People detained on Lesvos and Chios have virtually no access to legal aid, limited access to services and support, and hardly any information about their current status or possible fate. The fear and desperation are palpable.
By Matteo de Bellis, Amnesty International’s researcher on Italy
One of the ferry terminals housing refugees at the main Athens port, Piraeus. ©Amnesty International/Olga Stefatou
05/04/2016 – The International Commission of Jurists, the European Council on Refugees and Exiles and Amnesty International would like to present their joint briefing on the Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European Border and Coast Guard and repealing Regulation (EC) No. 2007/2004, Regulation (EC) No. 863/2007 and Council Decision 2005/267/EC.
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Refugees and migrants massed onto an inflatable boat reach Mytilene, northern island of Lesbos, after crossing the Aegean sea from Turkey on February 17, 2016. ©ARIS MESSINIS/AFP/Getty Images
Today’s attacks in Brussels show an utter contempt for human life, Amnesty International said as it condemned them in the strongest possible terms.
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15/03/2016 – Amnesty International expresses deep concern for the situation of human rights defenders working on land, territory and environmental issues in Honduras, and condemns the murder Berta Cáceres.