Open letter to Cyprus’s Ministry of Justice
Two years after the attack on the 2010 Rainbow Festival: Justice delayed for victims of racist violence and for KISA’s Executive Director.
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Migration and Asylum
Iraq/Turkey: Open Borders to All Syrian Refugees
The Iraqi and Turkish authorities should immediately re-open border crossings where more than 10,000 Syrians have been stranded for weeks and allow all those wishing to seek asylum to cross without delay, HRW said today.
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EMHRN’s New Elected Body Alarmed at Escalating Violence in Syria
The EMHRN is deeply alarmed over the situation of open civil war that currently prevails in Syria. It emphasizes that this situation stems from years of dictatorship imposed by the Hafez al-Assad regime and later by his son.
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Lebanon: Investigate and Punish Army Attacks on Migrants
Lebanon’s judiciary should investigate and prosecute any army and intelligence officials responsible for the beating and serious abuse of at least 72 male migrant workers in the Beirut neighborhood of Geitawi, HRW said today.
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Greece must halt mass police crackdown on ‘irregular migrants’
The Greek authorities must halt a mass police crackdown on “irregular migrants” and allow for effective access to asylum-seeking procedures to those in need of international protection Amnesty International.
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Jordan: Government Clamps Down on Civil Society
Jordan’s government is violating the right to freedom of association by denying, without explanation, a civil society organization permission to accept foreign funding, Human Rights Watch said today.
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Letter to Jordanian Prime Minister al-Tarawneh Regarding NGO Funding
Human Rights Watch is writing to express our deep concerns regarding the cabinet’s recent rejection of foreign funding to a Jordanian nongovernmental organization (NGO).
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Statement ahead of the EU-Israel Association Council 24 July 2012
APRODEV and the EMHRN welcome the upcoming meeting of the EU-Israel Association Council which is an important opportunity for the EU to raise crucial points with Israel related to the implementation of IHRL and IHL.
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EU Mobility Partnerships with Tunisia and Morocco Guarantees for the respect of rights must be a prerequisite to any agreement
In May 2011 the European Commission presented its new European Neighbourhood Policy and its communication A Dialogue for Migration, Mobility, and Security with the Southern Mediterranean Countries.
Press Statement on the Opening Ceremony of the Final Conference of PHRO’s Programme “Advancing Palestinian Refugee Women Rights in Lebanon’s Gender Equality”
On June 28th 2012, the Palestinian Human Right Organization (PHRO) opened the concluding conference of its programme “Advancing Palestinian Refugee Women Rights in Lebanon’s Gender Equality”.