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Grant the rejected Iraqi asylum seekers in Denmark humanitarian residency permit	Date: 26-06-2009
Author: EMHRN
Amnesty International Denmark, The Danish UN-association, Rehabilitation and Research Center for Torture Victims (RCT), Safe the Children Denmark and the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network (EMHRN) call upon the Danish government to ensure that Denmark respects international conventions and the UNHCR warnings not to forcibly return the rejected Iraqi asylum seekers in Denmark to Iraq. We call upon the government to grant the Iraqi refugees humanitarian residency permit for humanitarian as well as security reasons. Read more

	Date: 25-06-2009

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Open Letter on the occasion of the EU/PA Joint Committee Meeting	Date: 25-06-2009
Author: REMDH
Human Rights Violations Committed by the Palestinian Authority Read more

EMHRN Executive Committee Meeting - Istanbul June 2009	Date: 24-06-2009
Author: EMHRN
The Executive Committee of the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network (EMHRN) met in Istanbul on 19-21 June 2009, reinforcing its stand for the protection and promotion of human rights in the countries of the Euro-Mediterranean region. Read more

	Date: 17-06-2009

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Open Letter on the occasion of the EU/Israel Association Council	Date: 12-06-2009
Author: EMHRN/FIDH
Open Letter on the occasion of the EU/Israel Association Council Read more

Libya: Deep concern about the death of human rights defender Fathi El-Jahmi: United Nations and Libyan authorities urged to react	Date: 03-06-2009
Author: EMHRN/LLHR/Observatory
On May 21, 2009, Libyan human rights defender Fathi El-Jahmi, Libya’s most prominent advocate of democracy and respect of human rights, died in suspicious conditions after the Libyan Government had hastily evacuated him to Amman, Jordan, officially for emergency “medical care”, as he was reportedly in a semi-conscious or comatose state and breathing on a ventilator. Read more

The EMHRN Supports Universal Jurisdiction	Date: 29-05-2009
Author: EMHRN
The EMHRN expresses its deepest concern with the resolution passed by the Spanish Congress of Deputies on 19 May 2009. This resolution requests that the Spanish government limits the scope of Spain’s universal jurisdiction legislation. Read more

Turkey: Harassment Against Human Rights Defenders Must End!	Date: 31-05-2009
Author: REMDH/IHD/Observatory
Ms. Filiz Kalayci, a lawyer, member of the Executive Committee of the Human Rights Association (IHD) and member of the IHD committee on prisons, was arrested yesterday on the basis of an allegation of “aiding illegal organisations". She already had been arrested on May 12 and detained for three days with three other lawyers* also linked to IHD and involved in defending the rights of prisoners, before being released. Read more

Jordan: Replace law on associations proposed amendments not sufficient to meet rights obligations	Date: 19-05-2009
Author: EMHRN/Human Rights Watch
Jordan should scrap its proposed amendments to a law regulating nongovernmental organizations and instead propose a new law that would guarantee freedom of association, Human Rights Watch and the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network said today in a letter to Prime Minister Nader al-Dahabi. The proposed amendments to the 2008 Law of Societies do not rectify major deficiencies that violate the right to free association. Read more

Illegal refoulement of 500 migrants to Libya : the EU must condemn Italian authorities	Date: 12-05-2009
Author: EMHRN/Migreurop
By classifying the refoulement to Libya of 277 migrants intercepted on the 6th of May, and of 240 on the 10th of May, by the Italian Navy in the Strait of Sicily on 6 May as an « historical shift », the Italian interior minister, Roberto Maroni, is not mistaken. However, far from marking progress in the fight against illegal immigration as he claims, this repatriation means that Italy has chosen to turn its back on democratic principles and the commitments that bind it in the field of fundamental rights. Read more

New harassment of a human rights organisation	Date: 06-05-2009
Author: EMHRN/FIDH/OMCT
Copenhagen-Geneva-Paris, April 30, 2009. The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint programme of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), and the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network (EMHRN) express their deep concern about the warning letter received by the Egyptian Organization for Human Rights (EOHR) from the Egyptian Ministry of Social Solidarity, which seriously undermines freedom of association in Egypt. Read more

Incoherent EU approach to Human Rights and Democratisation	Date: 28-04-2009
Author: EMHRN
In its Communication on the Implementation of the ENP in 2008 and its Annual Progress reports on the ENP Southern Partners i.e. Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt, Jordan, Israel, the Palestinian Authority and Lebanon, issued on 23rd April 2009, the EU Commission notes that “the pace of reforms has slowed particularly in democratic reforms and human rights standards”... Read more

EMHRN POSITION PAPER ON THE EUROPEAN NEIGHBOURHOOD POLICY IN VIEW OF THE NEGOTIATION OF NEW INSTRUMENTS BETWEEN THE EU AND ITS MEDITERRANEAN PARTNERS	Date: 22-04-2009
Author: EMHRN
In December 2008, the Council of the European Union issued conclusions on Strengthening of the EU’s bilateral relations with its Mediterranean partners : Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Israel, Jordan, Morocco, the Palestinian Authority, Syria and Tunisia... Read more

	Date: 18-04-2009

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Open Letter at the occasion of the Association Council between the EU and Egypt	Date: 15-04-2009
Author: EMHRN
Open Letter at the occasion of the Association Council between the EU and Egypt Read more

Human rights defender’s freedom of movement and right to a fair trial violated	Date: 13-03-2009
Author: EMHRN
The EMHRN strongly condemns the Israeli High Court of Justice’s (HCJ) decision on 10 March 2009 to dismiss the petition brought by Shawan Jabarin, the General Director of Al-Haq - a Ramallah based Palestinian human rights organisation- challenging the arbitrary, indefinite and unconditional travel ban imposed on him by the Israeli military authorities shortly after he was appointed as General Director of Al-Haq early 2006. Read more

	Date: 13-03-2009

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Letter on the occasion of March 8th 2009 - International Women's Day	Date: 06-03-2009
Author: EMHRN
LETTER ON THE OCCASION OF MARCH 8th 2009 INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY To: The High Commissioner for External Relations and European Neighbourhood Policy, Ms. Benita Ferrero - Waldner The Foreign Affairs Ministers of the countries members of the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership (EMP) The Ministers in charge of gender equality of the countries members of the EMP Read more

Women's rights in the Euro-Mediterranean region must be made a priority	Date: 06-03-2009
Author: EMHRN
In November 2006, a Euro-Mediterranean Ministerial Conference on "Strengthening the Role of Women in Society" was held in Istanbul, and a 5-year action plan was developed... Read more

EMHRN delegation goes to Lampedusa	Date: 23-02-2009
Author: EMHRN
The EMHRN and its member organisations have decided to send a delegation to Lampedusa from 25 to 27 February 2009 Read more

The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network welcomes the release of the Egyptian opposition leader Ayman Nour	Date: 20-02-2009
Author: EMHRN
The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network (EMHRN) welcomes the release of Egyptian opposition leader Ayman Nour, head of the liberal Al-Ghad Party, and President Mubarak's most prominent opponent in the first presidential elections that took place in Egypt in 2005. Read more

Time for changes for Women’s rights in Lebanon!	Date: 18-02-2009
Author: EMHRN
On the occasion of the Association Council between the European Union and Lebanon, to be held on 23rd of February 2009, the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network (EMHRN) would like to raise its concerns on the weak progress regarding the situation of women’s rights in Lebanon. We hope the EU will seize the opportunity of the Association Council to raise these issues with Lebanese authorities. Read more

First meeting of the New EMHRN Executive Committee	Date: 17-02-2009
Author: EMHRN
The new Executive Committee of the EMHRN elected at the General Assembly in Barcelona in December 2008, held its first meeting in Copenhagen, Denmark. Read more

Gaza/Czech EU Presidency: High profile mission in Prague	Date: 11-02-2009
Author: EMHRN
On 18/19 February 2009, the Euro Mediterranean Human Rights Network (EMHRN) is organizing a high profile mission to Prague in order to discuss with the Czech authorities the violations of human rights and international humanitarian law committed during the Israeli offensive into the Gaza Strip. Read more

The headquarters of radio Kalima and the CNLT surrounded and looted	Date: 03-02-2009
Author: EMHRN
On Monday 26 January 2009 Radio Kalima started to be broadcast on the Tunisian territory via satellite*. The very next day, around 2PM, Dhafer Otay, the coordinator of Radio Kalima, was arrested. Several police officers blocked the way while he tried to go back to the studio, and took him with them. He was held without any legal mandate and released in the evening. Read more

	Date: 24-01-2009

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Final statement of a mission of prominent lawyers and activists	Date: 22-01-2009
Author: EMHRN
We are appalled at the horror of the war launched in the Gaza strip, the major loss of civilian lives and the wide scale destruction of civilian property and infrastructure in the context of the operation « Cast Lead, » as well as by the failure of the international community to prevent this tragedy. Read more

GAZA : INTERNATIONAL HIGH LEVEL MISSION	Date: 21-01-2009
Author: EMHRN/FIDH/ICJ
In light of the ongoing violence and the grave violations of international humanitarian and human rights law in the context of the operation « Cast Lead », the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network (EMHRN) and the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) will deploy a joint mission in Israel, the Occupied Palestinian Territories and Egypt, from January 17th to 20th, 2009. Read more

A stronger reaction is needed	Date: 16-01-2009
Author: EMHRN
The Euro-Mediterranean Human rights Network (EMHRN) notes the recent decision of the European Union “to take a time out” in its negotiations with Israel about the upgrading of the EU-Israeli relationship due to the conflict in Gaza. Read more

Aid agencies call for suspension of enhanced EU-Israel agreements	Date: 07-01-2009

A coalition of major humanitarian, human rights and development organisations called on the European Union today to immediately suspend any further enhancement of its relations with Israel, known as an ‘upgrade’, until it agrees to a comprehensive ceasefire and provides unimpeded humanitarian access. Both Israel’s offensive in Gaza and Hamas rocket attacks into Israel have caused unacceptable civilian casualties. Read more

	Date: 13-06-2009

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EU must take strong measures to ensure Israel’s respect for international law	Date: 09-01-2009
Author: EMHRN
The EMHRN strongly condemns the fatal and destructive attacks by the Israeli army on the Gaza Strip which cause immense losses among its civilian population. Read more

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