Ahead of the European Council summit, the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network calls on the heads of State and government to abandon security-oriented and repressive asylum and immigration policy.
The new shipwreck of a boat in which at least 300 passengers perished or disappeared very near to Lampedusa, was not caused by fate. In 2010, in the same place, two simultaneous shipwrecks resulted in close to 400 victims.
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The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network (EMHRN) is alarmed at the impact that extending the Seahorse Mediterraneo maritime surveillance programme would have on migrants’ and refugees’ rights.
ARTICLE 19 fully supports the strike observed by Tunisian public radio journalists to protest against the unilateral appointments of the head of public radio, and denounce the interference of management in editorial positions.
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The EMHRN strongly condemns the assassination of Tunisian opposition leader Mohammed Brahmi and extends its deepest condolences and sympathy to his family, his loved ones and to all democrats in Tunisia.
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On the eve of the meeting between Catherine Ashton and Jose Manuel Barroso with Ali Laarayedh, the FIDH and the EMHRN are voicing their concerns about the persistence and even increases in violations of human rights.
The EMHRN and the ENGP welcome all initiatives aimed at strengthening the role of women in society, protecting and promoting women’s rights and women’s equal participation with men in political, economic and cultural life.
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The EMHRN and its members and partner organisations in Tunisia, strongly urge the Tunisian Government and the EU to involve civil society actors in the implementation and follow-up of the objectives of the Tunisia-EU Action Plan adopted.
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The undersigned organisations condemn the arbitrary decision to prevent a delegation of human rights activists and independent union members from leaving Algeria to attend the 13th World Social Forum.
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Marking the International Women’s Day, the EMHRN says that women living in South-East Mediterranean countries are seeing their rights increasingly violated, despite promises of change in the aftermath of the revolutions that shook the region.
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