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TOWARD THE MANIFESTO FOR MEDITERRANEAN CITIZENSHIP

on: October 23, 2017In: News, Social mouvementsTags: Algeria, Egypt, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine, Syria, Tunisia

TOWARD THE MANIFESTO FOR MEDITERRANEAN CITIZENSHIP «TRAVELLING, INVESTIGATING, TRANSLATING» – these are the key-words of the Mediterranean we want, that poet Peter Waterhouse has used... Read more

Extreme concern about the harassment of Egyptian human rights defenders in Italy

on: May 30, 2017In: Human rights, NewsTags: Egypt

EuroMed Rights, ARCI and Front Line Defenders witnessed first-hand surveillance and harassment of Egyptian human rights defenders (HRDs) at a human rights workshop in Rome, Italy. Two person... Read more

REPORT ‘Shackled Freedoms: What Space for Civil Society in the EuroMed?’

on: September 08, 2016In: Civil liberties, Human rights, NewsTags: Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, Syria

7 September 2016 – Following up on a seminar detailing how civil society organisations (CSOs) are facing multifaceted restrictions to the space in which they operate in the Euro-Mediterranea... Read more

Debt as an instrument of the colonial conquest of Egypt

on: June 09, 2016In: Approaches and experiences, Development, Economic, social, cultural and environmental rights, Economy, Education human rights, GlobalizationTags: Egypt

This article is dedicated to the memory of Youssef Darwish 1910-2006 (in Arabic: يوسف درويش), the Egyptian activist who relentlessly fought for justice and internationalism. Repeatedly jaile... Read more

Call for participation to the World Forum of Free Media 2016

on: May 11, 2016In: Communication, Human rights, Media, News, Social mouvements, World social forumTags: Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Kuwait, Morocco, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia, Yemen

The next edition of the World Forum of Free Media(WFFM) will take place in Montreal from August 7 to 14 within the framework of the World Social Forum (WSF). The first two days will be dedic... Read more

The Sea and the Sahara: Climate Justice in North Africa

on: March 08, 2016In: Campaigns, Climate change, NewsTags: Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Kuwait, Morocco, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia, Yemen

In between the rising sea and the encroaching desert, the people of North Africa find themselves in a precarious situation. We went to the World Social Forum in Tunisia and talked with young... Read more

EGYPT: Travel bans systematically used to silence Human Rights defenders’ voices

on: February 17, 2016In: Human rights, NewsTags: Egypt

JOINT STATEMENT Brussels, 12 February 2016. The travel ban against Mr Gamal Eid issued on 4 February 2016 is only the latest in a long series of arbitrary travel restrictions against promin... Read more

Civil society: still standing together, united and mobilised for climate

on: November 17, 2015In: Campaigns, Climate changeTags: Bahrain, Egypt, Kuwait, Morocco, Palestine, Saudi Arabia

The Coalition Climat 21 and all the organizations that are part of it express its solidarity with the victims of the 12 November in Beirut and those of 13 November in Paris, as well as their... Read more

Don’t Silence Us!

on: November 10, 2015In: Campaigns, Climate change, Environment, NewsTags: Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Kuwait, Morocco, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia

In a few weeks, France will be hosting the UN Climate Summit (COP21). The government, the President and UN officials have said again and again that the fight against climate change concerns... Read more

Egypt: ANHRI Renews its Demand of Dropping “Contempt of Religions” Charge against Islam Al-Behairi

on: October 19, 2015In: Campaigns, Civil and political rights, NewsTags: Egypt

Cairo: 11 October, 2015 The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI) has renewed its condemnation of the enforceable 5-year in jail sentence that was issued against the researcher... Read more