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UK Should Immediately Halt All Plans To Militarize The English Channel To Stop Migrant Crossings
Friday, 14 August 2020, 7:23 am | Euro Med Monitor
The UK’s alarming utilization of militant means to deter asylum seekers from crossing the English channel is inhumane, illegal and would endanger lives and exacerbate the problem rather than offer any meaningful solutions, Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor ... More >>
Yemen: Al-Houthi Group Must Reveal The Fate Of Woman Kidnapped Two Years Ago
Tuesday, 11 August 2020, 7:54 am | Euro Med Monitor
The Genève-based Euro-Med Monitor has called on Al-Houthi group to reveal the fate of a Yemeni woman who has been kidnapped for more than two years, which constitutes a gross violation of the international humanitarian law. In a press release, the ... More >>
Euro-Med Monitor Report Inspires EU Parliament Question About Middle East Prisons Conditions
Monday, 10 August 2020, 7:15 am | Euro Med Monitor
Concerns about Middle Eastern prison conditions during COVID-19 were raised by Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament, in response to a Euro-Med Monitor report. Questions about the treatment of a growing number of infected ... More >>
Euro-Med Monitor Calls On Arab Gulf States To Lift Ban On VoIP Platforms
Thursday, 9 July 2020, 7:08 am | Euro Med Monitor
With the outbreak of the novel COVID19 pandemic in the world, which has impacted all walks of life in a tremendous manner, the governments of Oman, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates are urged to lift their long ban on Voice Over IP (VoIP) platforms, ... More >>
Euro-Med Monitor Welcomes Sweden’s Migration Minister’s Response On Asylum Seekers During Covid-19
Friday, 3 July 2020, 7:02 am | Euro Med Monitor
We welcome measures undertaken by Sweden to ensure access to health care for vulnerable groups such as asylum seekers, including rejected applicants, during the Covid-19 pandemic, Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor said in a statement today. In a ... More >>
Lebanon: Violations Against Journalists Won't Solve Economic Collapse
Wednesday, 1 July 2020, 6:16 am | Euro Med Monitor
Lebanese authorities' continuous violations of media freedom and their targeting of media outlets, reporters and photojournalists is shameful, says the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor. Any form of targeting of media outlets and their employees, ... More >>
Countries Must Share Burden Of Refugees
Sunday, 21 June 2020, 6:20 am | Euro Med Monitor
The international system for protecting the rights and safety of refugees is badly frayed, and as armed conflicts and natural disasters continue to drive their flight to other countries, immediate action is required, says the Euro-Mediterranean Human ... More >>
Euro-Med Monitor: Trump's Executive Order Against ICC Obstructs International Justice
Saturday, 13 June 2020, 7:01 am | Euro Med Monitor
The United States’ measures against the International Criminal Court (ICC) officials directly provides cover for human rights violators, the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor said in a statement. ICC is a vital tool for achieving justice in ... More >>
Gaza Strip: Father’s Murder Of Daughter Reflects Need For More Protection Of Women
Tuesday, 9 June 2020, 6:48 am | Euro Med Monitor
A 21-year-old woman in the Gaza Strip was killed by her father May 29, raising concerns that protections against domestic violence are insufficient, says the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor. This is the second such slaying to occur in the Gaza Strip ... More >>
Despite The Coronavirus Pandemic Lebanese Protestors Are Subjected To Repression Machinery
Friday, 1 May 2020, 6:56 am | Euro Med Monitor
The Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor condemned the Lebanese army and security oppression of protesters following the outbreak of popular protests due to the deterioration of economic conditions. The organization expressed in a statement its deep concern ... More >>
21 Women MEPs Co-Sign Euro-Med Monitor Petition To Stop Violations Against Women In Saudi Arabia
Tuesday, 21 April 2020, 6:23 pm | Euro Med Monitor
On the International Women’s Day on March 8, 2020 the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor released a report entitled ‘Dead-Letter Reforms: Saudi Women’s Rights Still at Risk’, which documents how despite recent promises of reform in ... More >>
Removal Of Syrian Refugee Camp In Lebanon Must Be Reconsidered
Sunday, 19 April 2020, 1:07 am | Euro Med Monitor
Geneva - Lebanese authorities must reconsider its arbitrary decision to remove a Syrian refugee camp in the Ghazze town of Bekaa in the west of the country, said the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor. Following clashes between residents ... More >>
Euro-Med Monitor Calls On Sweden To Grant Temporary Citizenship Rights To Asylum Seekers
Friday, 3 April 2020, 7:35 am | Euro Med Monitor
The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor sent an official letter to the Swedish Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ms. Ann Linde, expressing great concern with the situation of asylum seekers in Sweden during the ongoing pandemic of Covid-19. “As the virus ... More >>
Euro Med Monitor: Exploiting COVID-19 To Undermine Hirak Movement In Algeria Undermines Reform
Thursday, 2 April 2020, 7:39 am | Euro Med Monitor
Algeria’s escalating crackdown in the name of security is a troubling manipulation of the pandemic crisis, warns the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor. In recent days, the Algerian government has unleashed a wave of arbitrary arrests and court ... More >>
EU Should Take Necessary Measures To Ensure Safety Of Newcomers After Turkey Announcement
Saturday, 29 February 2020, 11:45 am | Euro Med Monitor
The Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor is following with great concern Turkey's announcement that it will no longer stop Syrian refugees from reaching Europe, in light of recent developments in Idlib that increased the flow of refugees to Turkey. After Turkey's ... More >>
Euro-Med Monitor Calls On EU To Hold Hungary Accountable For Starving Asylum Seekers
Sunday, 9 February 2020, 6:29 am | Euro Med Monitor
Hungary's continued policy of denying food to asylum seekers in transit zones to deter refugee flows is deeply disturbing, warns the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor. The Geneva based organization calls on the EU to apply the infringement ... More >>
Euro-Med Monitor documents targeting of protestors in Iraq
Thursday, 23 January 2020, 9:52 am | Euro Med Monitor
GENEVA - The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor expressed its grave concern over the escalating Iraqi security forces and armed elements targeting of protests with the aim of killing and causing fatal injuries and disabilities More >>
New report: 477 Israeli violations in August
Tuesday, 10 September 2019, 8:57 am | Euro Med Monitor
The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor confirmed in a report that the Israeli occupation forces escalated their attacks in the occupied city of Jerusalem, as party of a policy adopted by the highest Israeli political level, amid clear indications ... More >>
Euro-Med decries execution of three Bahraini citizens
Monday, 29 July 2019, 8:16 am | Euro Med Monitor
Geneva - The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor (Euro-Med) today condemned the execution of three individuals by the Bahraini Government. The organisation said that the incident amounted to a crime against humanity and an indicator of the precarious ... More >>
Euro-Med calls for inquiry into 2014 Israeli actions in Gaza
Tuesday, 9 July 2019, 9:58 am | Euro Med Monitor
Geneva – In a speech to the United Nations Human Rights Council, the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor called on the Council to pressure Israel to take immediate measures to protect the rights of Palestinian civilians under its occupation. Euro-Med also ... More >>
