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.
On Saturday 24 October, a Cairo court of appeals confirmed that Azza Soliman, Director of the Centre for Egyptian Women’s Legal Aid (CEWLA) has been acquitted. Azza Soliman’s acquittal comes […]
Acquittal of Egyptian Human Rights Defender Azza Soliman Read More »
Copenhagen, October 10, 2015- EuroMed Rights strongly condemns the bomb attack in Ankara on Saturday October 10th, targeting peaceful demonstrators and leaving 97 (*) dead and hundreds more injured. This march
Fourth and Deadliest Attack against Protesters in Turkey: Accountability Now! Read More »
Release Bassel Khartabil Held Unfairly since 2012! October 7, 2015 – Syria’s authorities should immediately reveal the whereabouts of Bassel Khartabil, a software developer and defender of freedom of expression,
JOINT RELEASE (SYRIA): Disclose Whereabouts of Detained Freedom of Expression Advocate Read More »
October 6, 2015- On the third anniversary of the enforced disappearance of Syrian human rights lawyer Khalil Ma’touq and his assistant and friend Mohamed Zaza, the undersigned organisations the undersigned organisations
JOINT PRESS RELEASE (SYRIA): Release Human Rights Lawyer Khalil Ma’touq! Read More »
Ankara/ Brussels, 5 October 2015 (UPDATE)– While welcoming the release of two executives from EuroMed Rights member organisation İHD (Azad Tas and Zana Aksu) after they had been remanded in police custody, EuroMed
TURKEY: Escalating Harassment of Human Rights Defenders Must End Now! (UPDATE) Read More »
Ankara/ Brussels, 2 October 2015– EuroMed Rights is deeply dismayed to learn that executives from EuroMed Rights member organisation İHD are remanded in police custody after raids have been conducted
TURKEY: Escalating Harassment of Human Rights Defenders Must End Now! Read More »
While the release last week of one hundred prisoners – including myself – is a positive step, the real solution to the problem of the hundreds of imprisoned people is
A Message from Yara Sallam Read More »
CIHRS and partners in an Oral Statement at the UN: 22 September 2015– The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS), jointly with EuroMed Rights, the Moroccan Association for Human
EuroMed Rights welcomes the release of a hundred Egyptian prisoners, including Human Rights Defenders Sanaa Seif and Yara Sallam. The activists have been pardoned and released on the occasion of
Read the statement in Turkish EuroMed Rights, FIDH, Human Rights Association (İHD), and the Human Rights Foundation of Turkey (HRFT) and Helsinki Citizens’ Assembly strongly condemn escalating violence and serious
JOINT PUBLIC STATEMENT ON TURKEY: Stop Escalating Violence and Human Rights Violations! Read More »
