Despite a visit from the Iraqi Prime Minister's office, led by Mr. Hussein Al-Shahristani in July 2013, and declaring the town of Tuz Khormato a "disaster zone", the situation remains particularly critical. In Tuz Khormato, the month of November 2013 was murderous in many ways: On November 17, in the space of two hours... Continue reading IRAQ: Black days in Tuz Khormato

On this International Human Rights Day, celebrating the anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) on December 10, 1948, the Euro-Mediterranean Federation against Enforced Disappearances (FEMED) and its network of 26 member associations on both shores of the Mediterranean would like to pay tribute to all the families of... Continue reading Human rights, enforced disappearances and the fight against impunity

Razan Zaitouneh, Samira Khalil, Nazem al Hamadi and Waël Hamada, human rights defenders working for the Documentation Center on Violations in Syria (VDC[1] - a non-governmental organization), have been abducted, according to information received by the Euro-Mediterranean Federation against Enforced Disappearances (FEMED). FEMED strongly condemns these abductions. According to... Continue reading SYRIA: Alarming situation after quadruple kidnapping

A mass grave discovered at Rudnica near Rashka in Serbia. The victims are believed to be Albanians who disappeared during the Kosovo war in 1999. On June 30, 2006, as human remains were being repatriated from Serbia, the Serbian delegation for the negotiations between Pristina and Belgrade stated that there were no Albanian remains left on the... Continue reading KOSOVO: Mass grave discovered in Serbia

Training on international mechanisms for protecting human rights and combating enforced disappearances. On January 25 and 26, 2014, the Euro-Mediterranean Federation against Enforced Disappearances (FEMED) organized a training session on international mechanisms for protecting human rights and combating enforced disappearances. More than twenty... Continue reading TUNISIA: Training in Tunis

The Collectif des Familles de Disparus en Algérie (CFDA) denounces the unjustified arrest of Hacène Ferhati, member of Sos Disparus and brother of a disappeared person. While traveling in Bejaïa, Hacène Ferhati was awakened at 5am on Sunday February 2 by five uniformed police officers who knocked on his door, announcing themselves as... Continue reading ALGERIA: Hacène Ferhati, member of Sos Disparus, once again harassed by the Algerian police

We, the undersigned associations and organizations, are outraged to learn that the Ben Barka family's lawyer, Me Maurice Buttin, will be tried on February 18 in Lille for "violation of professional secrecy". We are forced to note that, instead of acting to lift the blockades in order to facilitate the uncovering of the truth about the... Continue reading MOROCCO: Ben Barka case: After the blockades, the family lawyer is attacked.

He left us after a lifelong struggle to establish the truth about the fate of his son Houcine, who disappeared in 1972. It was with great sadness that FEMED learned yesterday morning of the death of Ali El Manouzi, father of Rachid El Manouzi (Vice-President of FEMED). In... Continue reading MOROCCO: The death of Ali El Manouzi

Presentation of the special mention of the Human Rights Prize of the French Republic to the Lebanese Center for Human Rights - Round-table on the situation in places of detention in Lebanon and access to vulnerable detainees. On Thursday March 13 at 10:30 a.m. at the Résidence des Pins, the French Ambassador to Lebanon, Patrice... Continue reading LEBANON: Recognition for the work of the CLDH

Following Mr. Erbey's arrest, the police searched all the offices of IHD's Diyarbakir branch - even though the warrant originally only allowed them to search Mr. Erbey's office. This attack on the right of association of members of the Diyarbakir branch was accompanied by the confiscation of... Continue reading Turkey: Free Muharrem Erbey!