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The Most Notable Human Rights Violations as a Result of the Conflict in Syria in October 2019

November 15, 2019

Press release: The SNHR released its monthly special report today, which documents the human rights situation in Syria, outlining the most notable human rights violations that the SNHR documented in October 2019 at the hands of the main perpetrator parties to the conflict in Syria. The 19-page

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Continuing Israeli attacks in Gaza will result in more crimes against Palestinian civilians

November 15, 2019

The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor is following with a great concern the military escalation in the Gaza Strip, which broke out on Tuesday dawn after the Israeli army assassinated a military commander in the Gaza Strip. We Hold the Israeli government responsible for the escalation of violence and see its move to carry out attacks in the Gaza Strip as a practical

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Yemen: Ongoing Fighting in Al Dhaela Province Triggers New Wave of Displacement

November 6, 2019

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Turkey: EU-funded programme to assist 1.7 million Syrian refugees

November 2, 2019

Geneva/Ankara, 31 October 2019 – Around 1.7 million Syrians living in Turkey will continue to receive humanitarian support through an EU-funded partnership between the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) and the Turkish Red Crescent Society. Through €500 million in EU funding, IFRC will provide monthly assistance via debit cards to the

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IOM seeks $54 million for migrant response in Horn of Africa, Yemen

November 2, 2019

Nairobi – The International Organization for Migration, IOM, and its partners, released in October, an update to the Regional Migrant Response Plan for the Horn of Africa and Yemen (RMRP) 2018-2020. The updated appeal seeks to raise USD 54 million to provide life-saving humanitarian assistance to an estimated 113,000 vulnerable migrants in transit or stranded in RMRP

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Thomson Reuters World-Check slammed as Islamophobic, Misleading and Unreliable  

October 22, 2019

Shaun Cunninghame – An investigative documentary by Aljazeera TV Network described Thomson Reuters World-Check as misleading and deliberately Islamophobic. The renowned documentary exposed how the Thomson Reuters World-Check London based company destroyed the lives of innocent civilians who were banned from travel and had their bank accounts closed. The 52-mintue long

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Closure of detention centre exposes migrants and refugees to even worse conditions

October 19, 2019

Following the closing of a detention centre in Misrata, refugees and migrants have been moved to other facilities in Libya They are being exposed to increasingly inhumane and dangerous detention conditions. More life-saving evacuations outside Libya are needed, as are alternatives to detention. Without such measures, vulnerable people will continue to be condemned to

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New refugees arrive to Iraq in a week of violence in northeast Syria

October 19, 2019

This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Andrej Mahecic – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. For the fourth consecutive day, UNHCR, the UN refugee agency, has been receiving hundreds of refugees crossing the border into Iraq from northeast Syria. Refugees mainly come from towns in northern

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Turkeys Syria offensive could spark another catastrophe, warn humanitarians

October 13, 2019

Airstrikes and a ground offensive by Turkey in northern Syria against Kurdish forces have left civilians dead and forced tens of thousands to flee, UN agencies said on Friday, amid fears of another “humanitarian catastrophe” in the war-torn country. Expressing concern about the military campaign launched on Wednesday, the UNs emergency relief chief Mark Lowcock noted that

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Save the Children scales up Syrian operations, warns of mass displacement of children

October 10, 2019

Save the Children warned today against an impending humanitarian disaster in North East Syria, where families and children have already started fleeing hostilities. The agency confirmed it was preparing to scale up its relief operations which have been continuous since 2014. Save the Children said: “We are deeply concerned about the safety of thousands of children and