52 human rights organizations from 11 Arab countries (Jordan, Bahrain, Tunisia, Egypt, Iraq, Palestine, Lebanon, Yemen, Syria and Libya) have added their signatures to a letter to Arab heads of state who will be attending the forthcoming Arab League Summit. The letter is the product of an initiative of the Jordan based Amman Center for Human Rights Studies, in co-operation with the Egyptian Organization for Human Rights (EOHR).

The text of the letter is as follows:

Open letter from human rights organisations and civil society groups to Arab heads of state.

The Summit of the Arab League.