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.
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”.
Rights of the child violated in the Evros region.Every day in the Evros region at the Greek-Turkish Border, tens of children are locked up simply because they do not hold the right documentation.
New report about detention conditions of Minors at Greek-Turkish Border Read More »
On the occasion of World Refugee Day, the EMHRN warns that refugees continue to see their rights violated by regimes both in the North and the South of the Mediterranean.
World Refugee Day – Forgotten, Exposed and Stranded: The Plight Continues Read More »
The 9th General Assembly of the EMHRN hereby expresses its full and absolute condemnation for the acts of the Syrian regime. For decades this regime has subjected its population to a brutal dictatorship.
GA Resolution , Syria: from resignation to horror Read More »
On 5 June 2012, Doros Polycarpou, the Executive Director of Cypriot anti-racist NGO KISA, was acquitted of the charge of rioting during the 2010 Rainbow Festival in Larnaca. This decision is final and is not open for appeal.
The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network (EMHRN), a regional network of civil society organizations engaged in human rights work, convened for its general assembly in Copenhagen 1-3 June 2012.
No deportation to Syria: the rights of Syrian asylum-seekers need to be protected Read More »
On April 20, 2012, the Spanish government issued a Royal Decree-Act which among other measures restricts the level of health care access for irregular migrants stipulated in the Foreigners Act.
NATO and its member states should provide information to help clarify the chain of events that led to the death of 63 boat migrants in the Mediterranean a year ago, a coalition of human rights groups said in joint letters released today.
Since May 2011, when he was first informed, Doros Polycarpou, Executive Director of KISA, faces criminal charges following the events at the Rainbow Festival on 5 November 2010 in Larnaca.
