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OPt: US Investigation Fails To Bring Justice For Journalist Shireen Abu Akleh
Wednesday, 6 July 2022, 6:16 pm | Euro Med Monitor
Independent International Investigation Is Required Geneva – An independent international investigation should be opened into the killing of Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor said Tuesday in a statement expressing ... More >>
Draft Constitution Tampers With Tunisia's Democratic Foundations
Tuesday, 5 July 2022, 5:55 am | Euro Med Monitor
Geneva – The new Tunisian draft constitution tampers with the democratic foundations of the state and opens the door wide for the establishment of a totalitarian regime, Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor said Sunday in a statement. Published in the Official ... More >>
Jordan: Repeated Targeting Of Activist Anas Al-Jamal Reflects Securitisation Of Political Protests
Tuesday, 5 July 2022, 5:47 am | Euro Med Monitor
Geneva – Jordanian authorities should release political activist Anas Al-Jamal, arbitrarily detained for more than a month following many previous arrests and harassments he has been subjected to for years, Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor said Thursday in ... More >>
Euro-Med Monitor At HRC: Enabling Iraqi IDPs To Run, Vote In Elections Is Necessary To End Their Plight
Thursday, 30 June 2022, 6:54 am | Euro Med Monitor
Geneva – The continued plight of Iraqi internally displaced persons (IDPs) has demotivated many from effectively participating in the election since they have not sensed any significant changes to their situation after the last two rounds, Euro-Med ... More >>
UK’s Electronic Tagging Of Asylum Seekers Will Further Exacerbate Their Suffering
Tuesday, 28 June 2022, 6:57 pm | Euro Med Monitor
Geneva - A new British program that fits some migrants and asylum seekers with GPS tags to track their movements is a completely unnecessary, disproportionate, and biased tool that marks innocent people on the move as criminals, warned Euro-Med ... More >>
Syria: Cross-border Aid Mechanism Extension Is Necessary For The Survival Of Millions
Thursday, 23 June 2022, 5:37 am | Euro Med Monitor
Geneva - Permanent members of the UN Security Council should extend the cross-border aid to northwestern Syria, Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor said Tuesday in a statement. The continued flow of life-saving humanitarian aid across the Turkish border to northwestern ... More >>
In A Bittersweet Ruling, EU Court Of Justice Allows EU-wide Border Surveillance Scheme But Clarifies Its Limits
Wednesday, 22 June 2022, 6:27 am | Euro Med Monitor
Despite 10 years of Access Now campaigning against the legislation , this morning, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ruled that the EU Passenger Name Record (PNR) Directive is compatible with EU law and human rights. In a case brought ... More >>
Amid Rising Death Toll, The EU Won A Ruthless Race To The Bottom Against Migrants And Asylum Seekers
Tuesday, 21 June 2022, 5:56 am | Euro Med Monitor
Geneva - This year was not easy for people on the move from the southern shore of the Mediterranean. The pandemic persisted, the levels of forced displacement increased, the structural problems of the European immigration policy endured with some worrisome ... More >>
EU Commission President Must Return Ben-Gurion University Honorary Doctorate
Monday, 20 June 2022, 6:55 pm | Euro Med Monitor
Geneva - In an urgent letter to the European Parliament on Friday, Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor demanded that EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen withdraw her acceptance of an honorary doctorate from Ben-Gurion University (BGU) in Israel. ... More >>
Sudan: High Commissioner's Report Vital To Advance Accountability Efforts, Restore Civilian Rule
Friday, 17 June 2022, 6:52 pm | Euro Med Monitor
Geneva – Sudan's de facto authority should implement the recommendations of the report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on rights violations in the country after the military coup, including respecting and protecting human ... More >>
Euro-Med Monitor’s Project We Are Not Numbers Launches New Cohort Of Writers
Tuesday, 14 June 2022, 5:54 am | Euro Med Monitor
Palestinian territories - Thirty-five Palestinian young men and women have been accepted into the 14th cohort of Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor’s project We Are Not Numbers (WANN) . On Thursday, the project held an induction day for the new writers ... More >>
Iraqi Kurdistan: Discriminatory Policies Against Prisoners Of Conscience, Their Lawyers
Thursday, 2 June 2022, 6:52 am | Euro Med Monitor
Geneva – The authorities of Iraqi Kurdistan have continued to use arbitrary and discriminatory practices against prisoners of conscience and their lawyers, upon their arrest, during their trials, and during their detention, Euro-Med Human Rights ... More >>
Joint Letter To The New President Of The UAE: Release Prisoners Of Conscience
Wednesday, 1 June 2022, 7:11 pm | Euro Med Monitor
On 30 May 2022, 14 human rights organizations called, in a joint letter, on the UAE President, Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan to intervene immediately in favour of all prisoners of conscience in the country, close the case file permanently, and ... More >>
New Drowning In The Mediterranean Amid Continued Suspension Of Official Rescue Missions
Monday, 30 May 2022, 6:32 pm | Euro Med Monitor
Geneva – Dozens of migrants and asylum seekers have died or gone missing after their boat sank off the Tunisian coast a few days ago, Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor said in a statement expressing deep regret. A rubber boat sailed from the coast of ... More >>
Yemen: Ending The Siege Of Taiz Is An Urgent Humanitarian Priority
Friday, 27 May 2022, 6:16 pm | Euro Med Monitor
Geneva – The parties to the conflict in Yemen should urgently work to end the siege of the city of Taiz and take all possible steps to reduce the suffering of millions living there, Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor said Thursday in a statement. ... More >>
Euro-Med Monitor, Lebanese American University Release Joint Paper On Displacement In Yemen
Tuesday, 24 May 2022, 7:44 pm | Euro Med Monitor
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 session their deep concern over the Saudi authorities’ arrest and forcible disappearance ... More >>
Euro-Med Monitor, Journalists For Human Rights Report Violations Against Press In Tunisia
Tuesday, 17 May 2022, 7:10 pm | Euro Med Monitor
Geneva – In light of the disruption of a large part of the Constitution's provisions protecting rights and freedoms, violations against journalistic work in Tunisia have soared since President Kais Saied announced his exceptional measures on 25 July 2021, ... More >>
Euro-Med Monitor, Journalists For Human Rights Report Violations Against Press In Tunisia
Tuesday, 17 May 2022, 7:08 pm | Euro Med Monitor
Geneva – In light of the disruption of a large part of the Constitution's provisions protecting rights and freedoms, violations against journalistic work in Tunisia have soared since President Kais Saied announced his exceptional measures on 25 July 2021, ... More >>
Lebanon: Parliamentary Elections Marred With Irregularities
Tuesday, 17 May 2022, 6:16 pm | Euro Med Monitor
Geneva – Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor followed up on the electoral process in Lebanon and has documented several irregularities that occurred during the last stage of the elections, which include residents of all electoral districts ... More >>
Hungary’s Pushbacks Of Non-Ukrainian Asylum Seekers Akin To Migratory Apartheid
Tuesday, 17 May 2022, 6:29 am | Euro Med Monitor
The Ukraine war has worsened the systematic discrimination experienced by non-Ukrainian asylum seekers locked out of the EU at the Serbia-Hungary border, developing two parallel asylum systems for Ukrainians and for all others in a climate that is akin ... More >>
