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MARCH 2024
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 of the Humanity 1. One person tragically drowned, while several others were forcefully taken into […]
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FROM THE SAR TO THE “LAW ENFORCEMENT” LOGIC
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 Horse and the Tower), leaves no doubt as to how much in recent years “the […]
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SOVEREIGNS ON THE SEA AT GUNPOINT
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 the violent escalation of the so-called Libyan coast guard that has marked the last few […]
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AGAINST ALL ODDS: EUROPEAN STATES PURSUE BORDER OUTSOURCING POLICIES IN TUNISIA
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 head of the Italian government, Giorgia Meloni, made her fourth visit to Tunisia in less […]
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THE EL HIBLU 3 CELEBRATED AS HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS
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 three, known as the El Hiblu 3, received this award for the bravery and solidarity […]
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SOLIDARITY WITH EL HIBLU 3
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 bill of indictment against the El Hiblu 3 (see our Reports in Echoes No. 10). […]
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UNITED AGAINST RACISM AND FACISM – NOW MORE THAN EVER!
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 time, the Ampel-government is carrying out an unprecedented policy of deportation and exclusion. Basic rights […]
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ITALY ESCALATES OBSTRUCTION OF CIVIL SEARCH AND RESCUE
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 from carrying out their life-saving work on the basis of false accusations. For the first […]
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REPORT OF COMMEMORACTIONS
CommemorAction is a blended word encompassing both commemoration and action. It emphasizes both the commitment to remembering those who died or disappeared in their pursuit of freedom of movement and the demand for justice. Picture: CommemorAction in Tanger, Morocco On February 6, 2014 more than 200 people left from the Moroccan coast and tried to […]
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HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS’ CAMPAIGN: FIRST STEPS TOWARDS A SAFE EVACUATION FROM LIBYA
Refugees in Libya and the supporting alliance held a two-day event on first steps towards a campaign for safe evacuation from Libya on January 26-27, 2024 in Bologna. Picture: Alliance with Refugees in Libya – Assembly in Bologna in January 2024 The kick-off event in Bologna for the evacuation of the 221 Human Rights Defenders […]