Friday, 30 April 2021, 5:30 pm
Geneva
– The Israeli authorities must immediately and
unconditionally release Palestinian journalist Alaa
Al-Rimawi, end its policy of administrative detention and
stop targeting journalists in the occupied Palestinian
territories, the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor
said today in a statement.
At around 2:30 a.m. on
April 21, an Israeli army unit of 12 fully equipped soldiers
stormed the house of Al-Rimawi, 40. He was interrogated in
his bedroom for a short period after being separated from
his wife and children. The unit then took him for further
interrogation at the Etzion detention center south of the
West Bank.
Alaa’s wife, Maymouna Al-Rimawi, told
Friday, 16 April 2021, 6:29 am
Geneva
- The Moroccan authorities have continued to detain
journalists Omar Al-Radi and Suleiman Al-Raissouni in
Oukacha prison in Casablanca, which led them to declare a
hunger strike to demand their release, the
Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor said today in a
statement expressing great concern over their health
condition.
The Prosecutor of the Court of First
Instance in Casablanca detained Omar Al-Radi, president of
the Le Desk magazine on July 29 last year. Al-Radi had been
summoned more than eight times within five weeks, during
which, he was interrogated for about 100 hours. These were
based on charges related to receiving foreign funding from
Wednesday, 14 April 2021, 5:32 pm
Geneva - Landmines scattered across various conflicted
areas in Syria endanger the lives and safety of civilians,
the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor said in a report
released today. All parties to the conflict should stop
using landmines, uncover their locations and cooperate to
neutralize their danger.
The report highlighted the
large use of mines in the Syrian conflict, as there are
still a huge number of them scattered among civilian homes
and in agricultural lands. They are a result of the extended
military operations during the past years up until the
present day.
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Thursday, 8 April 2021, 6:09 am
Geneva - Israel has been conducting several measures to
obstruct the Palestinian legislative elections in East
Jerusalem, most notably by not approving the election
process to take place in the city so far, the
Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor said today in a
statement.
The Israeli authorities have taken
practical measures in recent days that reflect clear
intentions to impede the electoral process and thwart the
participation of residents and candidates in East Jerusalem
in the electoral process that has been waiting to take place
for more than a decade.
Yesterday, the Israeli
intelligence sent candidates Nasser Muhammad Musa Qas and