14 civil society organizations have addressed an open letter to the new Director of the European Investment Bank (EIB), Nadia Calvino, ahead of the EU Finance Ministers’ meeting to discuss …
More than 250 humanitarian and human rights organisations call to stop arms transfers to Israel, Palestinian Armed Groups
An open call to all UN Member States to stop fuelling the crisis in Gaza and avert further humanitarian catastrophe and loss of civilian life. We, the undersigned organisations, call …
Human rights organisations: “Days left” for EU legislators to save the right to asylum
Eighteen human rights organisations across Europe, alongside aid workers and survivors of human rights abuses, say that a crunch summit in Brussels on December 7th risks “opening the door to …
LAUNCH OF THE TAE’THIR PROJECT
Tae’thir – a new project that tackles issues of human rights and freedoms from an innovative cultural and creative perspective The Tae’thir project, which means “influence” in Arabic, aims to …
Turkey: Release stateless activist Ghada Naguib and refrain from deporting her to Egypt
The undersigned human rights organizations condemn the detention of political activist Ghada Naguib by Turkish authorities, the wife of opposition figure Hisham Abdullah. We call for her immediate and unconditional …
Salon Ibn Rushd: Does Arab-European cooperation on irregular migration serve authoritarianism?
The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) hosted a seminar on the evening of Wednesday, 13 September, as part of its Salon Ibn Rushd, under the title “Does Arab-European …
US Congress called upon by human rights organizations to adopt the "Global Voices for Freedom" law to protect human rights defenders
Dear Members of the U.S. Congress: We, the undersigned organizations, write to express our support for the Global Voices of Freedom Act (S.962), which Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman …
The UN Human Rights Council should urgently respond to the global pattern of deaths, torture and other grave human rights violations at international borders
Dear Excellencies, The undersigned civil society organizations and groups write to express our deep concern about policies and practices of migration governance that lead to deaths, torture and other grave …
Rescue is a right and a duty, not a crime! Stop attacks against CSOs and people on the move
30+ civil society organisations (CSOs) raise their concerns and address their recommendations to the European Union and its Member States ahead of the Justice and Home Affairs Council meeting today …