In view of the ENP progress report for Egypt (2013), taking into account the deteriorating human rights situation on the ground, EMHRN recommends the following human rights priorities as key recommendations for 2014.
The ITUC, PSI, the IUF, the CISA, the Solidarity Center from AFL-CIO and the EMHRN express their solidarity with independent Algerian trade unionists who are fighting for the defense of freedom of association.
KISA reports yet another extremely severe incident involving a blatant breach of the right to privacy, as well as a complete mishandling of the cases of two women (victims of trafficking) by relevant state authorities and services.
The ENGP and the EMHRN welcome the fact that the third UfM Ministerial Meeting being held in Paris on 12 September 2013 is devoted to women’s rights in the Mediterranean region.
The EMHRN, the ENGP and the IFE-EFI, as the organisers of the Euromed Civil Forum on Gender Equality held in preparation of the Ministerial Conference of the Union for the Mediterranean take note of the creation of a “Foundation of Women for the Mediterranean”.
This report examines the imprisonment conditions of Palestinian women in Israel for reasons of “security” and these women’s treatment, paying special attention to their needs as women, as Palestinians and as prisoners.
From the Testimony of a Palestinian Woman Prisoner – PCATI special report Read More »
The events currently unfolding in Egypt are raising grave concerns. They are first and foremost the consequence of a decades-long absence of democracy.
EMHRN Statement on the situation in Egypt Read More »
KISA notes with concern the need for the immediate investigation of homophobic and racist motives behind two recent attacks, which led to abuses in villages in Cyprus.
On the eve of the meeting between Catherine Ashton and Jose Manuel Barroso with Ali Laarayedh, the FIDH and the EMHRN are voicing their concerns about the persistence and even increases in violations of human rights.
Deeply concerned about the situation in Syria, EMHRN and CIHRS with support of Syrian Human Rights and Democracy, made an oral intervention at the UN Human Rights Council on the occasion of the release of the latest report on Syria.
EMHRN, CIHRS: Joint Statement on Syria Read More »
