Yesterday, a Cairo Court acquitted 43 defendants in Egypt’s infamous “foreign funding” case (also known as Case 173). Reacting to this news, EuroMed Rights’ President, Wadih Al-Asmar, explains: “The Egyptian authorities have heeded the international community’s numerous calls to acquit the defendants in the first phase and the international leg of the “foreign funding” case. … Continued
Tomorrow, the EU-Egypt Association Council will hold its 8th meeting in Brussels. In an open letter addressed to HR/VP Mogherini, EuroMed Rights stresses this crucial opportunity for the EU to denounce Egypt’s appalling human rights track record loudly and clearly. EuroMed Rights’ President, Wadih Al-Asmar, said: “After last week’s European Parliament’s urgency resolution on Egypt, … Continued
Ms Federica MOGHERINI High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice‐President of the European Commission Brussels, 17 December 2018 Open letter to HR/VP Mogherini ahead of the EU-Egypt Association Council of 20 December Dear High Representative Mogherini, On 20 December, the EU-Egypt Association Council will hold its 8th meeting. … Continued
EuroMed Rights welcomes the European Parliament’s resolution passed this Thursday 13 December, which strongly condemns the continuous restrictions on fundamental democratic rights in Egypt. Commenting on the resolution, EuroMed Rights’ President, Wadih Al-Asmar, said: “We believe the European Parliament is sending a strong message of hope to the Egyptian citizens and especially to human rights … Continued
EuroMed Rights expresses grave concern about the situation of writer and political activist Ibrahim al-Husseini, who is in incommunicado detention after being arrested and initially disappeared on Sunday 9 December. During his interrogation he was blindfolded for more than 12 hours and denied access to a lawyer. Security forces then took al-Husseini to the Shubra … Continued
A soft take on human rights is not enough! The Intergovernmental Conference to Adopt the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration that is taking place in Marrakech this 10-11 December 2018 is a historic milestone, as it is the first United Nations’ document addressing all aspects of the migration phenomenon globally. However, … Continued
EuroMed Rights joins the #HearMeToo campaign during the 16 days of activism starting this 25 November in order to highlight successes and backlashes in women’s rights from all across the Euro-Mediterranean region. From Egypt’s capital, Cairo, the world’s most dangerous city for women, to Tunisia more than a year after the adoption of the much-celebrated … Continued
Despite the progress accomplished by international bodies in defending and promoting women’s fundamental rights, many legal, political, social, administrative, economic and cultural policies are largely discriminatory and continue to affect women in their daily life. EuroMed Rights, which defends human rights in the Euro-Mediterranean region, is being particularly attentive to violence against women, one … Continued
For the attention of Her Excellency Mrs. Federica Mogherini, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/Vice-President of the European Commission and His Excellency Mr. Johannes Hahn, Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Brussels, Ankara, 22 November 2018 Your Excellencies, As the high level political dialogue with the Turkish … Continued
Alert Brussels, 19 November 2018 The request for the provisional release of journalist Adlène Mellah was rejected by the Algiers Criminal Court on 11 November. Once again, this is an infringement on the freedom of the press, despite the fact that it is enshrined in the Algerian Constitution (article 50). The arrest of Adlène … Continued
