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.
EuroMed Rights strongly condemns the escalation of measures taken on Thursday 26 May against Mohamed Zaree, Egypt Office Director of the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS), and Rawda […]
ALERT: Reprisals against prominent human rights defenders from Egypt Read More »
After having examined the situation of human rights in Western Sahara, EuroMed Rights has decided to carry out a similar study of the Sahrawi refugee camps in Algeria. To this
ALGERIA: Sahrawi Refugee Camps’ Mission to Tindouf Postponed Read More »
One year ago, on 30 April 2015, the European Parliament adopted the first resolution on Algeria for over a decade. EuroMed Rights, the FIDH, SOLIDAR and the World Organisation Against
European Parliament Resolution on Algeria: One Year After Read More »
Brussels/Copenhagen/Paris/Tunis, 26 April 2016 Hundreds of people have been arbitrarily arrested yesterday, Monday 25 April 2016, by Egyptian Security forces in response to planned peaceful protests in Egypt. These protests
ALERT / EGYPT: Massive arrests versus peaceful protests Read More »
This 9 and 10 April 2016, French Prime Minister Manuel Valls will be visiting Algeria in order to participate to the third “High Level Interministerial Committee” between Algeria and France. The
ALGERIA : Liberties and Human Rights, on top of the Agenda Read More »
The honourable President of the Republic Palais de l’Elysée 55 rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré 75008 Paris Paris, 24 March 2016 Re: Official visit to Egypt Dear Mr President,
Open Letter to François Hollande ahead of his visit to Egypt Read More »
Human rights activists risk prosecution, asset freezes In recent weeks, the Egyptian authorities have summoned human rights workers for questioning, banned them from travel and attempted to freeze their personal
Egypt: Unprecedented Crackdown on NGOs Read More »
EuroMed Rights and the Bar Human Rights Committee (BHRC) express serious concern at the ongoing detention in Egypt of Aya Hegazy and the other six co-defendants, including her husband Mohammed
Serious Concerns about fairness of Belady Foundation Trial Read More »
Syria: Renewed calls for Bassel Khartabil’s release on 4th anniversary of detention 17 March 2016 – Syria’s authorities should reveal the whereabouts of Bassel Khartabil, a software developer and free speech activist,
Syria: Renewed calls for Bassel Khartabil’s release on 4th anniversary of detention Read More »
Brussels/Copenhagen/Paris/Tunis, 16 March 2016 EuroMed Rights condemns the latest attempts to silence civil society in Egypt. We urge the European Union (EU) and its member states to raise this issue
EGYPT: Stop the Crackdown on Civil Society! Read More »
