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.
London, 27 November EuroMed Rights and the Bar Human Rights Committee (BHRC) of England and Wales are publishing a new trial observation report (also available in Arabic) on the case of […]
BHRC and EuroMed Rights Launch Trial Observation Report on Aya Hegazy’s Case Read More »
To: His Excellency Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Re: Call for action to condemn the Egyptian authorities’ crackdown on freedom of expression
Call for action to condemn the Egyptian authorities’ crackdown on freedom of expression Read More »
Union for Mediterranean Ministerial Conference in Cairo: the dire situation of human rights and women’s rights in Egypt cannot be swept under the carpet Brussels, 24 November 2017 EuroMed Rights
In a letter sent today to Members of the European Parliament, EuroMed Rights’ President, Michel Tubiana, who has just been on a mission in Turkey, alerts on the hunger strike
EuroMed Rights Alerts European Parliament on Public Servants’ Hunger Strike in Turkey Read More »
Today in Ankara the President of Human Rights Association (IHD), Mr Ozturk Turkdogan, was arrested by police forces together with two more executive committee members, Ms Sevim Salihoglu and Ms
ALERT/TURKEY: Arrest of IHD President Ozturk Turkdogan Read More »
Brussels, 8 November 2017 – Following today’s decision by the Cairo court of cassation to uphold the five-year prison sentence for the blogger and activist Alaa Abdel Fattah, EuroMed Rights’
Alert/ Egypt: #FreeAlaa Read More »
Today, 25 October 2017, the hearing of EuroMed Rights’ Executive Committee member and General Secretary of the Human Rights Association in Turkey (IHD), Osman İşçi, was held before the 6th
Osman İşçi, emblematic case among hundreds of human rights defenders in Turkey Read More »
EuroMed Rights condemns police violence by National Police and Civil Guard officers against peaceful demonstrators in Catalonia on Sunday 1 October on the margin of a referendum, initiated by the
ALERT SPAIN/CATALONIA – The Use of Violence Does Not Solve but Aggravates the Situation Read More »
All States should take a strong stand to address reprisals and to support the crucial resolution “Cooperation with the United Nations, its representatives and mechanisms in the field of human rights”
HRC36: NGOs call on Council Members to take a stand against intimidation and reprisals Read More »
EuroMed Rights is extremely concerned by the detention of Ibrahim Metwally, prominent Egyptian human rights lawyer, found yesterday after he was forcibly disappeared last Sunday. Arrested by Egyptian authorities in
ALERT EGYPT – Detention of Ibrahim Metwally, prominent Egyptian human rights lawyer Read More »
