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European Politicians, Experts discuss the Libyan Civil War

July 18, 2019

On Tuesday, July 16, the Center for European Policy Studies (CEPS), with the support of the International Center for Relations and Diplomacy (ICRD) organised an event putting the Libyan conflict in focus while discussing what the EU could do to facilitate an end to the conflict. The event was

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Somalia’s attack is a horrific targeting and a mass murder

July 14, 2019

Geneva – The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor strongly condemned a terrorist bombing that targeted a hotel in Somalia and left dozens dead and wounded, including two journalists. ” All parties in Somalia should protect the right to life by enforcing law and punishing human rights violators and perpetrators of violence “ [contfnewc] The Geneva-based international

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Euro-Med reviews regional crises for new European Parliament members

July 13, 2019

The European-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor urged newly elected members of the Parliament of the European Union to play a more active role in the humanitarian crises in the Middle East and to respond to the humanitarian challenge posed by the plight of refugees in Europe. The memos also described serious human rights violations by governments and non-state actors

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Vaccination to contain severe measles outbreak underway in t the Congo amidst Ebola and mass displacement

July 12, 2019

ITURI, Democratic Republic of the Congo/DAKAR/GENEVA/NEW YORK, 11 July 2019 – Health workers are urgently rolling out a complex measles vaccination campaign targeting 67,000 children in Ituri, northeast Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), a region ravaged by armed conflict that is now also the hub of the second-deadliest Ebola outbreak on record. At least 1,981 deaths

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Investing in internally displaced childrens education is investing in their future

July 9, 2019

Today, representatives from governments around the world are gathered in New York City to review progress they made toward universal education since 2015. The High Level Political Forum, an annual event where countries present their advancement towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), opens this year with a focus on the education goal, SDG 4. Internally

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At least seven children killed in yet another attack on civilians in northwest Syria

July 7, 2019

NEW YORK, 7 July 2019 – “At least seven children are confirmed to have been killed in an attack yesterday on the village of Mhambel in northwest Syria. It has been reported that most of those who lost their lives were internally displaced, having already been forced from their communities by previous waves of fighting. “This latest outrage adds to the mounting child

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Mosul: Over 300,000 still unable to go back home two years since end of war

July 5, 2019

More than 300,000 residents of Mosul district are still displaced with no homes to go back to, two years since the end of the military operation to retake the city from the Islamic State group. They make up about a fifth of Iraq’s entire displaced population of 1.6 million right now. “For them, the suffering of the war that ended two years ago remains a daily battle for

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Jamal Khashoggi case: UN’s Agnes Callamard & fiancée Hatice Cengiz at London event

July 5, 2019

Amnesty International will host a high-profile event in London next week (Tuesday 9 July) on the murder of the Saudi Arabian journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The event – “Jamal Khashoggi’s Assassination: The Open Secret” – is organised by the ALQST Saudi Arabian human rights organisation and the Diwan London organisation, and will be attended by the following speakers: Agnes

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Turkey: call for authorities to lift unlawful ban on Istanbul Pride

June 30, 2019

Thousands expected to defy the ban on Sunday There is still time for the authorities to do the right thing – Sara Hall Amnesty International has called on the authorities in Istanbul to lift a ban on this weekends scheduled Pride march. Despite the ban – the latest in a series of anti-Pride prohibitions imposed by the Turkish authorities – thousands of people are

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UN General Assembly set to vote on curbing trade in torture equipment

June 28, 2019

China is major manufacturer of equipment like spiked batons, spiked electric-shock riot forks, electric-shock vests and heavy leg-irons In past month alone, Hong Kong and Sudan have used tear gas against peaceful protesters This secretive trade has gone unregulated for far too long – Ara Marcen Naval Spiked batons, stun belts and leg irons are among the gruesome tools