Since December 2024, the International Federation for Rights and Development (IFRD) has led a determined campaign to bring Sudan’s escalating humanitarian crisis—particularly gender-based violence (GBV) and systematic atrocities—back to the forefront of the European Parliament’s…
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The International Federation for Rights and Development – IFRD strongly condemns the Islamophobic statements made by Matthew Karnitschnig, Editor-in-Chief of Euractiv, in his recent article. His claim that “much of this ignorance [about the Holocaust]…
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IFRD Welcomes Ceasefire in Gaza and Calls for Justice and Accountability The International Federation for Rights and Development (IFRD) welcomes the recent ceasefire in Gaza as a critical step toward ending the immediate violence and…
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Brussels, January 7, 2025—The International Federation for Rights and Development (IFRD) expresses its deep concern over the deportation of Egyptian-Turkish poet Abdel Rahman Youssef from Lebanon to the United Arab Emirates. We consider this action…
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Nora Taha “Listen to the government and stay home’, this is what the majority of us had been saying…
2020/296 9/5/2020 ROME – The International Federation for Rights and Development (IFRD) today called upon European Union countries to…
Sabela González, 9th May Belgium is the latest European country willing to join the specific initiative to relocate around 1,600…
2020/295 6/5/2020 ROME – The International Federation for Rights and Development (IFRD) said today that it is looking at…
The International Federation for Rights and Development – IFRD strongly condemns the Islamophobic statements made by Matthew Karnitschnig, Editor-in-Chief of Euractiv, in his recent article. His claim that “much of this ignorance [about the Holocaust]…
The International Federation for Rights and Development (IFRD) welcomes the news coming from Damascus regarding the escape of the tyrant Bashar al-Assad, the fall of the city, and the liberation of prisoners from the brutal…
October 16, 2024 Brussels, Belgium – A pivotal meeting held on October 16th, 2024, brought together key figures, including MEP Hana Jalloul Muro, APA Sabrin Yermak Moumen, Gamaal El Attar (CEO of the International Federation for…
The International Federation for Rights and Development (IFRD) holds the European Union responsible for the death and drowning of more than 30,000 migrants across the Mediterranean because of its arbitrary policies based on repelling migrants…
The International Federation for Rights and Development (IFRD) organized today, Monday, a solidarity stand with the prisoner of conscience in the United Arab Emirates, the human rights activist Ahmed Mansoor, in the square of the…
The International Federation for Rights and Development (IFRD) condemns the exposure of Emirati human rights activist Abdullah Al-Tawil to threats targeting members of his family, on the background of his anti-UAE government stances and his…
Sabela González, 9th May Belgium is the latest European country willing to join the specific initiative to relocate around 1,600 unaccompanied children and teenagers from Greece to the other Member States. “This scheme is Europe at its…
2020/291 1/5/2020 Rome – The International Federation for Rights and Development (IFRD) today criticized the existing labor systems in the State of Qatar for foreign workers, considering them discriminatory and insufficient in meeting fundamental rights.…
IFRD Welcomes Ceasefire in Gaza and Calls for Justice and Accountability The International Federation for Rights and Development (IFRD) welcomes the recent ceasefire in Gaza as a critical step toward ending the immediate violence and…
Tunis, December 2, 2024 – The Executive Director of the International Federation for Rights and Development (IFRD) took part in the 9th edition of the Karama Tunisia Human Rights Film Festival, held in the capital…
Brussels, October 16, 2024 — During a pivotal meeting at the European Parliament, Gamaal El Attar, CEO of the International Federation for Rights and Development (IFRD), highlighted the urgent need for a comprehensive action plan to…
The International Federation for Rights and Development (IFRD) is looking in concern at the Algerian government’s announcement of its intention to prepare a bill authorizing the stripping of citizenship from citizens who reside abroad, in…
The International Federation for Rights and Development (IFRD) condemns the hate speech and incitement to violence against the Spanish director “Julio Perez del Campo” for his film: Gaza. IFRD considers with grave concern the death…
Nora Taha “Listen to the government and stay home’, this is what the majority of us had been saying to each other when we all became ‘good citizens’; praising governmental actions and plans for seeking…
2020/295 6/5/2020 ROME – The International Federation for Rights and Development (IFRD) said today that it is looking at an extreme step to industrialize the hostile environment in Greece towards immigrants, calling on its authorities…
Rome – The International Federation for Rights and Development (IFRD) announced today the appointment of a new management board to launch a new vision aimed at strengthening its current path of advancing the human rights…
Brussels, January 7, 2025—The International Federation for Rights and Development (IFRD) expresses its deep concern over the deportation of Egyptian-Turkish poet Abdel Rahman Youssef from Lebanon to the United Arab Emirates. We consider this action…
Brussels— During a meeting at the European Parliament, Gamaal El Attar, Executive Director of the International Federation for Rights and Development (IFRD), emphasized the urgent need for a comprehensive action plan to address ongoing human…
The International Federation for Rights and Development (IFRD) is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Andi Shehu as its Head of Lobbying and Advocacy. Andy has led political lobbying groups in Italy for the…
The International Federation for Rights and Development (IFRD) announces that it will organize a manifesto by the Palestinian women’s movement – Karama in Spain in front of the Real Madrid CF HQ in the Spanish…
Rome – The International Federation for Rights and Development (IFRD) today criticized the slowdown of the Norwegian government for its active contribution to tackling the refugee crisis in the asylum seekers’ camps in Greece and…
Rome – The International Federation for Rights and Development (IFRD) stresses the need for a serious and effective investigation in Iraq of suspicions of secret government prisons in which hundreds are held in the background…
Archive photo, MEMO source 2020/293 4/5/2020 Rome – The International Federation for Rights and Development (IFRD) today welcomed the decision of the Transitional Government in Sudan to criminalize female genital mutilation, and called on it…
2020/290 4/29/2020 Rome – The International Federation for Rights and Development (IFRD) today warned against the return of security repression of the widespread protests in Lebanon, stressing the obligation of the authorities to protect the…
We strongly condemn the Palestinian Authority’s decision to order Al Jazeera to stop working in the West Bank. This decision constitutes a serious infringement on freedom of the press and the right to access information.…
Brussels, [29.10.2024] – The International Federation for Rights and Development (IFRD) unequivocally condemns the recent passage of legislation by the Israeli Knesset, which forbids Israeli state entities from engaging with the United Nations Relief and…
Mr. Gamaal El Attar, Director of the International Federation for Rights and Development (IFRD), met with Mr. Younes Omerjee’s cabinet, Vice President of the European Parliament, to explore strategies for joint action in the new…
BRUSSELS – The International Federation for Rights and Development (IFRD) organized a solidarity manifesto today, Monday, with prisoners of conscience in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, opposite the Riyadh embassy in the Belgian capital, Brussels.…
Rome – The International Federation for Rights and Development (IFRD) views with a grave danger that the authorities in Algeria are stepping up the suppression of public freedoms and targeting journalists and bloggers against the…
2020/296 9/5/2020 ROME – The International Federation for Rights and Development (IFRD) today called upon European Union countries to resolve the dilemma of unaccompanied minors, respond to their protection requests and to accelerate the family…
2020/292 2/5/2020 Rome – The International Federation for Rights and Development (IFRD) has called for international support to conduct the press without restrictions and the right to publish and receive information in light of the…
2020/289 4/26/2020 Rome – The International Federation for Rights and Development (IFRD) today warned of the implications of deepening the internal conflict in Yemen on escalating human rights violations against civilians, including the commission of…
