Mashrek countries
Appendix 1 – Recent Political and Historical Background Appendix 2 – Judgment 11 June 2014 (English translation) Appendix 3 – The 2013 Protest Law Appendix 4 – Final judgment in […]
Tunisian legislators should drop problematic provisions from a new security bill, 13 nongovernmental organizations said in a joint statement today.
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In view of the EU-Turkey Association Council which takes place against a backdrop of continuing crackdown on dissent in Turkey, we write to call on you to take this opportunity to address the systematic violations of the right to peaceful assembly with your Turkish counterparts.
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SNAPAP works with affiliated unions to promote free collective bargaining, to protect workers’ rights, and to fight for gender equality, equity and dignity for all. It supoorts affiliated unions through union
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The resolution reiterates a number of concerns regularly raised by our organisations about the degradation of the rights to freedom of expression, association and assembly in Algeria.
On December 9, 2013, the four human rights defenders were abducted during a raid by a group of armed men on the offices of the VDC in Duma, near Damascus. There has been no news of their whereabouts or health since.
Amid public shock and anger at the tragic death of more than 900 people including refugees fleeing war and persecution in Syria, Eritrea, Somalia and Libya, the EU Council held an ”emergency” summit.
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On Sunday 12 April 2015, 400 people lost their lives in a shipwreck off the Italian coasts. The number of victims outnumbers by far the tragic events of October 2013, when 366 migrants drowned near Lampedusa.
The undersigned organizations urge all parties on the ground to abide by their obligations under international law and to ensure protection of the lives of civilians trapped in the fighting.
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The EMHRN and the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint programme of FIDH and the OMCT, strongly condemn the raid on the premises of Radio Horytna and the arrest of Ahmed Samih.
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