Good news on Euro-Med Monitor’s joint efforts towards ceasing human rights violations – February 2023
Since the beginning of the last decade, human rights violations have been escalating in the Middle East and North Africa. People have taken to the streets to protest against the dire political and economic conditions, and armed conflicts have ravaged some countries. Governments in the region have used violent tactics to subdue and silence dissenting voices and have systematically targeted political activists and journalists.
In February 2023, repressive regimes continued to target peaceful activists and journalists, suppress popular protests, and restrict public freedoms. In Eastern Europe, the Russian-Ukrainian military conflict claimed the lives of hundreds more civilians, and continues to cause the displacement of now millions of Ukrainians to neighbouring countries. The crisis has exposed the discriminatory double standards of European politicians, officials, journalists, and celebrities, who have called for embracing Ukrainian refugees because they share the same race, colour, and/or religion, unlike asylum seekers and migrants from regions outside Europe.
Press release: https://bit.ly/3ZvgsKF
Since the beginning of the last decade, human rights violations have been escalating in the Middle East and North Africa. People have taken to the streets to protest against the dire political and economic conditions, and armed conflicts have ravaged some countries. Governments in the region have used violent tactics to subdue and silence dissenting voices and have systematically targeted political activists and journalists.
In February 2023, repressive regimes continued to target peaceful activists and journalists, suppress popular protests, and restrict public freedoms. In Eastern Europe, the Russian-Ukrainian military conflict claimed the lives of hundreds more civilians, and continues to cause the displacement of now millions of Ukrainians to neighbouring countries. The crisis has exposed the discriminatory double standards of European politicians, officials, journalists, and celebrities, who have called for embracing Ukrainian refugees because they share the same race, colour, and/or religion, unlike asylum seekers and migrants from regions outside Europe.
Press release: https://bit.ly/3ZvgsKF
“Can’t even be a widow”: New report documents social, psychological, and economic effects on families of missing Gazan migrants
Years after the disappearance of their husbands, the wives of missing Palestinian migrants and asylum seekers who attempted to leave the Gaza Strip still face incredibly complex social, economic, and psychological consequences, said Euro-Med Rights Monitor in a statement.
A new report published by Euro-Med Monitor titled “Can’t even be a widow” documents the long-term ramifications experienced by families of missing Gazan migrants due to the ongoing uncertainty regarding their fate.
Press release: https://bit.ly/3EZMWFi
Years after the disappearance of their husbands, the wives of missing Palestinian migrants and asylum seekers who attempted to leave the Gaza Strip still face incredibly complex social, economic, and psychological consequences, said Euro-Med Rights Monitor in a statement.
A new report published by Euro-Med Monitor titled “Can’t even be a widow” documents the long-term ramifications experienced by families of missing Gazan migrants due to the ongoing uncertainty regarding their fate.
Press release: https://bit.ly/3EZMWFi
Euro-Med Monitor concludes Brussels advocacy tour aimed to discuss Israel’s human rights violations
Friday marked the last appearance by Euro-Med Monitor’s communications chief at a series of public talks and meetings in Brussels, including with members of the European Union’s parliament, Belgian government officials, the College of Europe, and Belgian and European civil society.
Co-arranged by CNCD-11.11.11 and the European Middle East Project (EuMEP), the advocacy tour aimed to raise awareness of the dangerous escalation of Israel’s egregious human rights violations on the ground in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (oPt), and the necessity for European and Belgian decision-makers to take urgent practical steps to address this intolerable situation.
More: https://bit.ly/3yoipwV
Friday marked the last appearance by Euro-Med Monitor’s communications chief at a series of public talks and meetings in Brussels, including with members of the European Union’s parliament, Belgian government officials, the College of Europe, and Belgian and European civil society.
Co-arranged by CNCD-11.11.11 and the European Middle East Project (EuMEP), the advocacy tour aimed to raise awareness of the dangerous escalation of Israel’s egregious human rights violations on the ground in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (oPt), and the necessity for European and Belgian decision-makers to take urgent practical steps to address this intolerable situation.
More: https://bit.ly/3yoipwV
“Not your profession”: New report documents harassment of female journalists in Yemen, Tunisia, oPt
Female journalists in Yemen, Tunisia, and the Occupied Palestinian Territory (oPt) face assault and harassment as a result of their journalistic work, in contrast to their male counterparts, said Euro-Med Monitor in a statement.
In a new report titled “Not your profession”, published on International Women’s Day, Euro-Med Monitor states that in addition to the violations and hardships typically faced by journalists, female journalists working in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region face additional harassment which hinders their work and prevents them from doing their jobs normally—and often pushes them to abandon the field entirely.
Press release: https://bit.ly/3yvZW1v
Female journalists in Yemen, Tunisia, and the Occupied Palestinian Territory (oPt) face assault and harassment as a result of their journalistic work, in contrast to their male counterparts, said Euro-Med Monitor in a statement.
In a new report titled “Not your profession”, published on International Women’s Day, Euro-Med Monitor states that in addition to the violations and hardships typically faced by journalists, female journalists working in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region face additional harassment which hinders their work and prevents them from doing their jobs normally—and often pushes them to abandon the field entirely.
Press release: https://bit.ly/3yvZW1v
Euro-Med Monitor’s project We Are Not Numbers launches 17th cohort of writers
A new group of Palestinian young men and women has been accepted into the seventeenth cohort of Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor’s project We Are Not Numbers (WANN).
The new cohort unites 25 young Palestinians living in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt), Lebanon, Jordan, the United States, and Turkiye.
Press release: https://bit.ly/3Tk3E85
A new group of Palestinian young men and women has been accepted into the seventeenth cohort of Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor’s project We Are Not Numbers (WANN).
The new cohort unites 25 young Palestinians living in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt), Lebanon, Jordan, the United States, and Turkiye.
Press release: https://bit.ly/3Tk3E85
Euro-Med Monitor at HRC: Gulf states must end discrimination against Bidoon
In a joint statement to the UN Human Rights Council’s 52nd session, Euro-Med Monitor and IRDG called on the governments of the Gulf states to end discrimination against the Bidoon people and allow them to own all of their rights, including the right to a nationality.
People classified as Bidoon (meaning stateless) in the Gulf region are denied their basic rights and treated as illegal residents in the countries they were born and raised, sometimes for political or sectarian concerns.
Press release: https://bit.ly/3mLvr59
In a joint statement to the UN Human Rights Council’s 52nd session, Euro-Med Monitor and IRDG called on the governments of the Gulf states to end discrimination against the Bidoon people and allow them to own all of their rights, including the right to a nationality.
People classified as Bidoon (meaning stateless) in the Gulf region are denied their basic rights and treated as illegal residents in the countries they were born and raised, sometimes for political or sectarian concerns.
Press release: https://bit.ly/3mLvr59
The Number of Dead and Missing Gazans Nears the Number of Srebrenica Genocide Victims
Geneva - The estimated number of Palestinians killed or missing for days under rubble as a result of the unprecedented Israeli military attack on the Gaza Strip now virtually exceeds the number of the Srebrenica Massacre victims, Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor said today.
As of Wednesday afternoon, the Geneva-based Euro-Med Monitor reported that 6,734 Palestinians—including 2,812 children—had been killed and about 1,755 more were reported missing beneath the rubbles of demolished residential buildings.
The deadly attacks that Israel has launched and continues to launch on residential neighborhoods have left the Gaza Strip with a staggering number of dead, missing, and injured in just 18 days as of today’s afternoon, according to Euro-Med Monitor. This is a record number in the annals of Israeli wars.
Press release: https://euromedmonitor.org/a/5883
Geneva - The estimated number of Palestinians killed or missing for days under rubble as a result of the unprecedented Israeli military attack on the Gaza Strip now virtually exceeds the number of the Srebrenica Massacre victims, Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor said today.
As of Wednesday afternoon, the Geneva-based Euro-Med Monitor reported that 6,734 Palestinians—including 2,812 children—had been killed and about 1,755 more were reported missing beneath the rubbles of demolished residential buildings.
The deadly attacks that Israel has launched and continues to launch on residential neighborhoods have left the Gaza Strip with a staggering number of dead, missing, and injured in just 18 days as of today’s afternoon, according to Euro-Med Monitor. This is a record number in the annals of Israeli wars.
Press release: https://euromedmonitor.org/a/5883
Amid mass killing of Gaza civilians, Israel wages a war of starvation and disease
Geneva – A statement released by Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor today condemned Israeli’s ongoing war of starvation, thirst, and disease against the Gaza Strip, occurring along with the mass killings and widespread destruction of residential neighbourhoods on the heads of residents for the twentieth day in a row.
“We are following with great seriousness the systematic Israeli bombing that aims to exacerbate the food supply crisis that has reached its peak in recent days,” the Geneva-based human rights organisation said in its statement, issued today.
The Euro-Med team has documented Israel’s deliberate bombing of bakeries in the Gaza Strip, destroying 10 of them so far. The most recent was the Al-Maghazi bakery, which was attacked on Wednesday night, just a few hours after the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) had provided it with much-needed flour. The attack resulted in the bakery’s complete destruction and the killing of 10 people who were waiting in long queues to buy bread.
Press release: http://euromedmonitor.org/a/5891
Geneva – A statement released by Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor today condemned Israeli’s ongoing war of starvation, thirst, and disease against the Gaza Strip, occurring along with the mass killings and widespread destruction of residential neighbourhoods on the heads of residents for the twentieth day in a row.
“We are following with great seriousness the systematic Israeli bombing that aims to exacerbate the food supply crisis that has reached its peak in recent days,” the Geneva-based human rights organisation said in its statement, issued today.
The Euro-Med team has documented Israel’s deliberate bombing of bakeries in the Gaza Strip, destroying 10 of them so far. The most recent was the Al-Maghazi bakery, which was attacked on Wednesday night, just a few hours after the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) had provided it with much-needed flour. The attack resulted in the bakery’s complete destruction and the killing of 10 people who were waiting in long queues to buy bread.
Press release: http://euromedmonitor.org/a/5891
Israel enters a bloodier phase by intensifying attacks and completely isolating Gaza from the outside world
Geneva - Issuing a dire warning today, Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor cited Israel’s decision to enter a bloodier phase of its ongoing war on the Gaza Strip, which is in its fourth consecutive week. The organisation stated that Israel is escalating its attacks and isolating the heavily populated region of Gaza, home to over 2.3 million people.
The Geneva-based organisation reported that the total Palestinian death toll from the ongoing Israeli attacks on Gaza via land and sea was close to 10,000 at the time of this publication, including over 2,000 people missing beneath the debris of demolished residential buildings. Given how long it has been since they were targeted and how poorly recovery efforts have gone thus far, their chances of survival are significantly reduced.
Press release: http://euromedmonitor.org/a/5894
Geneva - Issuing a dire warning today, Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor cited Israel’s decision to enter a bloodier phase of its ongoing war on the Gaza Strip, which is in its fourth consecutive week. The organisation stated that Israel is escalating its attacks and isolating the heavily populated region of Gaza, home to over 2.3 million people.
The Geneva-based organisation reported that the total Palestinian death toll from the ongoing Israeli attacks on Gaza via land and sea was close to 10,000 at the time of this publication, including over 2,000 people missing beneath the debris of demolished residential buildings. Given how long it has been since they were targeted and how poorly recovery efforts have gone thus far, their chances of survival are significantly reduced.
Press release: http://euromedmonitor.org/a/5894
Europe must stop its support of Israel’s ongoing war crimes in Gaza
Geneva - In an urgent letter addressing the President of the European Union Commission, Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor has accused EU officials and leaders of complicity in the ongoing Israeli war crimes against civilians in the Gaza Strip.
The human rights organisation called on Ursula von der Leyen and the EU to pressure Israel for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and end its genocide campaign against Palestinians, ongoing for the fourth consecutive week now. In its letter, Euro-Med Monitor stressed the critical need to force Israel to halt hostilities and create a humanitarian corridor so that aid can reach the people living in the Strip amid the humanitarian catastrophe.
Press release: http://euromedmonitor.org/a/5900
Geneva - In an urgent letter addressing the President of the European Union Commission, Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor has accused EU officials and leaders of complicity in the ongoing Israeli war crimes against civilians in the Gaza Strip.
The human rights organisation called on Ursula von der Leyen and the EU to pressure Israel for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and end its genocide campaign against Palestinians, ongoing for the fourth consecutive week now. In its letter, Euro-Med Monitor stressed the critical need to force Israel to halt hostilities and create a humanitarian corridor so that aid can reach the people living in the Strip amid the humanitarian catastrophe.
Press release: http://euromedmonitor.org/a/5900
The number of children killed in Gaza in less than a month is ten times higher than the annual number of children killed in Ukraine in one year
Geneva: Israel's attacks on the Gaza Strip have resulted in the death of a Palestinian child every seven minutes, a bloody toll that is unprecedented in modern history and far exceeds the situation in the Ukraine war, the Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor said in a new statement released today.
Over the course of 24 days of Israeli airstrikes and artillery shelling in the Gaza Strip, 3,457 children were confirmed killed by the Geneva-based Euro-Med Monitor, with over a thousand more going missing beneath the debris.
Based on data from the United Nations, this figure is more than ten times the number of children killed in Russia's war on Ukraine in the first year, from the end of February 2022 to the end of February 2023.
Press release: http://euromedmonitor.org/a/5903
Geneva: Israel's attacks on the Gaza Strip have resulted in the death of a Palestinian child every seven minutes, a bloody toll that is unprecedented in modern history and far exceeds the situation in the Ukraine war, the Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor said in a new statement released today.
Over the course of 24 days of Israeli airstrikes and artillery shelling in the Gaza Strip, 3,457 children were confirmed killed by the Geneva-based Euro-Med Monitor, with over a thousand more going missing beneath the debris.
Based on data from the United Nations, this figure is more than ten times the number of children killed in Russia's war on Ukraine in the first year, from the end of February 2022 to the end of February 2023.
Press release: http://euromedmonitor.org/a/5903
Egregious acts of torture, abuse committed by Israeli army against Palestinian civilians in the West Bank
Geneva - In flagrant violation of international laws related to the protection of civilians, Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor has documented severe abuse and torture against Palestinian civilians and detainees at the hands of the Israeli army in the West Bank.
The Geneva-based Euro-Med Monitor examined footage that showed Palestinian civilians in the town of Yatta in Hebron, in the southern West Bank, being dragged and assaulted by Israeli soldiers. The Palestinian civilians in the footage have been stripped of their clothes, have their hands and feet tied, and appear to have been left outdoors for hours at a time.
Press release: http://euromedmonitor.org/a/5906
Geneva - In flagrant violation of international laws related to the protection of civilians, Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor has documented severe abuse and torture against Palestinian civilians and detainees at the hands of the Israeli army in the West Bank.
The Geneva-based Euro-Med Monitor examined footage that showed Palestinian civilians in the town of Yatta in Hebron, in the southern West Bank, being dragged and assaulted by Israeli soldiers. The Palestinian civilians in the footage have been stripped of their clothes, have their hands and feet tied, and appear to have been left outdoors for hours at a time.
Press release: http://euromedmonitor.org/a/5906
Israel hit Gaza Strip with the equivalent of two nuclear bombs
Geneva - Israel has dropped more than 25,000 tons of explosives on the Gaza Strip since the start of its large-scale war on 7 October, equivalent to two nuclear bombs, Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor said in a press release issued today.
According to the Geneva-based human rights organisation, the Israeli army has admitted to bombing over 12,000 targets in the Gaza Strip, with a record tally of bombs exceeding 10 kilograms of explosives per individual. Euro-Med Monitor highlighted that the weight of the nuclear bombs dropped by the United States on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan at the end of World War II in August 1945 was estimated at about 15,000 tons of explosives.
Press release: http://euromedmonitor.org/a/5908
Geneva - Israel has dropped more than 25,000 tons of explosives on the Gaza Strip since the start of its large-scale war on 7 October, equivalent to two nuclear bombs, Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor said in a press release issued today.
According to the Geneva-based human rights organisation, the Israeli army has admitted to bombing over 12,000 targets in the Gaza Strip, with a record tally of bombs exceeding 10 kilograms of explosives per individual. Euro-Med Monitor highlighted that the weight of the nuclear bombs dropped by the United States on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan at the end of World War II in August 1945 was estimated at about 15,000 tons of explosives.
Press release: http://euromedmonitor.org/a/5908
Scholars’ consensus: Genocide in Gaza marks turning point, Israel must be held accountable
Geneva – The characterisation of Israeli actions in Gaza as genocide by UN experts and international legal scholars should mark a turning point, Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor said today, in a call for Israel to be held accountable for its crimes.
“As scholars and practitioners of international law, conflict studies, and genocide studies, we are compelled to sound the alarm about the possibility of the crime of genocide being perpetrated by Israeli forces against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip,” reads the public statement signed by 880 scholars on 15 October. The statement was released one week after the Israeli aggression on Gaza began, with less than 20% of the current tally of deaths and destruction.
The public statement highlighted the overwhelming evidence that Israel had carried out genocide against civilians in the Gaza Strip, including disproportionate attacks and indiscriminate bombing, the destruction of residential neighbourhoods, the use of starvation as a weapon, and the complete cutoff of humanitarian supplies.
Press release: http://euromedmonitor.org/a/5914
Geneva – The characterisation of Israeli actions in Gaza as genocide by UN experts and international legal scholars should mark a turning point, Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor said today, in a call for Israel to be held accountable for its crimes.
“As scholars and practitioners of international law, conflict studies, and genocide studies, we are compelled to sound the alarm about the possibility of the crime of genocide being perpetrated by Israeli forces against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip,” reads the public statement signed by 880 scholars on 15 October. The statement was released one week after the Israeli aggression on Gaza began, with less than 20% of the current tally of deaths and destruction.
The public statement highlighted the overwhelming evidence that Israel had carried out genocide against civilians in the Gaza Strip, including disproportionate attacks and indiscriminate bombing, the destruction of residential neighbourhoods, the use of starvation as a weapon, and the complete cutoff of humanitarian supplies.
Press release: http://euromedmonitor.org/a/5914