Euro Med Monitor - Latest News [Page 9]
Ukraine War Dramatically Increases Risk Of Women And Children Being Trafficked And Exploited
Tuesday, 29 March 2022, 6:45 am | Euro Med Monitor
Geneva - Women and children fleeing Ukraine are at a heightened risk of falling into the hands of human traffickers who are exploiting the chaos and anonymity resulting from mass displacements and humanitarian crises, Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor warned ... More >>
Israeli Air Strike Survivor At HRC: Hold Perpetrators Accountable For 'Wiping Out My Family'
Saturday, 26 March 2022, 7:06 am | Euro Med Monitor
Geneva – A survivor of an air strike during Israel's military attack on the Gaza Strip in May 2021 has called on the international community at the United Nations Human Rights Council to put an end to Israel's enjoyment of impunity and to bring ... More >>
Seven Years Of Conflict In Yemen Left Millions On Brink Of Starvation
Friday, 25 March 2022, 7:46 pm | Euro Med Monitor
Geneva – The parties to the conflict in Yemen should accept the UN envoy's initiative for a ceasefire during the next month, in preparation for further talks end the seven-year fight and difficult humanitarian situation in the country, Euro-Med Human Rights ... More >>
Jordan: 11 Political Activists Detained In Poor Conditions Without Due Process
Tuesday, 22 March 2022, 7:53 pm | Euro Med Monitor
Geneva – Jordanian authorities have been detaining 11 political activists in poor conditions following procedures marred by serious legal violations, Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor said Monday in statement expressing deep concern. Detainees’ families ... More >>
20 Migrants Drown Off Tunisian Coast — Outcome Of Europe's Discriminatory Policies
Tuesday, 22 March 2022, 6:51 am | Euro Med Monitor
Geneva – Twenty migrants and asylum seekers have died after their boat sank off the Tunisian coast last Friday, Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor said Sunday in a statement expressing acute concern over the continuation of such drowning incidents in the ... More >>
Syria: Mass Graves Discovery Additional Evidence Of Al-Assad's Ongoing Crimes
Saturday, 19 March 2022, 6:02 am | Euro Med Monitor
Geneva – Two mass graves filled with thousands killed by Syria's President Bashar Al-Assad's regime have been found according to a press investigation . The international community should activate pressure and legitimate accountability techniques to hold ... More >>
Denmark: Exempting Ukrainians From Jewelry Law While Applying It To Others Is Outright Discrimination
Wednesday, 16 March 2022, 6:29 am | Euro Med Monitor
Geneva - Denmark’s exemption of Ukrainian refugees from the controversial “jewelry law”, applied to asylum seekers from the Middle East and North Africa, is further evidence of Denmark’s growing efforts to make itself less attractive to certain ... More >>
At HRC: Euro-Med Monitor Calls On European Countries Respect Asylum Seekers' Privacy
Sunday, 13 March 2022, 6:53 am | Euro Med Monitor
Geneva – Illegal, disproportionate, and unnecessary interference with the personal data of individuals in Europe, especially asylum seekers who are treated as liars until proven truthful, has escalated , Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor and GIWEH said ... More >>
Saudi Arabia: Denying Palestinian Detainee, His Son Of Medical Treatment Betrays Slow Killing Tendency
Friday, 11 March 2022, 8:36 pm | Euro Med Monitor
Geneva – The health condition of Palestinian detainee Dr. Mohammed Al-Khoudari has deteriorated as the authorities continue to deny him specialized medical care, Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor said in a statement expressing deep concern. The family ... More >>
At HRC: Euro-Med Monitor Warns Of Denmark's Racist Policies Against "Ghettos"
Friday, 11 March 2022, 7:42 am | Euro Med Monitor
Geneva – Denmark's discriminatory measures against minorities in ghettos fuel xenophobia, racial prejudice, and intolerance against vulnerable groups, Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor and the Youth Parliament said in a joint oral statement on Thursday ... More >>
Iraq: Federal Court's Disbandment Of Anti-corruption Committee Is A Retrograde Step For Accountability
Tuesday, 8 March 2022, 7:06 am | Euro Med Monitor
Geneva – The Iraqi Federal Supreme Court has disbanded a committee formed to investigate corruption cases and major crimes by the Prime Minister, Mustafa Al-Kadhimi, about one and a half years ago, Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor said Monday in a statement ... More >>
Morocco: Imprisoning Journalists, Human Rights Activists Perpetuates Criminalizing Critics
Monday, 7 March 2022, 7:02 pm | Euro Med Monitor
Geneva – The Casablanca Appeal Court's upholding of seemingly vengeful prison sentences against opposing journalists after proceedings marred by legal irregularities is reprehensible, Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor said Sunday in a statement. Punishing ... More >>
Europe's Official, Media Handling Of Ukrainian Crisis Exposes Deep-rooted, Racist Policy Against Non-Europeans
Thursday, 3 March 2022, 7:37 am | Euro Med Monitor
Geneva – The official and media European positions towards the Ukraine crisis, which resulted in a refugee crisis, have exposed a deep-rooted racist European policy that excludes and discriminates against non-European ethnicities, Euro-Mediterranean ... More >>
Plans To Send Frontex Guards To Senegal Illegitimate Attempt To Stop Migrants, Asylum Seekers
Friday, 25 February 2022, 6:31 am | Euro Med Monitor
Geneva - The EU is proposing to send Frontex guards and drones to Senegal, disguising it as ‘cooperation’ rather than framing it as it is: a new and tighter strategy for migration containment, forced return and border externalization, based on structural ... More >>
Iraq: Violations Against Persons For Having Similar Names To Suspects Reveal Deplorable Negligence
Wednesday, 16 February 2022, 6:12 am | Euro Med Monitor
Geneva – The Iraqi government should take all possible measures to end all violations against persons having similar names to suspects, which affected innocent people with detention and sometimes execution, Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor said ... More >>
High Judicial Council Dissolution Affects Judiciary’s Independence, Fuels Fears Of Authoritarian Rule
Monday, 14 February 2022, 8:54 pm | Euro Med Monitor
Geneva – Tunisian President Kais Saied’s decree dissolving the High Judicial Council (HJC) and replacing it with a temporary judicial authority violates the constitution, undermines the independence of the judiciary, and abolishes the principle of separation ... More >>
DW Independent Probe Into Anti-semitism Is Biased, Flawed And Dangerous
Thursday, 10 February 2022, 9:04 pm | Euro Med Monitor
Geneva - We are seriously concerned by Deutsche Welle’s (DW) decision last Monday to scapegoat and fire five journalists of Arab and Palestinian origins following a two-month biased investigation into allegations of anti-semitism, Euro-Med Human ... More >>
Denmark’s Ghetto Package Is Discriminatory, Unnecessarily Punitive And Counterproductive
Tuesday, 8 February 2022, 7:15 pm | Euro Med Monitor
Geneva - Denmark’s Ghetto Package is a textbook recipe for discrimination, incitement and unnecessary and counterproductive punitive policies emanating from political expediency rather than sound policymaking, said Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor is ... More >>
Euro-Med Monitor: Punitive Measures Against Striking Prisoners Of Conscience In Algeria Are Arbitrary, Illegal
Monday, 7 February 2022, 6:25 am | Euro Med Monitor
Geneva – The Algerian authorities have been practicing arbitrary measures against dozens of striking prisoners of conscience, protesting the extension of their detention, without legal justifications or intentions to try them on terrorism-related and other ... More >>
Euro-Med Monitor: Greece’s Illegal Pushbacks Are Dooming Migrants To Freeze To Death
Friday, 4 February 2022, 7:27 am | Euro Med Monitor
The 12 people found dead at the Turkish border are victims of Greek illegal pushbacks and inhumane political games trapping migrants in neglected no man’s lands, leaving them to freeze to death all over European borders, warned the Euro-Med Monitor in ... More >>