Press Release
Justice for Palestinians and the Situation of Arab Migrants on the Agenda of the AOHR Visit to Europe
Mr. Alaa Shalaby, President of the Arab Organization for Human Rights (AOHR), arrived in Amsterdam, Netherlands, this evening. This visit marks the beginning of a series of meetings with the leadership of the AOHR’s Northern Europe branch.
Discussions will focus on the status of Arab migrants and residents across several European countries, particularly in light of shifting European Union migration policies and their impact on asylum seekers—a group that includes significant numbers of citizens from Arab nations, especially those suffering from war, conflict, and instability.
The visit also includes meetings addressing the Israeli Crime of Genocide in the occupied Gaza Strip, as well as other crimes against humanity and war crimes continuously committed by Israeli occupation authorities across the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, as well as in Lebanese and Syrian territories.
The AOHR’s President confirmed that a joint mission—conducted in partnership between the AOHR and the Al-Mezan Center for Human Rights in occupied Palestine—recently concluded its fourth phase of work. This phase involved documenting testimonies from those wounded in the Israeli aggression who are receiving treatment in Egypt, as well as documenting Israeli imposed obstacles that restricts the flow of aid and humanitarian relief to the afflicted population in the occupied Gaza Strip—particularly life-saving medical supplies. Such obstruction perpetuates the risk of displacement, a threat underscored by official statements made by occupation leaders during the first half of this month.
Shalaby highlighted the danger of the international community failure to meet its responsibilities to provide humanitarian aid and medical care to those suffering in the Strip. He emphasized the importance of fulfilling the obligation to take effective, practical measures to halt the ongoing crime of Genocide—perpetrated through collective and individual sanctions against the occupation.
Shalaby added, “While the decision by several European governments to halt trade with Israeli settlements in the West Bank and occupied Jerusalem is welcomed, the anticipated move to terminate the European Economic partnership agreement with the occupation—expected since early 2024—has yet to materialized, and this is a matter that raises both disappointment and questions.”
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Amsterdam, evening of September 15, 2026
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