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UK Government's Anti-immigrant Rhetoric Is Fueling Racist Attacks Against Asylum Seekers
Wednesday, 18 August 2021, 6:42 am | Euro Med Monitor
As racist attacks on asylum seekers in the United Kingdom are witnessing a sharp increase, the UK government's pervasive anti-immigrant rhetoric is extremely dangerous and may exacerbate, ignite, or increase such condemnable violence and prevarication ... More >>
Qatar: Prosecuting 7 Citizens For Peaceful Criticism Undermines Democratic Openness
Monday, 16 August 2021, 6:41 am | Euro Med Monitor
Geneva - The Qatari authorities' referral of seven citizens to the Public Prosecution Office on charges of "inciting racial and tribal strife" due to their criticism of the terms related to the Qatari Advisory Council elections scheduled for next ... More >>
Libya: Hundreds of Syrians held in inhumane conditions
Sunday, 15 August 2021, 5:43 am | Euro Med Monitor
Geneva – The Libyan authorities’ inhumane practices against hundreds of Syrian migrants detained in its prisons are reprehensible, Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor said today in a statement. An immediate intervention must be made to end ... More >>
Syria: Scenes of burning detainees’ corpses
Sunday, 15 August 2021, 5:41 am | Euro Med Monitor
Geneva – A local Syrian newspaper published disturbing images today of Syrian government soldiers setting on fire dozens of corpses belonging to citizens who had been detained in the Daraa governorate, Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor said ... More >>
Three Iraqi Inmates Slayed In Basra Detention Centers Within 10 Days
Thursday, 12 August 2021, 4:00 pm | Euro Med Monitor
Three Iraqi detainees have died in detention centers belonging to the Ministry of Interior in Basra city, southern Iraq, within just 10 days, Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor said today in a statement condemning the near complete absence of ... More >>
Libya: Kidnapping Government Official Reflects State's Authority Fragility
Wednesday, 11 August 2021, 6:01 pm | Euro Med Monitor
Geneva – The Kidnapping of Libyan Chief of Staff, Reda Faraj Al-Freites, and his colleague, Muhammad Al-Ghurabi, in the capital, Tripoli, raises great concern, Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor said today in a statement warning of the danger of insecurity ... More >>
Jordanian Authorities’ Arrests Of Teachers - Structured Impeding Of Peaceful Gatherings
Tuesday, 10 August 2021, 7:21 pm | Euro Med Monitor
Geneva – The Jordanian security services' impeding of a Teachers' Syndicate (JTS) event this afternoon in the Karak governorate of southern Jordan is a confiscation of the right to express opinion and peaceful assembly, Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights ... More >>
‘Falling Into The Abyss’: Euro-Med Monitor’s New Report On Lebanon's Worsening Crises
Tuesday, 3 August 2021, 6:27 pm | Euro Med Monitor
Geneva – The deteriorating crises in Lebanon and the government's inability to handle them have led the country to an abyss with poverty rates exceeding 55% and over 50% of migrant workers unemployed, Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor said ... More >>
Dutch Official At Euro-Med’s Webinar: 'Our Aim In Libya Is Peace. Sanctions Could Work'
Saturday, 31 July 2021, 4:13 pm | Euro Med Monitor
The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor hosted a topical webinar on transitional justice and impunity in Libya that brought together a group of international experts from leading civil society organizations and the public sector. The expert panel, ... More >>
Sweden’s Recent Permanent Residence Laws Will Impede Refugees’ Ability To Integrate And Seek Work
Tuesday, 27 July 2021, 6:30 pm | Euro Med Monitor
Sweden’s most recent immigration law to make obtaining permanent residency harder for refugees will crucially undermine their ability to integrate in society, seek stable work or establish a normal life while they live in uncertainty with their ... More >>
Tunisia: President Saied's Decisions May Undermine Democracy
Tuesday, 27 July 2021, 6:28 pm | Euro Med Monitor
Tunisian President Kais Saied has announced dissolving the government and suspending the Assembly of the Representatives, ending the immunity of deputies, Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor said in a statement. The action is profoundly worrying, as the ... More >>
‘Scarce Goods’: Isolating Daraa Al-Balad Threatens 40,000 With Starvation
Friday, 16 July 2021, 5:56 am | Euro Med Monitor
Geneva - The siege imposed by the Syrian government forces on Daraa al-Balad since June 24 would lead to serious humanitarian repercussions if it continues, Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor said in a statement on July 15, calling for lifting the siege ... More >>
Study: Critical Analysis Of The Law’s Response To Asylum Seekers Who Are In Danger From Non-state Actors
Friday, 16 July 2021, 5:45 am | Euro Med Monitor
Fadel Abdul Ghany, Chairman and founder of the Syrian Network for Human Rights The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor published a paper entitled “Critical analysis of the law’s response to asylum seekers who are in danger from non-state actors,” ... More >>
Iraq: Al-Hussein Hospital Tragedy Inevitable Result Of Negligence
Wednesday, 14 July 2021, 5:53 am | Euro Med Monitor
Geneva - Fire breakout at Al-Hussein Hospital in Dhi Qar Governorate, southern Iraq, is an inevitable result of the government's neglect of fundamental reforms in the health sector, Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor said today in a statement. ... More >>
Syria: The Fifth Corps Should Investigate Young Man’s Death Under Torture
Tuesday, 13 July 2021, 6:14 am | Euro Med Monitor
Geneva – Young man Jaafar Al-Kafri from Al-Mataaiyah village, southern Syria, has died shortly after he was released from the prison of Fifth Corps of the Syrian Army, Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor said in a statement on 12 July 2021, ... More >>
UK Measures To Thwart Asylum Seekers Are Draconian, Inhumane And Ineffective
Monday, 12 July 2021, 5:03 am | Euro Med Monitor
The UK is stepping up its long list of draconian and inhuman measures aimed at curbing small boats’ crossing in the English Channel, the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor said in a statement today. We strongly condemn the latest proposal of sentencing ... More >>
Yemen: Assassination Of Key Political Activists Reflects Ramifications Of Lack Of Accountability
Sunday, 4 July 2021, 6:48 pm | Euro Med Monitor
A group of unknown gunmen have assassinated a prominent political activist belonging to the Yemeni Al-Islah Party, Bilal Mansour Al-Maisari, on Wednesday in the Mansoura district of the Aden governorate, southern Yemen, Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights ... More >>
New Report: 91% Of Gaza Children Suffer From PTSD After The Israeli Attack
Saturday, 3 July 2021, 5:49 am | Euro Med Monitor
Geneva - Nine out of ten children in the Gaza Strip suffer some form of conflict-related trauma after the Israeli military attacked ended over a month ago, said the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor. In a new report released today, Euro-Med Monitor documented ... More >>
Euro-Med Monitor Demands Immediate Protection For Activists Threatened By PA Security
Thursday, 1 July 2021, 6:18 am | Euro Med Monitor
Geneva – A demand for the immediate cessation of Palestinian Authority abuses against activists, journalists and human rights defenders and provision of protection was raised in an official letter on behalf of eleven co-signing organizations delivered ... More >>
At Euro-Med Monitor Webinar: Experts Urge To Criminalize Torture On The Middle East
Thursday, 1 July 2021, 6:13 am | Euro Med Monitor
Geneva - Three experts joined a Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor webinar organized on 30 June 2021 to mark the International Day against Torture in the context of the Middle East. The experts highlighted using torture as a weapon of war in the ... More >>
