More than 2,200 people died in Mediterranean in 2024, UN finds
Figure includes hundreds of children, who make up one in five migrants trying to reach Europe fleeing war and poverty More than 2,200 people either...
Category : Human rights
EU fears for its human rights credibility as Tunisia crushes dissent, leak shows
Document detailing ‘deterioration’ under Kais Saied will fuel concerns about bloc’s migration deal with his country The EU fears its credibility is at stake as...
EU states ‘not properly investigating’ reports of rights violations at borders
Fundamental rights body warns of flawed approach to credible accounts of ill-treatment and loss of life Authorities in EU member states are not doing enough...
EU-funded Egyptian forces ‘rounding up and deporting Sudanese refugees’
Egypt forcibly returned 800 Sudanese detainees in first three months of this year, Amnesty International reports The Egyptian authorities have used EU-funded security forces in...
Ghent students occupy university building in climate and Gaza protest
More than 200 expected to join protest calling for climate action and to cut ties with Israeli institutions More than 100 students have occupied Ghent...
UK Foreign Office holding secret talks with Sudan’s RSF paramilitary group
Exclusive: Rights groups denounce negotiations with Rapid Support Forces, accused of ethnic cleansing and war crimes Inside South Sudan’s worsening refugee crisis – in pictures...
MEPs to vote on divisive migration policy in ‘big moment for Europe’
Proponents of legislation for bloc say it will take away far-right arguments but critics claim the opposite The European parliament is to vote on Wednesday...
Rule of law declining across EU, report warns
Civil liberties network says in states where far-right parties influence power, rule-of-law deterioration risks becoming systemic The rule of law is declining across the EU...
Denmark admits role in Nato airstrikes on Libya that killed 14 civilians in 2011
In first such admission, previously secret document says Danish aircraft participated in attacks linked to civilian deaths Denmark’s defence ministry said it would launch a...
‘Many thought they’d get away with it’: Argentine colonel to stand trial in Italy
Lt Col Carlos Luis Malatto fled Argentina in 2011 and will be tried in Rome for premeditated killing of eight people in last military dictatorship...
