April 4 While Mare Jonio is conducting a rescue of a case alerted by AlarmPhone the Libyan Coast Guard violently intervenes, maneuvering recklessly near the operation, firing shots first into the air, then near one of MJ’s RHIBs. 56 people…
March 2 Humanity 1 rescues 77 people from three boats spotted by Seabird. During the rescue, the Libyan CG violently intervened, firing live ammunition into the water near people, some of whom jumped into the water, and threatening the crew…
How the “political level” has stifled human rights and the laws of the sea. An internal Italian Coast Guard email leaked few weeks ago to the press thanks to Marco Damilano’s public TV broadcast “Il Cavallo e la Torre” (The…
What does the violent escalation of the so-called Libyan coastguard mean? The armed attack by the Libyan patrol vessel Fezzan against the shipwrecked people and the rescuers of the MARE JONIO on April 4th is only the latest episode of…
Alarm phone Tunis In Tunisia, the European Union and its member states continue to deepen their policies of outsourcing maritime controls, pursuing the dangerous and illusory goal of preventing arrivals on Italian shores at all costs. On April 17, the…
Coalition for El Hiblu 3 On the 13th of April 2024, the Coalition for the El Hiblu 3 presented Abdalla Bari, Amara Kromah, and Abdul Kader with the Human Rights Defenders Award at the University of Malta, in Valletta. The…
Human Rights Defenders Award on the 13th of April, crucial Court session on the 30th of May 2024 Coalition for the El Hiblu 3 At the end of last year, the Attorney General kept the accusation of “terrorism” in the…
We’ll Come United invites all to an anti-racist conference from April 26 to 28, 2024 in Frankfurt. The huge, Germany-wide protests against the extreme right impressively show that millions of people stand against Nazis and racist politics. At the same…
Joint press release by United4Rescue, Sea-Watch, SOS Humanity and Sea-Eye Within the last week, the Italian government has detained three NGO rescue ships flying the German flag. The Humanity 1, the Sea-Watch 5 and the Sea-Eye 4 are being prevented…
Joint statement by NGOs involved in search and rescue activities in the Central Mediterranean Friday, February 23, 2024 In light of the increasing death toll in the Central Mediterranean since early 2023, coinciding with the adoption of a new law…
