EU reminds Russia about international commitments
“The detention of hundreds of peaceful demonstrators and violence used against them by the Russian authorities in Moscow, Saint Petersburg and other cities across the [...]
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NGOs assist migrant flows in Mediterranean
A Spanish aid organization has rescued 391 migrants while undertaking the crossing of the Mediterranean Sea. Laura Lanuza, spokeswoman for Spain’s Proactiva Open Arms [...]
Migrants and refugees in Italy in summer
MEPs on the Civil Liberties Committee will assess the situation of migrants and refugees in Italy and the ways forward as summer approaches. Italy is the main arrival [...]
Central & eastern Europe have highest proportion of children in orphanages
Foster homes & other alternatives needed for 2.7 million children worldwide, study says At least 2.7 million children live in residential care worldwide, according to a [...]
UNICEF welcomes creation of EU Group of Friends of Children
New grouping will provide forum for 28 EU member states to discuss children’s issues UNICEF has welcomed the creation of the EU Group of Friends of Children, a new informal [...]
Overcoming youth marginalisation
The Human Rights Youth Organization (H.R.Y.O) in partnership with the European Economic and Social Committee and the Intergroup of the European Parliament on the Rights of [...]
Italy calls for invesigation of NGO “taxi service” to migrants
The officials in Italy suspect that rescue vessels operated by charities and humanitarian organizations co-operate with smugglers based in Libya. Some of these NGOs act as a [...]
EU calls Russia to respect fundamental freedoms
“Police operations in the Russian Federation today, attempting to disperse demonstrations and detaining hundreds of citizens, including opposition leader [...]
EU calls Belaurs for respect of fundamental rights
“The European Union has closely followed the response of the Belarusian authorities to the recent demonstrations. In past days we have observed hourly reports of [...]
MEP Korwin-Mikke reprimanded over pejorative comments on women
Today the EP president Antonio Tajani announced the sanctions against Polish MEP Janusz Korwin-Mikke for his unacceptable remarks against women during a plenary debate on the [...]
ECJ ruling against headscarf
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) in Luxembourg decided in favor of a Belgian firm which had a rule barring employees who dealt with customers from wearing visible [...]
UN: 20 million facing famine
The world faces the largest humanitarian crisis since the United Nations was founded in 1945 with more than 20 million people in four countries facing starvation and famine, [...]
EU on Rustavi2 TV in Georgia
The European Court of Human Rights has confirmed until further notice the suspension of the enforcement of Georgia’s Supreme Court verdict of 2 March concerning the [...]
EU-Sudan refugee management on the rocks
The Ethiopian refugees were whipped, fined, jailed and deported from Khartoum, Sudan, last weekend following a peaceful protest over a huge rise in visa processing [...]
EU committed to Human Rights
On 27 February 2017, the Council adopted conclusions on EU priorities at United Nations human rights fora in 2017. The conclusions reaffirm the EU’s strong commitment [...]
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