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.
The EMHRN expresses its grave concern over two draft legislations the Egyptian Cabinet has referred for legal review, extremely worrying in the current context as they step up repression by criminalizing many peaceful.
Terrorism Bills Further Stifle Peaceful Opposition in Egypt Read More »
As the EU sets to evaluate progress made by its southern neighbours, we ring the alarm on the restriction on civil society and the assaults on the rights to freedom of association, assembly and expression sweeping the Arab World.
Assessing EU’s Southern Neighbours: The Erosion of Civil Society in the Euromed Read More »
The government of Syria should immediately release the arbitrarily detained human rights defender Mazen Darwish and his colleagues Hani Al-Zitani and Hussein Ghareer, 61 human rights organizations said today.
Syria: Free Key Rights Defenders Read More »
A new website being launched by a group of international human rights groups hopes to shed light on the plight of Syrian civil society activists including human rights defenders, media and humanitarian workers.
Syria : Launch of the Website free-syrian-voices.org Read More »
The EMHRN’s Executive Committee Member Osman İşçi, together with 71 other union members, face their fourth hearing before the 13th Heavy Penal Court of Ankara, on 5 March 2014.
Call by Civil Society for the United Nations Human Rights Council to Address the Grave Human Rights Situation in Egypt, and Ensure Respect for Democratic Development.
Silence is not an option: Call by Civil Society Read More »
Despite the international reaction and calls for the release of human rights defender Mazen Darwish and that of his colleagues the situation for human rights defenders in Syria remains critical.
Syria- On the second anniversary of the arrest of Mazen Darwish Read More »
Algeria should uphold the values of the UN Human Rights Council by allowing UN human rights experts and international human rights NGO to visit the country, five human rights organizations said today.
The CIHRS hosted an open dialogue with the EU special representative for human rights and 12 advocacy organizations. The discussion was attended by 30 rights advocates and lawyers and five of Lambrinidis’s aides.
On the occasion of the first anniversary of the assassination of opposition leader Chokri Belaid in Tunisia, the EMHRN and the FIDH express their solidarity to his family and loved ones.
Assasination of Chokri Belaid: Impunity, one year later! Read More »
