Mashrek countries
EuroMed Rights, Committee for Justice, Egyptian Front for Human Rights, Human Rights Watch, the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) & World Organisation against Torture (OMCT) within the framework of the Observatory for […]
Egypt: the campaign against Gamal Eid must stop! Read More »
Today, approximately 26 million people are refugees worldwide. Of those 26 million, 5,5 million are Palestinians. And of those, 1,4 million live in the overcrowded and sealed Gaza Strip.In short, around 70%
The never-ending March of Return Read More »
In February 2020, the Hirak protest movement celebrated its first anniversary, recalling that its demands for political change remained unanswered. Early March, as the number of confirmed cases of people infected with COVID-19 in Algeria was increasing, the civil society organisations involved in
Algeria: the Hirak movement quarantined, not the arrests! Read More »
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the respect of human rights in Tunisia highlighted the frail political situation. Despite huge efforts, civil society’s influence was limited to support the state institutions in their democratic work.
The Tunisian instances, watchdogs during the pandemic Read More »
In the West Bank, settler violence has for decades been part and parcel of Palestinian life. This materialises in regular threats, vandalism of private property, arson, land takeover, theft of
No truce for violence against Palestinians Read More »
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 »
