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
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
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
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
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
We, the undersigned organizations 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 the reports and testimonies of deportations to Syria, by the declared intentions of the Turkish government to proceed with … Continued
Brussels, 20 June 2019 To mark World Refugee Day, EuroMed Rights focuses on the current practice of stopping people from disembarking ships/boats on the Mediterranean Sea shoreline, particularly in Tunisia. In many aspects, this situation is emblematic of the obstacles faced by refugees in obtaining protection and access to rights in the Euro-Mediterranean region. It … Continued
Joint Statement We, the undersigned human rights organizations, call on UN Special Rapporteurs, Members of the European Parliament, and representatives in national Parliaments of the European Union to urgently intervene and communicate with the Egyptian authorities to immediately release jailed activist Malak AlKashif, who was arrested for expressing her views on … Continued
Brussels 28 May 2019 Turkish version here On 21 May, at the final hearing of the Özgür Gündem “Editors-in-Chief on Watch” campaign trial, woman human rights defender and co-chair of the Human Rights Association-Insan Hakları Dernerği (IHD), Eren Keskin, was sentenced to 3 years and 9 months prison term for “propaganda for a … Continued
We, the undersigned organizations strongly condemn the defamation campaign by the Egyptian authorities against human rights defender Mohamed Soltan, following the recent advocacy work of the organisation he leads, The Freedom Initiative, in Washington D.C. These attacks are part of an intimidation campaign against human rights groups and defenders targeted because they have been shedding … Continued
