E-library

How to use the e-library?

How to use it?

Our website is equipped with an advanced search engine facility: the e-library. Whether you are trying to locate a publication we’ve produced or looking to take part in our campaigns and support our work, then your journey starts here.

Why using it?

The e-library allows you to browse the latest Human Rights-related news we’ve produced on any given theme and country. For customised search results, you can either select the type of publication you’d like to browse (Press Release, Report, Factsheet, Core Document, …etc.), your theme of interest (gender equality, justice, etc.) or the country for which you are looking to locate information.
You can further refine your search results by combining several criteria (e.g. Report /Syria/ women rights)

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22 Jun 2020
Egypt: the campaign against Gamal Eid must stop!
EuroMed Rights, Committee for Justice, Egyptian Front for Human Rights, Human Rights Watch, the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) & World Organisation against Torture (OMCT) within the framework of the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, The Freedom Initiative, and The Egyptian Human Rights Forum strongly condemn the campaign recently launched by the Egyptian authorities against the director of the Arabic … Continued
- Egypt
- Statement
19 May 2020
Syrian refugees in Cyprus pushed back to Turkey
On 15 May 2020, the administration of the self-declared Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) forcibly sent 100 Syrian refugees, including unaccompanied children, to Mersin, Turkey. They have been transferred to Kilis, near the Syrian border, where they are now. Most of the 100 Syrian refugees – 56 – are children and women and girls … Continued
20 Feb 2020
World Day of Social Justice: a break in 364 days of social injustice
A longer opinion piece reflecting this statement was published in Danish newspaper Politiken (link under paywall and in Danish only). Courtesy translations in English and French are also available below: Oped World Day of Social Justice (English version) Oped Journée Mondiale pour la Justice Sociale (version française) Statement All around the Mediterranean – in Algeria, Lebanon, Egypt … Continued
27 Jan 2020
The Gezi trial or the systematic criminalisation of Turkish civil society
For the Turkish version, click here. The fifth hearing of the Gezi trial will resume on 28 January 2020, on the same day as the Universal Periodic Review of Turkey at the United Nations Human Rights Council. Sixteen civil society figures will be tried for “attempting to overthrow the government or partially or wholly … Continued
7 Nov 2019
According to the European Court of Human Rights, all is well in the Greek hotspots
The European Court of Human Rights has rejected for the most part the request made on 16 June 2016 by 51 persons (including many minors) from Afghanistan, Syria and Palestine, who were forcibly maintained in a situation of extreme distress in the hotspot of Chios, Greece [1]. The 51 applicants, supported by our organisations, were identified … Continued
- Migration and Asylum
- Statement
21 Oct 2019
Turkey: message of solidarity to Osman İşçi
Read joint NGO Submission to the Universal Periodic Review On the occasion of our meeting of 18-20 October 2019 in Brussels, we, members of EuroMed Rights Executive Committee, want to express our deep concerns about the judicial harassment faced by our colleague and friend, Mr Osman İşçi, Secretary General of the Human Rights Association (IHD), … Continued
10 Oct 2019
Egypt: EU turns a blind eye to mass arrest of peaceful protesters
Since 20 September 2019, peaceful protests against rampant corruption have been repressed with an iron fist in Egypt. According to the Egyptian Commission for Rights and Freedoms, at the time of writing, over 3,300 peaceful protesters have been arrested and 117 others have been forcibly disappeared. 200 have been reported to be released on 8 … Continued
8 Oct 2019
Turkey: “Gezi trial” third hearing, bogus charges on the menu
UPDATE – At the end of 8 October’s hearing, the judge ruled for the continuation of Osman Kavala’s pre-trial detention. The next and fourth hearing is scheduled for 24-25 December 2019. At the date of the fourth hearing, Mr Kavala will have spent more than 780 days behind bars. EuroMed Rights condemns the continued judicial … Continued
13 Aug 2019
Six years after Raba’a Massacre; Injustice Reigns, Authoritarianism Gains
EuroMed Rights strongly condemns the impunity enjoyed by the perpetrators of the Raba’a massacre and calls for them to be brought to justice. We encourage the EU to implement the 21 August 2013 EU Foreign Affairs Council Conclusions and call upon the EU member states to stop selling arms to authoritarian regimes such as Egypt. … Continued
2 Aug 2019
Joint statement: Safeguard the rights of refugees in Turkey!
We, the undersigned organisations working in the area of human rights, express our gravest concerns regarding the recent arrests in Istanbul of over 6,000 migrants and refugees, among whom Syrian refugees. We are alarmed by the reports and testimonies of deportations to Syria, by the declared intentions of the Turkish government to proceed with deportations … Continued
- Migration and Asylum
- Statement