Mashrek countries
The number of cases of violence against women, of any type, has sharply risen since the enactment of Governmental Decree 2020-156 of 22 March 2020, establishing total sanitary confinement aimed […]
Tunisia: pandemic increases violence against women Read More »
On 15 May 2020, the administration of the self-declared Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) forcibly sent 100 Syrian refugees, including unaccompanied children, to Mersin, Turkey. They have been transferred
Syrian refugees in Cyprus pushed back to Turkey Read More »
COVID-19 has provided another excuse for the Egyptian regime to expand its powers and crack down on rights, freedoms and rule of law in the country. Meanwhile, Egypt is facing
COVID-19: a new Trojan Horse to step up authoritarianism in Egypt Read More »
On 20 March, Morocco adopted a “state of health emergency” to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. This state of emergency enables the State to endorse the implementation of lockdown measures, closure
Morocco: a state of health emergency to mask human rights? Read More »
Even the COVID-19 cannot stop politics. The recently adopted “Amnesty Law” in Turkey is another proof of the authorities’ relentless crackdown undertaken to quiet dissident voices. While 90,000 inmates were
No amnesty for Erdogan’s critics Read More »
Many of us are under lockdown to minimise the risk of contracting COVID-19. This is not the case for human rights defenders in pre-trial detention in Egypt. The authorities’ refusal
Jailed Egyptian human rights defenders in the COVID-19 firing line Read More »
In the early hours of 15 January 2020, Riyad al-Nissir, a 58-year-old Palestinian farmer, was heading to his farmland to the east of al-Bureij refugee camp in the Gaza Strip.
Israel’s herbicide spraying: Palestinian farmers’ means of subsistence jeopardised Read More »
In the face of potential COVID-19 outbreak in the Gaza Strip, Israel is obliged to take measures to save lives, permitting the entry of medical equipment and supplies, to meet
Health, human rights organisations : Israel must respect its obligations Read More »
The recently announced Trump plan represents a culmination of decades of systematic denial of the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people. Israel has instituted a series of laws, policies, and
Geneva, 13 March 2020 Human rights organisations regret Egypt’s lack of constructive engagement during the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) and denounce Egypt’s reprisals against NGOs and human rights defenders who
Universal Periodic Review concludes without meaningful engagement from Egypt Read More »
