Mashrek countries
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 »
Interview with Alev Özkazanç, visiting Scholar at the University of Oxford with the research project on anti-gender movements and gender violence in Europe and Turkey How would you define anti-gender
Gender justice the “Turkish” way: anti-gender politics in the land of AKP Read More »
In the last few years, the number of “backlashes” against women and LGBTQI+ persons’ rights across the world have risen. One of those growing anti-equality forces gathers under the common
International Women’s Day 2020: tackling anti-gender movements Read More »
Refugees are currently being used as pawns in the global power play surrounding the war in Syria. In Idlib, nearly a million people, including many children, are still trapped under
Refugees must not be used as bargaining chips! Read More »
More than 900,000 people, among them many children, are trapped under heavy bombardments between Idlib and the closed Turkish border. In the current freezing temperatures and if nothing is done,
Syria: Let civilians escape Idlib deadly trap! Read More »
EuroMed Rights, together with six other NGOs, sent on February 19, 2020 a joint letter calling for a comprehensive review of the EU’s relations with Egypt to the President of
NGO Joint Letter to the EU on Human Rights in Egypt Read More »
