EMHRF

Protection

A few examples…

EGYPT

Eight human rights NGOs have jointly received distinctly tailored security trainings and IT equipment aimed at mitigating threats and securing their communications, thus allowing them to continue promoting and defending respect for fundamental rights without further interference.

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SYRIA

A defender arbitrarily detained by governmental forces received urgent support to cover the cost of legal representation services that led to his release in December 2016. He immediately resumed documenting human rights violations in the North-East of the country.

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EGYPT

Several defenders avoided being arbitrarily arrested because of their human rights work and subjected to long prison sentences in their country, thanks to emergency relocation grants abroad.

Tags | arrests, legal representation, threats

The Foundation aims at providing flexible financial assistance to regional, national and local human rights NGOs and institutes as well as individuals who promote, support, protect and monitor the observance of human rights in the South-Mediterranean region.

Grants are allocated to human rights defenders in difficulty or at risk, for the specific purpose of allowing them to protect their safety and pursue their activities, as well as to small human rights organisations or groups with the aim of strengthening their operational capacities to implement innovative activities in the region.

EmergingA few examples… MOROCCO Seizing the opportunity offered by the new migration policy, a unique Platform composed of a dozen of newly registered migrants’ associations…May 23, 2018
InnovationA few examples… TUNISIA Based on the collection of almost a thousand photos and 800 videos by a group of civil society activists throughout Tunisia…May 23, 2018
ProtectionA few examples… EGYPT Eight human rights NGOs have jointly received distinctly tailored security trainings and IT equipment aimed at mitigating threats and securing their…May 23, 2018