Europe moves to protect trafficked people
Europe has taken a further step towards protecting people who have been trafficked with the entry into force of a new convention on Friday. The 14 states that have so far become parties to the Council...
View ArticleMan’s death highlights plight of Albania’s adult orphans
Renato Kaleshi, aged 35, who was raised in Albanian state orphanages, died of pneumonia on 12 February in Vlora after living for years in conditions of misery. The degrading and unhygienic...
View ArticleBaltic Pride march banned in Latvia
The planned Baltic Pride march due to take place on Saturday in Riga, Latvia, has been banned. Riga City Council (RCC) revoked permission for the march, organized by the Latvian organization Mozaika,...
View ArticleBaltic Pride march gets green light in Latvia
The Baltic Pride march due to take place on Saturday 16 May in Riga, Latvia, will go ahead after a ban against the event was lifted on Friday morning. Riga City Council (RCC) had revoked permission...
View ArticleAlbania: Temporary solutions are no solutions for evicted Roma families in...
The Albanian authorities must immediately provide adequate housing for around 35 Roma families who face imminent forced eviction or have already been forcibly evicted, Amnesty International said...
View ArticleInternational Roma Day highlights discrimination against European Roma
International Roma Day on April 8 is an opportunity to celebrate Romani culture but also to highlight the persecution and discrimination that Roma people face in all areas of life.“Stereotyping and...
View ArticleItaly: Deal to detain refugees and migrants offshore in Albania ‘illegal and...
Responding to the announcement that the Italian and Albanian Prime Ministers yesterday signed an agreement to construct two centres in Albania in which to detain people rescued at sea by Italian...
View ArticleItaly: Parliament’s ratification of dangerous automatic detention deal with...
Responding to the Italian Senate’s decision to ratify an agreement on detaining people rescued at sea by Italian ships in two detention centres in Albania, Matteo De Bellis, Amnesty International’s...
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