Ratko Mladic pinned down by international criminal justice, a step forward against impunity for families of the disappeared. The Euro-Mediterranean Federation Against Enforced Disappearances (FEMED) welcomes the extradition of Ratko Mladic to The Hague, home of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY). He is to answer for war crimes and... Continue reading SERBIA: Extradition of Ratko Mladic

To denounce the abusive price increases imposed by the government on basic foodstuffs, the two main trade union centers, the CDT and the UMT, called a general strike, which was followed throughout Morocco.The government's response to this legitimate demand was bloody repression of the demonstrators: almost 1,000 people died... Continue reading MOROCCO - June 20, 1981-June 20, 2011: Commemoration of the massacre and arbitrary disappearance of citizens

Daniel Saoud, President of the Committee for the Defense of Democratic Freedoms and Human Rights (CDF), the Syrian member association of FEMED, has once again been prevented from leaving Syrian territory. He was due to travel to Cairo (Egypt) from June 24 to 26, 2011, at the invitation of the Executive Committee of the... Continue reading SYRIA: An open-air prison for human rights defenders.

After joining the International Criminal Court, on June 29, 2011 Tunisia became the first North African country to ratify the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance. The Euro-Mediterranean Federation Against Enforced Disappearances (FEMED) welcomes this new step in the strengthening of... Continue reading TUNISIA ratifies the Convention against Enforced Disappearances, an important step in the fight against impunity

The Collectif des Familles de Disparu(e)s en Algérie (CFDA) and Sos Disparu(e)s call on the Algerian national authorities to immediately cease all practices aimed at intimidating the families of the disappeared and denounce the new attacks on the most fundamental rights of the families. Indeed, harassment campaigns are multiplying and intensifying against the families of the... Continue reading ALGERIA: Harassment will not stop the struggle of families of the disappeared for the right to justice and truth!

A potential mass grave has been reported on land belonging to the Syriac Catholic Patriarchate in the town of Chabaniyeh (Chouf). The authorities have announced that the bones found there are of animal origin (goats and dogs). Representatives of the three above-mentioned associations, accompanied by Maitre Nizar Saghieh and Dr Hussein Shahrour, medical doctor... Continue reading LEBANON : Mass grave in the town of Chabaniyeh

In Syria, mass enforced disappearances are becoming a daily occurrence, bringing terror to the country. According to human rights associations, almost 3,000 people have disappeared since March 15. On Tuesday, August 23, 2011, the UN Human Rights Council finally intervened in... Continue reading SYRIA: Bloodshed and enforced disappearances in Syria, the international community must act firmly!

Since the beginning of 2011, the practice of enforced disappearance has become widespread, as unprecedented movements for democratic change have been suppressed in the countries of the Euro-Mediterranean region. Indeed, the burning news in Syria and Libya brings with it a daily toll of dead and missing. On this International Day of the Disappeared, it is... Continue reading International Day of the Disappeared: Stop impunity in the Euro-Mediterranean region!

Copenhagen, Geneva and Paris, September 1, 2011. The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network (EMHRN), the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, the joint program of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organization Against Torture (OMCT), and the Euro-Mediterranean Federation Against Disappearances... Continue reading SYRIA: Activists' families target of reprisals

This Wednesday, September 14, families of the "disappeared", who were holding their weekly rally not far from the CNCPPDH, crossed paths with a delegation from the UN's International Coordinating Committee of National Human Rights Institutions (ICC), who were on their way to La Commission. The families of the disappeared did not fail to... Continue reading ALGERIA: Families of the disappeared challenge the UN ICC delegation at their weekly rally