Since 2023, Tunisia has witnessed an alarming escalation in the criminalisation of anti-racist activists, migrant solidarity groups, and civil society organisations. Following racist statements by President Kais Saied targeting people on the move, Black communities and human rights defenders have…
Seven years after their arrest following the El Hiblu case, Abdalla, Amara and Kader continue to face prosecution in Malta for resisting an illegal return to Libya and acting as mediators on board the merchant vessel El Hiblu 1. On…
Call for solidarity with El Hiblu 3! 28 March 2026 in Valletta, Malta 09:00 to 16:00 CET (place tbc) Join us for a seven-hour vigil with a press conference, speeches, street-theatre, music, info-table, banners and more to protest against seven…
On 28 March 2026, seven years will have passed since Abdalla, Amara and Kader arrived in Malta. When they stepped onto the island in 2019, they were 19, 15 and 16 years old. Teenagers. Two still legally children. Today, they…
Finally, after 8 years the case is over! On 15 January 2026, the Court of Mytilene on Lesvos island unanimously declared all the defendants innocent of all charges, with judges and prosecutors in full agreement. The trial was referred to…
Fleeing War, Facing Prison Imagine fleeing a war zone, risking your life across deserts and the Mediterranean, only to end up behind bars for trying to survive. Over 200 Sudanese teenagers and young men are imprisoned in Greece—from Crete to…
Italian Court subsequently drops all charges against Congolese woman The European Union’s highest court has set out important restraints to States’ anti-smuggling laws, which wrongly criminalize people on the move and those in solidarity with them. On 3 June 2025,…
Joint statement, 17th of July 2025 32 organisations demand the immediate ending of the systematic obstruction of non-governmental search and rescue (SAR) efforts by the Italian state. In the past month alone, NGO vessels have been detained three times due…
It was July 2004 when the Cap Anamur case exploded. The German humanitarian ship, while returning from delivering aid to Africa, had rescued 37 people from a sinking rubber dinghy. They were kept offshore for several days. Then, when the…
“Justice has proven elusive for the Three. They have been punished before even standing for trial: six years in limbo for teenagers has marked them for life. The charges should be dropped, immediately!” Daniela De Bono, Coalition for the El…
On 28 March 2025 we acknowledge the 6th anniversary of Abdalla, Amara, and Kader arriving in Malta. Six years of dreams are on hold. Six years of legal limbo. Six years of going to court and leaving frustrated. An anniversary…
We were devastated and angry at the Appeal Court’s decision on 22 January 2025. The Court rejected the appeal by the El Hiblu 3’s lawyers arguing that the matter of jurisdiction, among others, should be considered at trial. The case…
