NGOs united against torture: torture is a crime! On the occasion of the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, the signatories of this press release call on the Lebanese authorities to do everything in their power to ban the practice of torture in Lebanon once and for all. According to the Convention against Torture, the... Continue reading LEBANON: NGOs unite against torture

While 16 activists were released on July 17, Osman Issçi's preventive detention was confirmed. Osman, along with several trade unionists accused of belonging to a "terrorist organization", will remain in detention at least until the end of the investigation, which could take 6 to 12 months. Osman Issçi, a member of the... Continue reading TURKEY: Urgent appeal

Farewell Ali, we'll miss you... Ali, Dear Ali, we knew you were ill, we knew you were tired, but like the credulous hopefuls we are, we militants of arduous causes, we thought you were eternal. You were eternal for us, as are all our loved ones, bearers of ideals and dreams. What was yours... Continue reading Algeria: Ali Merabet, President of the Somoud association, has passed away.

Unprecedented police presence prevents families of the disappeared from meeting with the High Commissioner for Human Rights. Today, around fifty relatives of the disappeared gathered in front of the offices of the National Consultative Commission for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights (CNCPPDH). They wanted to speak with Ms. Pillay,... Continue reading ALGERIA: Unprecedented police action prevents families of the disappeared from meeting with the High Commissioner for Human Rights

On the occasion of the International Day for the Right to the Truth, the Euro-Mediterranean Federation against Enforced Disappearances (FEMED) salutes the courage and determination of all its member associations, which defend the memory of the disappeared on a daily basis, relentlessly call for truth and justice, and demand the unconditional application of the principle of non-repetition.... Continue reading Right to the truth: more than a universal right, a duty of States

Thirteen years later ... where are our loved ones? We, the participants of the March 24, 2012 meeting in Therande (Suhareka), entitled "Thirteen years later ... where are our loved ones?" and after discussions with local institutions, international organizations and associations for the missing, come to these... Continue reading KOSOVO: Thirteen years later ... where are our loved ones?

In a joint report published today, the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network (EMHRN), the Collectif des Familles des Disparu(e)s en Algérie (CFDA), the Ligue Algérienne pour la Défense des Droits de l'Homme (LADDH) and the Syndicat National du Personnel Autonome de l'Administration Publique (SNAPAP) call on the Algerian public and international observers present in Algeria to... Continue reading ALGERIA : Report by EMHRN, CFDA, LADDH and SNANAP

URGENT CALL - OBSERVATORY DZA 001 / 0412 / OBS 037 Arbitrary detention / Judicial harassment. The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint program of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organization Against Torture (OMCT), requests your urgent intervention on the... Continue reading ALGERIA : URGENT APPEAL : Arbitrary detention of Mr. Abdelkader Kherba

On March 30, 2012, Bosnia-Herzegovina ratified the Convention against Enforced Disappearances, a major step forward in the fight against impunity. Bosnia-Herzegovina becomes the 32nd State party to the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance. With this ratification, Bosnia-Herzegovina undertakes to carry out investigations... Continue reading BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA: Ratification by Bosnia-Herzegovina

Several waves of mass arrests have taken place this month in Turkey, targeting human rights activists. Representatives of the Yakay-der and Mothers for Peace associations, members of the Euro-Mediterranean Federation Against Enforced Disappearances (FEMED), are today in detention: Cemal Bektas, President of the Yakay-der association and brother of the disappeared, Kemal... Continue reading TURKEY: Urgent appeal