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Euro-Med welcomes Moroccan King’s pardon of journalist
Friday, 18 October 2019, 9:51 am | Euro-Med Monitor
Geneva - The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor welcomed the decision of King Mohammed VI of Morocco to pardon Hajar Raissouni, her fiancé and three others who were arrested on August 31st over having abortion in a private clinic in Rabat. The ... More >>
Iraqi Journalists and bloggers are targeted and harassed
Friday, 18 October 2019, 8:41 am | Euro-Med Monitor
Geneva - The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor expressed its deep concern over the increasing violations and threats against Iraqi journalists and bloggers over their coverage of protests that have swept Baghdad and the southern provinces of ... More >>
Judiciary legitimizes seizure of Palestinian property
Saturday, 12 October 2019, 11:58 am | Euro-Med Monitor
Euro-Med's Jerusalem monthly report: Israeli judiciary legitimizes seizure of Palestinian property Jerusalem- The Israeli authorities continued its violations of the rights of the Palestinian population in Jerusalem in September, in line with the Israeli ... More >>
New Multilateral Agreement to Accept Migrants
Saturday, 5 October 2019, 12:06 pm | Euro-Med Monitor
The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor commends the new plan agreed upon by Germany, France, Italy and Malta to welcome more migrants and refugees rescued in the Mediterranean. This is a significant step towards addressing the humanitarian ... More >>
Iraqi government is responsible for killing protesters
Friday, 4 October 2019, 8:15 am | Euro-Med Monitor
Geneva - The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor is following with a great concern the Iraqi security forces' forcible dispersal of demonstrations in the center of Baghdad and a number of southern governorates that were organized to condemn corruption ... More >>
Lebanese handling of protests is clear rights violation
Wednesday, 2 October 2019, 8:19 pm | Euro-Med Monitor
Geneva - The use of excessive force by the Lebanese security services against peaceful demonstrations condemning the deteriorating economic situation in the country constitutes a violation of human rights and a flagrant violation of the freedom of expression ... More >>
Euro-Med: Houthis Detain Dozens of Civilians from Aden
Tuesday, 24 September 2019, 8:07 am | Euro-Med Monitor
Geneva- The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor noted that reports suggest that dozens of Yamani civilians are illegally detained and loacked up by Houthi movement (The Ansar Allah movement). More >>
Stripping Shamsie of German Prize
Sunday, 22 September 2019, 1:16 pm | Euro-Med Monitor
Stripping Shamsie of German Prize Over Pro-Palestinian Positions Assault on Free Speech The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor condemns the decision of the Nelly Sachs Prize jury to withdraw author Kamila Shamsie’s award over her support for ... More >>
SDF kidnaps dozens of orphans and hundreds of youths
Thursday, 19 September 2019, 8:17 am | Euro-Med Monitor
Geneva- The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor expressed deep concern over the Syrian Democratic Forces' (SDF) reported abduction of dozens of orphaned children and hundreds of youths from refugee camps in north-eastern Syria, isolating them ... More >>
Forcibly disappeared Palestinians in Saudi Arabia
Tuesday, 17 September 2019, 8:02 pm | Euro-Med Monitor
At UNHRC: Euro-Med raises the issue of forcibly disappeared Palestinians in Saudi Arabia Geneva- The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor and IRDG expressed in a statement on Monday, 16 September 2019, at the Human Rights Council's 42nd regular ... More >>
Arresting peaceful activists in Algeria is a blow to freedom
Sunday, 15 September 2019, 9:49 am | Euro-Med Monitor
Geneva – The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor said in a statement that the Algerian authorities have arrested a number of peaceful activists in a blow to freedom of expression in Algeria. More >>
Euro-Med and IRDG call for condemning coalition violations
Friday, 13 September 2019, 8:10 am | Euro-Med Monitor
Geneva - The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor and IRDG condemned in a statement on Tuesday 11 September 2019 at the Human Rights Council’s 42nd regular session the Saudi-UAE-led coalition’s cover of practices by the Security Belt Forces in ... More >>
Highlighting Palestine and Yemen: Euro-Med takes part
Wednesday, 11 September 2019, 8:05 am | Euro-Med Monitor
Geneva – The United Nations Human Rights Council opened on Monday, 9 September 2019 its 42nd regular session, which will end on 27 September, 2019 in Geneva. More >>
Saudi Arabia forcibly hides dozens of Palestinians
Sunday, 8 September 2019, 11:50 am | Euro-Med Monitor
Geneva- The Euro-Mediterranean for Human Rights Monitor urged the Saudi authorities to immediately reveal the fate of dozens of Palestinians who have been subjected to enforced disappearance and release them unless convicted of any violation. More >>
Jordanian suppression of hundreds of teachers
Saturday, 7 September 2019, 10:36 am | Euro-Med Monitor
Geneva - The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor described the Jordanian security’s suppression of hundreds of teachers and its attempt to prevent them from reaching the locations where peaceful protests were supposed to be held as a flagrant violation ... More >>
Switzerland should not bow to Israeli pressure
Friday, 6 September 2019, 9:17 am | Euro-Med Monitor
Geneva - The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor called on the Swiss federal parliament not to bow to Israeli pressure to suspend the Swiss criminal legislation authorizing the country's courts to prosecute Israeli politicians and military figures ... More >>
New report: Saudi labor laws crush expatriate workers
Monday, 2 September 2019, 8:10 am | Euro-Med Monitor
Geneva- The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor confirmed that the recent adoption by the Saudi authorities of a number of resolutions against expatriate workers contributed to the deterioration of the humanitarian, living and human rights situation of these ... More >>
Reprisals in Aden amount to war crimes, Euro-Med says
Monday, 2 September 2019, 8:06 am | Euro-Med Monitor
Geneva – The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor expressed its shock at killings and field executions taking place during clashes over the control of governorates of Aden and Abyan in southern Yemen, stressing that these operations are clear indication ... More >>
Palestinian Authority Must Investigate Young Woman's Death
Sunday, 1 September 2019, 12:02 pm | Euro-Med Monitor
Geneva – The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights monitor called today on the Palestinian Authority (PA) to immediately open a serious investigation into the circumstances that led to the death of a young woman in the West Bank, in order to confirm or single ... More >>
Media tightening could undermine Mauritania's democracy
Thursday, 29 August 2019, 8:33 am | Euro-Med Monitor
Geneva - Arbitrary detentions, torture, and continued crushing of thousands of civilians in addition to imposing tightened measures on media and targeting opposition would undermine the emerging democracy in the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, the Euro-Mediterranean ... More >>
