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Iraq: Decision To Convict Imprisoned Content Creators Is Unjustified, Must Be Reversed
Thursday, 16 February 2023, 8:16 pm | Euro Med Monitor
Geneva - Iraqi authorities’ detention and conviction of several social media content creators on vague charges that do not justify the restriction of natural rights is extremely concerning, said Euro-Med Monitor in a statement. Iraq’s judiciary recently ... More >>
Tunisia: New Detention Campaign Is Part Of Strategy To Criminalise Opposition
Wednesday, 15 February 2023, 7:47 pm | Euro Med Monitor
Geneva - Tunisian authorities’ continued use of arbitrary detention and suppression of freedoms reveals their determination to proceed with the strategy of criminalising and eliminating evidence of political opposition, as well as cancelling constitutional ... More >>
Morocco’s Decision To Extradite Saudi Citizen Al Rabie May Put His Life At Risk
Monday, 6 February 2023, 8:31 pm | Euro Med Monitor
Geneva – Moroccan authorities must reverse their decision to extradite Saudi citizen Hassan Al Rabie to Saudi Arabia, Euro-Med Monitor said in a statement, voicing concern for his safety. Euro-Med Monitor expressed deep concerned over the 2 February decision ... More >>
Kuwait: Unjustified Medical Fees For Vulnerable Expats Must Be Eliminated
Friday, 3 February 2023, 5:26 am | Euro Med Monitor
Geneva – Kuwait’s government must reconsider the fees it is imposing on non-Kuwaiti patients seeking medical treatment, which are 10 times higher than those imposed on citizens, said Euro-Med Monitor in a statement. The Kuwaiti Ministry of Health ... More >>
Risk Of Death At Sea Will Increase Exponentially Under Italy’s New Immigration Rules
Friday, 20 January 2023, 7:32 am | Euro Med Monitor
Geneva - The primary goal of a new immigration decree signed by the Italian government is to constrict and hinder the work of humanitarian-operated ships which rescue people at sea, inevitably provoking more deaths in the Mediterranean, warned the Euro-Med ... More >>
In Letter To Belgian Government, Euro-Med Monitor Raises Issue Of Homeless Asylum Seekers
Sunday, 1 January 2023, 6:14 am | Euro Med Monitor
Geneva - In an urgent letter to the Belgian government, Euro-Med Monitor raised today the issue of asylum seekers left homeless in the country. “It has come to our attention that over 700 asylum seekers have resorted to living in an abandoned ... More >>
Euro-med Monitor: Death Penalty For 16 Yemenis Reflects High Cost Of Houthi Impunity
Friday, 23 December 2022, 5:31 am | Euro Med Monitor
Geneva - A Houthi court sentencing of 29 Yemenis to either death or imprisonment following unfair trials is deeply concerning, Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor said in a statement. Urgent intervention, particularly by the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General ... More >>
Iraqi Speaker Of Parliament’s Statement On The Fate Of Missing Persons Is Shocking, Requires Official Clarification
Wednesday, 14 December 2022, 6:23 am | Euro Med Monitor
Geneva - Following the Speaker of Parliament’s shocking claim that the people who were forcibly disappeared or went missing during military operations against ISIL several years ago did not survive, Euro-Med Monitor calls on the Iraqi government ... More >>
Jordan: Detention Of Journalist And Three Politicians Is Unjustified Assault On Freedoms
Friday, 9 December 2022, 7:15 pm | Euro Med Monitor
Geneva - Jordanian authorities must immediately release three Jordanian politicians and a photojournalist who were detained by security forces while preparing to appear on a live broadcast at the house of one of the politicians in Amman to discuss local ... More >>
Syria: Protestors’ Transgressions Do Not Justify State-sanctioned Violence In As-Suwayda, Legitimate Demands Must Be Met
Thursday, 8 December 2022, 9:15 pm | Euro Med Monitor
Geneva - The violent incidents that erupted during protests against deteriorating living and economic conditions in As-Suwayda, south-eastern Syria, are extremely concerning, said Euro-Med Monitor in a statement. On Sunday 4 December, Syrian security ... More >>
Auction House’s Offer Of Human Skulls Is Evidence That Belgium’s Colonial Past Is Also Its Present
Wednesday, 7 December 2022, 7:13 am | Euro Med Monitor
Geneva - Human remains from the colonial era being exhibited and auctioned in Belgium recently are evidence of the extent to which Europe’s brutal colonial past is also its present, warned Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor in a statement today urging the ... More >>
Sudan: Suspension Of Union Activity Concerning, Entities’ Legitimacy Must Be Restored Through Elections
Monday, 5 December 2022, 5:27 am | Euro Med Monitor
Geneva - The decision of Sudan’s Sovereignty Council President General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan to freeze the activity of trade unions, professional federations, and the Sudanese Businessmen and Employers Federation—including controlling their financial ... More >>
Misclassification Of Minors As Adults By UK Home Office Is Malevolent, Illegal, And Dangerous
Friday, 2 December 2022, 6:01 am | Euro Med Monitor
Geneva – Minors in the UK who are escaping war and persecution in their countries of origin are being misclassified as adults and detained for no ethically sound reason, warned Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor in a statement on Wednesday. Apart from stripping ... More >>
Tunisia: Banning Opposition Party President From Travel Is Part Of Systematic Policy To Punish Opinion Holders
Sunday, 20 November 2022, 5:08 am | Euro Med Monitor
Geneva - Tunisian authorities’ systematic policy of imposing often arbitrary travel bans on certain politicians and dissidents is concerning, said Euro-Med Monitor in a statement. The most recent travel ban documented by Euro-Med Monitor is against ... More >>
Activation Of Official Rescue Missions Critical To Halt Growing Number Of Migrant Drownings
Monday, 14 November 2022, 6:38 am | Euro Med Monitor
Geneva - An over 14% increase in the number of drowned migrants and asylum seekers this year as compared to last year necessitates the immediate activation of official rescue missions by EU countries to reduce the high and ongoing loss of lives, Euro-Med ... More >>
Syria: Cluster Bombing Of IDP Camps May Amount To War Crime
Monday, 7 November 2022, 7:51 pm | Euro Med Monitor
Geneva - The Syrian regime’s bombing of IDP camps in the country’s northwest region may amount to a war crime, said Euro-Med Monitor in a statement today. Euro-Med Monitor stressed the urgent need to hold perpetrators, as well as all others responsible ... More >>
Oman: Amending Penal Law Will Restrict Free Speech, Human Rights
Thursday, 3 November 2022, 6:11 am | Euro Med Monitor
Geneva – The recent issuance of a royal decree in Oman to amend certain provisions of the Omani Penal Law is concerning, as it could be used to restrict freedom of expression and limit criticism of the ruling authorities, Euro-Med Monitor said in ... More >>
Sudan: Bloodbath In Blue Nile, Authorities Must Protect Civilians From Tribal Violence
Monday, 24 October 2022, 8:11 pm | Euro Med Monitor
Geneva - Sudanese authorities must take serious measures to protect civilians, control tribal violence in the country, and ensure that the rule of law is implemented after hundreds of people were killed and injured in the most recent rounds of violence ... More >>
Euro-Med Monitor: Unprecedented Rise In Poverty Rate In Syria, Significant Shortfall In Humanitarian Aid Funding
Tuesday, 18 October 2022, 6:56 pm | Euro Med Monitor
Geneva - The spread of poverty in Syria has had a significant impact on its population’s ability to secure their daily needs for food and basic commodities, particularly given the sharp and unprecedented rise in prices there, Euro-Med Monitor said in ... More >>
Reduction In Fighting Has Not Alleviated Yemen’s Humanitarian Crisis
Monday, 17 October 2022, 6:54 pm | Euro Med Monitor
Geneva – A recent reduction in the intensity of the fighting in Yemen, a country embroiled in a bloody armed conflict for more than seven years, does not imply a reduction in the magnitude of the humanitarian crisis there, Euro-Med Monitor said ... More >>
