Mashrek countries
The EMHRN and the GCHR call on the Syrian authorities to disclose the whereabouts of human rights defender, Abdulhadi Sheikh Awad, and grant his family and lawyer immediate access to him.
Since the adoption of the Protest Law, numerous Egyptians have been arrested and charged with participating in peaceful demonstrations, including prominent Egyptian human rights activist Alaa Abdel Fattah.
The trial of Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel Fattah is adjourned Read More »
On Sunday 6 April, prominent Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah is to attend the second hearing of his trial for alleged violation of the prohibitive Egyptian anti-protest legislation (“protest law”).
Trial of activist Alaa Abdel Fattah in Egypt Read More »
The EMHRN, the CIHRS and their Syrian partner organizations welcome the 7th report of the Commission of Inquiry on Syria and commend the extensive efforts to uncover international crimes occurring in Syria.
Oral Intervention on Syria during the United Nations Human Rights Council Read More »
The EMHRN expresses its grave concern over two draft legislations the Egyptian Cabinet has referred for legal review, extremely worrying in the current context as they step up repression by criminalizing many peaceful.
Terrorism Bills Further Stifle Peaceful Opposition in Egypt Read More »
As the EU sets to evaluate progress made by its southern neighbours, we ring the alarm on the restriction on civil society and the assaults on the rights to freedom of association, assembly and expression sweeping the Arab World.
Assessing EU’s Southern Neighbours: The Erosion of Civil Society in the Euromed Read More »
The government of Syria should immediately release the arbitrarily detained human rights defender Mazen Darwish and his colleagues Hani Al-Zitani and Hussein Ghareer, 61 human rights organizations said today.
Syria: Free Key Rights Defenders Read More »
We condemn the lack of transparency in the negotiation process which did not involve civil society actors, many of whom have been active on issues directly relevant to the ‘Mobility Partnership’ agreement.
Tunisia-EU Mobility Partnership Read More »
A new website being launched by a group of international human rights groups hopes to shed light on the plight of Syrian civil society activists including human rights defenders, media and humanitarian workers.
Syria : Launch of the Website free-syrian-voices.org Read More »
During the 2011 protests, Syrian women have been exposed to arbitrary detention, enforced disappearances, torture, sexual violence and summary executions among other acts of violence, as seen on a recent EMHRN report.
International Women’s Day: Violence rises, impunity prevails Read More »
