Italy/Malta/Spain: 121 people including babies and children stranded at sea...
More than 30 children, including two babies, and nearly 90 men and women stranded at sea in searing temperatures, must be immediately allowed to dock, said Amnesty International, as the stand-off...
View ArticleLeft adrift in the Mediterranean
“The most important thing for these people here is that they get to a safe port and be allowed to get off the boat,” said Richard Gere, speaking from the Proactiva Open Arms NGO rescue ship today. The...
View ArticleMalta: Asylum-seeker disembarkation deal shows a more humane approach is...
Malta: Asylum-seeker disembarkation deal shows a more humane approach is possible An agreement reached in Valletta today on a temporary mechanism for disembarking people rescued in the Central...
View ArticleEurope: Mass protests provide hope as rights and judicial independence eroded
People’s rights are being violated by governments in Europe and Central Asia, who are cracking down on protests and seeking to erode the independence of the judiciary to avoid accountability, Amnesty...
View ArticleItaly: Crew of rescue ship face 20 years in jail on third anniversary of...
On the third anniversary of the seizure of the rescue ship, Iuventa, and the judicial investigation into ten members of its crew, Amnesty International is launching a worldwide solidarity campaign....
View ArticleMalta: Illegal tactics mar another year of suffering in central Mediterranean
Malta: Illegal tactics mar another year of suffering in central Mediterranean The Maltese government hasresorted to dangerous and illegal measures for dealing with the arrivals of refugees and...
View ArticleMalta: Amnesty International launches flagship campaign highlighting three...
Malta: Amnesty International launches flagship campaign highlighting three youths facing injustice in Malta Amnesty International today launches the world’s biggest human rights campaign, calling on...
View ArticleEurope: “Climate justice must not stop at borders” human rights organizations...
As the European Court of Human Rights considers a landmark case on climate change brought by six young people from Portugal against 33 European countries, Amnesty International and other human rights...
View ArticleMalta: Amnesty delegation to attend El Hiblu 3 hearing as third anniversary...
Amnesty spokespeople available in Malta from 28 January – 4 February Case hearing to take place on Thursday 3 February Anniversary set to be marked by activists and human rights advocates in Malta...
View ArticleMalta: Lives put at risk as parliament waters down bill seeking to partially...
The Maltese authorities’ decision to water down a version of a bill aimed at partially decriminalizing abortion in cases of grave risk to the life or health of pregnant people will endanger lives,...
View ArticleGlobal: Call by presidents of five southern European states to tackle the...
Reacting to a call today by the presidents of five southern European countries – Italy, Greece, Portugal, Malta and Slovenia – urging measures be taken to tackle the climate crisis following recent...
View ArticleMalta: Indictment of El Hiblu 3 “the worst possible decision”
Responding to the news that Malta’s Attorney General has indicted three young West African men known as the ‘El Hiblu 3’, for allegedly attempting to stop their illegal return to Libya by the crew of...
View ArticleMalta: Authorities must not make El Hiblu 3 ‘scapegoats for Europe’s search...
Ahead of the preliminary hearing of the ‘El Hiblu 3’ on 30 May in Malta, where three young men from West Africa face life imprisonment for attempting to stop their illegal return to Libya by the...
View ArticleGlobal: Abortion rights defenders facing violence and stigmatization share...
People defending the right to abortion have revealed what it’s like to provide life-saving healthcare in the face of violence, repression and stigma, as part of Amnesty International’s second season...
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