The space available for civil society organisations working to promote, defend and protect human rights in the Euro-Mediterranean region has steadily declined over past three years, as has access to justice and accountability for citizens in the region.
Six NGOs call on EU and Belgian leaders not to roll out the red carpet for Egyptian President Abdelfattah al-Sisi ahead of the European Union-African Union Summit.
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In light of Egypt’s alarming record of severe human rights violations, often “justified” in the name of counterterrorism, the undersigned civil society organizations are appalled at the European Union’s determination
In Turkey, counterterrorism measures have long been used to prevent the work carried out by civil society organisations. In 2021, the situation worsened for these organisations since the adoption, on
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Early 2022 in Algeria: in a country which has witnessed a wave of sweeping protests in the past three years, human rights and public freedoms are increasingly deteriorating. Individuals, political
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We, the undersigned organizations call on Egyptian President Abdelfattah Al-Sisi to immediately quash the verdicts against seven arbitrarily detained human rights defenders, activists and politicians, convicted of bogus charges and
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EuroMed Rights condemns the ongoing crackdown on human rights defenders and independent civil society organisations in Egypt, which struggle for their very survival.
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Egyptian authorities should cease the harassment and persecution of prominent human rights defender and journalist, Hossam Bahgat, who faces abusive charges intended to punish him solely for exercising his right to
Egypt: End Harassment of Rights Defender Read More »
The COVID-19 pandemic has increased difficulties for civil society’s voice to be heard, at a time when there are some many demands for change from so many people around the
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Human rights organizations are gravely concerned by the Lebanese authorities’ recent attempts to silence and discredit Mohammed Sablouh, a human rights lawyer defending victims of torture and Syrian refugees facing
On 22 September, by issuing an emergency decree, Tunisian President Kaïs Saïed gave himself full powers until further notice. By making the validity of the 2014 Constitution articles conditional on
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