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 and the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint programme of the FIDH and the OMCT, express their most serious concern about alarming restrictions of civil society work in Egypt.
Statement on the situation in Egypt Read More »
Following the legal and legitimate reaction by the people of Istanbul to the continuing pedestrianization project, the police carried out heavy attacks that cannot merely be described as “extreme/disproportionate/immoderate”.
In view of 23rd session of the UN Human Rights Council, a group of Human Rights organisations submitted two statements in which they gave a worrying account on the escalating human rights violations in Syria.
13 NGOs at UN Human Rights Council: ‘Impunity Fuels Conflict in Syria’ Read More »
The international community should urge the Syrian authorities to release and drop all charges against a freedom of expression activist and two of his colleagues, 19 human rights organizations said today.
Syria: Rights Activists Face Terrorism Charges Read More »
The EMHRN regrets the UN Security Council decision not to extend the mandate of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) to human rights issues in the area.
No human rights mandate for MINURSO in Western Sahara! Read More »
The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network (EMHRN) would like to draw the attention to the continuous violations of labour union rights together with human rights in Algeria.
Open letter to the Director-General of the International Labour Office Read More »
The EMHRN and the Turkish Human Rights Association (IHD) welcome the release yesterday of 22 Turkish trade unionists and human rights defenders who have been detained ‘on terror charges’.
On 29 April 2013, the EU-PA sub-committee on human rights, good governance and the rule of law (sub-committee) is convening in Ramallah, the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT).
EMHRN-PHROC Statement ahead of the EU-PA Subcommittee on Human Rights Read More »
The undersigned organisations condemn the arbitrary decision to prevent a delegation of human rights activists and independent union members from leaving Algeria to attend the 13th World Social Forum.
96 Algerian Human Rights Defenders Banned from Attending World Social Forum in Tunis Read More »
In view of the upcoming debate on Egypt at the European Parliament with Catherine Ashton, the EMHRN is urging the EU to exercise maximum leverage on the Egyptian government in the context of a receding human rights climate plaguing the country.
Human Rights Compromised in Egypt: What will it take for the EU to Act on its Values? Read More »
