The EMHRN welcomes country visit to Morocco by the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention. We would like to highlight the systematic use of arbitrary detention and the human rights violations of detainees.
Open letter to Justice El Hadji Malick Sow Read More »
This publication is the first part of a Regional Study on Freedom of Assembly in the Euro‑Mediterranean Region. It specifically deals with the legislative framework that enshrines the right to assembly in different countries.
The Right to Freedom of Assembly in the Euro-Mediterranean region Read More »
The new shipwreck of a boat in which at least 300 passengers perished or disappeared very near to Lampedusa, was not caused by fate. In 2010, in the same place, two simultaneous shipwrecks resulted in close to 400 victims.
Lampedusa : murderous Europe Read More »
The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network (EMHRN) is alarmed at the impact that extending the Seahorse Mediterraneo maritime surveillance programme would have on migrants’ and refugees’ rights.
The ENGP and the EMHRN welcome the fact that the third UfM Ministerial Meeting being held in Paris on 12 September 2013 is devoted to women’s rights in the Mediterranean region.
Official observer at the trial of 24 defendants accused of “ forming a criminal gang to commit violent and murderous acts against members of the security forces in the course of their duties, participating in such violence, and defiling a corpse”.
The ‘Gdaim Izik’ Trial Observation Report Read More »
The EMHRN regrets the UN Security Council decision not to extend the mandate of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) to human rights issues in the area.
No human rights mandate for MINURSO in Western Sahara! Read More »
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), and the EMHRN called on the Moroccan authorities to reform the judiciary and to bring it in line with international standards.
Morocco: Fully independent judiciary must be established Read More »
The EMHRN sent lawyer and EMHRN representative Michael Ellman out to observe the trial and after a series of adjournments – not all explained – the trial has at last been held and the verdicts have been extremely severe.
Morocco: End unjust trials by military courts Read More »
The EMHRN observer at the trial of Sahrawi political prisoners in Morocco will be in Rabat for the second time to monitor the trial of these activists by a military tribunal.
Third trial date for Sahrawi activists in Morocco: EMHRN observer goes out Read More »
