a été publiée cette semaine dans le journal d’État Al-Wakaea Al-Misreya qui a indiqué que le nom de Mohammed Fahmy figurait sur […]

Time for Liberia to Do Away With Archaically Racist ‘Nationality Law’

Published: 11/Jun/2016
Source: Front Page Africa (Monrovia)

Editorial Executive, Legislative and Judiciary Branches of Government Must Explore Best Option to Change Trend AT THE HEIGHT of the civil war, countries around the world opened their doors to Liberians fleeing mayhem, chaos, destruction and war. MEN, WOMEN and […]

Stateless in South Africa

Published: 11/Jun/2016
Source: Sunday Times (South Africa)

Meet Elizabeth; a stateless girl living in South Africa. Stateless people do not hold citizenship with any country and are often denied basic human rights such as education and health care. There are an estimated 10 000 stateless people in […]

Former Al-Jazeera journalist Mohamed Fahmy regains Egyptian nationality

Published: 9/Jun/2016
Source: Ahram Online

Mohamed Fahmy, a Canadian-Egyptian journalist and former manager of Al-Jazeera International in Cairo, regained his Egyptian nationality after his request for citizenship was approved by the interior minister on Wednesday, according to the state’s official gazette. Fahmy, who held dual […]