FEMED, in partnership with its member association, Libyan Human Rights Solidarity (HRS), led an advocacy mission to Geneva on May 10 and 11, 2017 on the sidelines of the 112th session of the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances (WGEID). Two HRS representatives, Giumma El Omami, president of the member association,... Continue reading Advocacy mission in Geneva May 2017
FEMED and CFDA have lost a friend
The Collectif des Familles de Disparus en Algérie (CFDA) and the Fédération Euro-méditerranéenne contre les Disapparitions Forcées (FEMED) are deeply saddened to announce the loss of their friend Annie-France Berthod, a tireless human rights campaigner, vice-president of the CFDA and treasurer of the FEMED. Annie-France belonged in a small way to all of us, especially to... Continue reading FEMED and CFDA have lost a friend
PRESS RELEASE Egypt / Unjustified closure of EL Nadeem Center by Egyptian authorities
PRESS RELEASEEgypt / Unjustified closure of the EL Nadeem Center by the Egyptian authorities Paris, February 10, 2017: After three closure attempts by the Egyptian authorities since February 2016, the El Nadeem Center for the Rehabilitation of Victims of Violence, was officially closed on February 9, 2017. Members... Continue reading PRESS RELEASE Egypt / Unjustified closure of the EL Nadeem Center by the Egyptian authorities.
Egypt / Unjustified closure of the EL Nadeem Center by the Egyptian authorities
Paris, February 10, 2017: After three attempts at closure by the Egyptian authorities since February 2016, the El Nadeem Center for the Rehabilitation of Victims of Violence, was officially closed on February 9, 2017. Members of the security forces arrived early in the morning and sealed the door in... Continue reading Egypt / Unjustified closure of the EL Nadeem Center by the Egyptian authorities.
January 17, 2017 - Closure of two Turkish member associations YAKAY DER and MAYA DER
Abusive closure of two associations YAKAY-DER and MEYA-DER by the Turkish authorities After seeing their activities suspended by the Ministry of the Interior on November 11, 2016 following the declaration of a state of emergency in Turkey, the association YAKAY-DER (Association for Solidarity and Support of Families of Missing Persons) and MEYA-DER, members of the Federation... Continue reading January 17, 2017 - Closure of two Turkish member associations YAKAY DER and MAYA DER
Permanent closure of member association Pour La Solidarité et Soutien des Familles de Personnes Disparues
After suspending its activities by the Ministry of Interior on November 11, 2017 following the declaration of the state of emergency in Turkey provided for in Article 11, the association Pour La Solidarité et Soutien des Familles de Personnes Disparues (YAKAY-DER), a member of the Euro-Mediterranean Federation Against Enforced Disappearances (FEMED) has been definitively banned and closed and... Continue reading Definitive closure of member association Pour La Solidarité et Soutien des Familles de Personnes Disparues
GAMBIA - "Truth and Justice for the Disappeared! final declaration
The Euro-Mediterranean Federation against Enforced Disappearances organized a training session on the sidelines of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights (ACHPR) in Banjul (Gambia). Human rights activists from Burundi, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Morocco and Tunisia took part in the training, which was held under the auspices of the... Continue reading GAMBIA - "Truth and Justice for the Disappeared!" : final declaration
GAMBIA - "Truth and Justice for the Disappeared! final declaration
The Euro-Mediterranean Federation against Enforced Disappearances organized a training session on the sidelines of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights (ACHPR) in Banjul (Gambia). Human rights activists from Burundi, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Morocco and Tunisia took part in the training, which was held under the auspices of the... Continue reading GAMBIA - "Truth and Justice for the Disappeared!" : final declaration
Release of Osman Isçi and 21 militant trade unionists
Release of Osman Isçi and 21 militant trade unionists. On April 10, 2013, Osman Isçi and 21 militant trade unionists were released after being held in Sican prison in Ankara for almost a year. On June 25, 2012, FEMED learned with regret of the arrest of 22 militant trade unionists, including Osman Isçi, a member of the... Continue reading Release of Osman Isçi and 21 militant trade unionists
Condolences - Ghazi Aad
Our friend Ghazi Aad humbly left us on Wednesday, November 16, 2016 at 6:30 am. He devoted a large part of his life to serving the cause of the families of the disappeared, whose cause he discovered in his daily struggle for democracy and freedom. Despite his disability, he... Continue reading Condolences - Ghazi Aad