The Ocean Viking vessel which has been navigating in the Mediterranean for fortnight with migrants from Libyan coast on board will dock in Malta after six EU countries reached an agreement, France‘s interior minister said on August 23. UPDATE: 356 survivors rescued in the #Mediterranean are now being transferred from the #OceanViking to #Malta on…
Category: Human Rights
Germany: refugee status implications
Refugees who return to Syria for holidays might lose their status in Germany, the Interior Minister Horst Seehofer told the Bild newspaper. The measure is taken based on the situation of some newcomers simultaneously claim to be fleeing persecution there, and returning to spend summer time. ‘Syrian refugees that regularly spend holidays at home can’t…
Dutch burqa ban challenges
Around one hundred people, mainly women, protested in The Hague, The Netherlands on August 9 against “Burqa ban“, which came into effect in the on August, 1. Die foto zegt alles. Knettergek! https://t.co/b3hCiZCU95 — Geert Wilders (@geertwilderspvv) August 9, 2019 Around couple of dozens of women wore a niqab and carried plates with texts like…
Russians demand fair elections
Around 50 thousands of Moscovites expressed their solidarity with rejected the access to elections opposition politicians participating in a demonstration “For Freedom and Justice” . The last five weeks the demands for fair elections and inclusion of independent candidates in upcoming municipal ballot united people from different views and backgrounds. Thousands gather at sanctioned #Moscow rally…
Open Arms migrants receive Hollywood-style support
The Spanish ship Open Arms has been stranded off Italy‘s island of Lampedusa for eight days because none of the EU governments is willing to accept any number of migrants from the group of the 121 passengers navigated from Libyan coasts. #RichardGere arrives to support #OpenArms #SAR ship with over 100 migrants on board https://t.co/fe4kW8gJmU —…
EU expects release of Moscow protesters
Tbe European Union expects an “immediate release” of over 600 peaceful protesters, detained by police in Moscow, the spokesperson of the European External Action Service wrote in her Twitter micro blog. 🇷🇺 #Russia: Right to freedom of assembly & expression are fundamental to democracy, without any attempts to silence opposition representatives. 🇪🇺expects immediate release of…
Navalny suspected poisoning
Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny‘s doctor Anastasia Vasilyeva (43) said to AFP he was “not allergic to anything”. (Image: archive) #UPDATE Russian opposition leader Alexei #Navalny was "poisoned" by an unidentified toxic substance and doctors have sent him back to jail despite his condition, his lawyer and his personal physician say https://t.co/Ei8ZAID9lO pic.twitter.com/FVGef2aub8 — AFP News…
Lavrov: journalist Vyshinky case “absurd”
Russian Minister of Foreign affairs Sergey Lavrov reiterated Moscow demands of respect of his human rights and immediate liberation of journalist Kirill Vyshinky (pictured) arrested in Ukraine. FM #Lavrov: The trial against Kirill #Vyshinsky in #Ukraine is absurd. The journalist was arrested illegally, only because he worked for a Russian media outlet and honestly covered current…
Italy insists Dutch assuming responsibility for SeaWatch3
Carola Rackete, the captain of the Sea-Watch 3 migrant-rescue ship, has been put under investigation by prosecutors in the Sicilian city of Agrigento, Italian media reports. 🔵 WATCH: Our 11 o'clock press conference, in the headquarters of @Stampa_Estera in Rome, with a live connection to captain #CarolaRackete on board #SeaWatch3. https://t.co/anyTjrgMEL — Sea-Watch International (@seawatch_intl)…
Salvini trades barbs with Sea Watch NGO
Italy Interior Minister Matteo Salvini has criticized the Sea-Watch NGO after it refused to take 52 migrants collected off Libya this week to Tripoli. The Sea Watch 3 vessel, which is close to the Italian island of Lampedusa, at one stage seemed to have turned towards Malta, but Salvini said it is not navigating there. 🔴Ho…
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