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!

The Mothers for Peace association has appointed a lawyer to defend Hacer Nar. He was able to visit her in Bakirköy prison in Istanbul, where she is being held. Her family was also able to see her. Hacer Nar is not said to have been physically tortured, but the moral abuse inflicted on her since the... Continue reading Turkey: Free Hacer Nar!

Circumstances of the disappearance: FEMED has been informed by the family of Khaled Sid Mohand of the disappearance of Khaled Sid Mohand. According to the information received, Khaled Sid Mohand, of Algerian nationality, journalist by profession, residing in Damascus, Syria, was arrested at his home in Damascus by Syrian police on... Continue reading SYRIA: Disappearance of Khaled Sid Mohand

The Euro-Mediterranean Federation against Enforced Disappearances (FEMED) visited Tripoli, Libya from March 6 to 9, 2013. This exploratory mission, logistically and organizationally facilitated by Human Rights Solidarity, FEMED's Libyan member association, aimed to establish initial contact with national institutions, international organizations and... Continue reading The disappeared and their families: the forgotten people of the Libyan revolution.

More than 6 years after signing it, Morocco ratified the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance on May 14, 2013. The Euro-Mediterranean Federation Against Enforced Disappearances (FEMED) welcomes this new step in the strengthening of human rights in Morocco and congratulates the... Continue reading Morocco ratifies the Convention against Enforced Disappearances, an important step in the fight against impunity

Algeria's review under the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) on May 29, 2012, highlighted the concerns of several UN member states regarding impediments to the exercise of public freedoms and the handling of the case of the disappeared. According to the conclusions of several states at the end of the UPR,... Continue reading ALGERIA: Universal Periodic Review: Algeria criticized by its peers

Algeria's review under the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) on May 29, 2012, highlighted the concerns of several UN member states regarding impediments to the exercise of public freedoms and the handling of the case of the disappeared. According to the conclusions of several states at the end of the UPR,... Continue reading ALGERIA: Universal Periodic Review: Algeria criticized by its peers