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May 28 2015 6:58pm
MEPs vote to stop the conflict minerals trade in defiance of industry lobbying
On 20 May, the European Parliament took us all by surprise by voting i...
May 28 2015 12:00am
EU countries still exploiting loopholes to trade in torture equipment - new report
‘Companies can still profit from human misery despite the prohibiti...
May 11 2015 10:26am
Abduction, torture and rape drives exodus across the Mediterranean
‘We were facing death in Libya so we thought we might as well face d...
Apr 29 2015 5:06pm
Mediterranean crisis: ‘We don’t let people drown’
I’ve just returned from meeting with shipwreck survivors, the coastgua...
Apr 27 2015 5:52pm
Surviving a shipwreck in the Mediterranean: Ali’s journey
More than a thousand people drowned trying to reach Europe by boat las...
Apr 22 2015 3:51pm
EU leaders must act now: they can stop people dying in the Med
Last year, Italy ended Operation Mare Nostrum – its search and rescue ...
Apr 22 2015 9:57am
Amnesty International's 'Blueprint for Action' to end refugee and migrant deaths in the Mediterranean
On the eve of an emergency summit in Brussels, Amnesty International i...
Apr 19 2015 2:37pm
The world’s deadliest sea crossing
The Mediterranean has been a holiday destination for decades. In recen...
Dec 30 2014 10:11pm
Turkey: Human rights 2014 timeline
A review of how events in Ankara and in Strasbourg have helped to shap...
Oct 28 2014 2:06pm
Is there ever a justification for leaving people to drown in the Med?
Why do people leave their homes, travel by foot many hundreds of miles...