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.
Our organisations call for the release of nine Algerian labour rights defenders and denounce their arbitrary arrest, as their detention seems to only aim at sanctioning their human rights activities.
Algeria: Call for the release of nine arbitrarily arrested labour rights activists Read More »
After yet another deadly confrontation between police forces and peaceful demonstrators in Egypt, the EMHRN is appalled by the killing of more than 20 peaceful protestors marking the 4th anniversary of Egypt’s revolution.
Egypt’s Blood-stained Revolution Anniversary: Peaceful Activists Shot Dead by Police Read More »
Under the condoning eyes of the international community, Egypt’s rulers have brought the country full circle, dashing the aspirations of those who risked their lives in Tahrir Square for a new Egypt.
Egypt’s Revolution Marks its 4th Anniversary with Little to Celebrate Read More »
The EMHRN is appalled by the criminal attack on the French weekly satirical magazine ‘Charlie Hebdo,’ which left 12 journalists, cartoonists, policemen and staff members dead and four critically injured.
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The EMHRN, the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders and Front Line Defenders strongly condemn the two year jail sentence handed down by the appeal court for Yara Sallam and 23 other young activists.
Egypt: 2 Year Jail Sentence in Appeal for Yara Sallam and 23 Other Protesters Read More »
The Special Chamber in Cairo heard from Alaa Abd El Fattah’s lawyer, in the ongoing Shura Council case, in which Alaa Abd El Fattah and 24 other activists have been charged under Egypt’s controversial Protest Law.
Egypt: Latest Hearing in the Case of Alaa Abdel Fattah Read More »
The latest hearings held in the case of Alaa Abdel Fattah and his co-defendants (known as the Shura Council case) demonstrated again the baseless charges held against the defendants.
Egypt: Constitutional Committee Testify to Baselessness of Charges in Shura Council Case Read More »
The EMHRN, the OMCT and the FIDH deplore the adoption of the draft Basic Law for the Protection of Public Security and denounce the growing restrictions on the right to demonstrate in Spain.
Organic Law for the Protection of Public Security: A Threat to Civil Liberties in Spain Read More »
In its latest report, Freedom of Assembly under Threat: Muzzling Dissent in the Euro-Mediterranean Region, the EMHRN rings the alarm on the increasing stifling of the right to peaceful assembly in the region.
Muzzling Dissent: Freedom of Assembly under Threat in the Euro-Med Read More »
The prominent Syrian human rights defenders Razan Zaitouneh, Samira Khalil, Wa’el Hamada and Nazem Hamadi – the Douma Four – remain missing a year after their abduction, 57 organizations said today.
Syria: No word on four abducted activists Read More »
