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Norway Should Immediately Investigate the Mysterious Death of Palestinian Shatha Al-Barghouti

August 30, 2019

Geneva – The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor calls on the Norwegian government to immediately investigate the death of 17-year-old Palestinian Shatha Al-Barghouti, who died last Wednesday while in custody of the Norwegian Child Welfare Services, Barnevernet. Shatha had petitioned

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Deadly airstrikes and drone hits displace thousands of civilians in Libya

August 21, 2019

Intensifying clashes in the southern Libyan town of Murzuq involving air and drone strikes in recent days have left at least 90 people dead and displaced thousands of “terrified” civilians, the UN said on Tuesday. “Casualties on all sides of the fighting have continued as a result of airstrikes by planes and drones, indiscriminate rocket attacks and shelling, and direct

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Euro-Med and HUMENA: Israeli demolition of Palestinian homes in Jerusalem amounts to ethnic cleansing

August 10, 2019

Geneva – The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor and HUMENA for Human Rights and Civil Participation said in a statement that the systematic destruction of Palestinian homes and property in occupied East Jerusalem is approved by the US administration, which legalized these crimes by declaring Jerusalem the capital of Israel amid international silence that amounts to

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Transitional government in Sudan must address repressive policies to stop deterioration of life conditions

August 10, 2019

London – The Sudanese transitional government must address repressive laws and policies to stop the deterioration of life conditions in the country in light of the signing of the Constitutional Declaration, a new paper published by ImpACT International for Human Rights Policies concluded. The London-based thinktank called on the Sudanese authorities to amend the laws of

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Impacts of the Rohingya Refugee Influx on Host Communities

August 6, 2019

Integration of humanitarian efforts into longer-term development essential for Coxs Bazar Nearly two years after the start of the massive Rohingya influx, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), in association with the Policy Research Institute of Bangladesh (PRI) and the local administration of Coxs Bazar unveiled the findings of a joint impact assessment study in

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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 Chaired by Ambassador James Moran, the EUs former senior coordinator in Libya

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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