Amid public shock and anger at the tragic death of more than 900 people including refugees fleeing war and persecution in Syria, Eritrea, Somalia and Libya, the EU Council held an ”emergency” summit.
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Ahead of the EU’s extraordinary summit, the EMHRN is calling on the 28 Heads of States and Governments to urgently reconsider the proposed package of measures to tackle the humanitarian crisis in the Mediterranean.
On Sunday 12 April 2015, 400 people lost their lives in a shipwreck off the Italian coasts. The number of victims outnumbers by far the tragic events of October 2013, when 366 migrants drowned near Lampedusa.
The undersigned organizations urge all parties on the ground to abide by their obligations under international law and to ensure protection of the lives of civilians trapped in the fighting.
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Our organisations strongly condemn the law, aptly dubbed the “gag law”, and reiterate their serious concerns over the growing restrictions on the right to freedoms of expression and peaceful assembly in Spain.
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Founded in 2000, European Association for the Defence of Human Rights (AEDH) is a European network consists of more than 30 member organizations and individual members in EU countries. AEDH
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The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) is an independent regional non-governmental organization founded in 1994. It aims at promoting respect for principles of human rights and democracy, analyzing
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AMERA International , formerly known as the African and Middle East Refugee Assistance, works for providing relief for refugees by offering pro bono legal advice on issues relating to asylum
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Citizens’ Assembly (formerly Helsinki Citizens’ Assembly) is a civil society organization working on fundamental rights and freedoms, peace, democracy and pluralism. The Helsinki Citizens’ Assembly Turkey started its activities in
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Human Rights Association (İnsan Hakları Derneği ”IHD”) was founded on 17 July 1986 by 98 human rights defenders. IHD was founded in dark times brought about by the military coup
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