Italy

Italy/US: Italian Court Rebukes CIA Rendition Practice

Human Rights Watch — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:57:37 -0800

(Milan) - An Italian court's conviction of 23 agents of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) for kidnapping is an historic repudiation of the CIA's crimes, Human Rights Watch said today. The Milan court also found that two Italian officials illegally collaborated in CIA abuses.

Italy/US: Ruling Expected in Historic CIA Rendition Case

Human Rights Watch — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:27:16 -0800

(Milan) - The verdict expected Wednesday in a landmark case may present a historic legal challenge to the US Central Intelligence Agency's (CIA) rendition program, Human Rights Watch said today.

The trial in Milan of 26 Americans in absentia and seven Italians for the 2003 abduction of an Egyptian imam began in 2007.

Compassion has to work too for boat people in distress

Bill Frelick — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 09:37:22 -0700

Washington - The return of one man convicted of the Lockerbie bombing to Libya, where he got a hero's welcome, has caused an international outcry while the return of hundreds of boat migrants to Libya, where they face certain detention and probable brutal mistreatment, causes nary a peep.

Italy-Libya Connection

Michael Glennon — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 12:20:44 -0700

African immigrants who attempt the dangerous boat journey across the Mediterranean to Italy face a double dose of hardship. Since May, if their vessels are intercepted by the Italian authorities, they have been summarily returned to Libya, where migrants typically suffer widespread mistreatment.

Pushed Back, Pushed Around

Human Rights Watch — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 01:45:00 -0700

This 92-page report examines the treatment of migrants, asylum seekers, and refugees in Libya through the eyes of those who have managed to leave and are now in Italy and Malta. It also documents Italy's practice of interdicting boats full of migrants on the high seas and pushing them back to Libya without the required screening.

Italy/Libya: Migrants Describe Forced Returns, Abuse

Human Rights Watch — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 01:45:00 -0700

(Rome) - Italy intercepts African boat migrants and asylum seekers, fails to screen them for refugee status or other vulnerabilities, and forcibly returns them to Libya, where many are detained in inhuman and degrading conditions and abused, Human Rights Watch said in a report issued today.

Pushed Back, Pushed Around

Human Rights Watch — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 21:09:00 -0700

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Pushed Back, Pushed Around

Italy’s Forced Return of Boat Migrants and Asylum Seekers, Libya’s Mistreatment of Migrants and Asylum Seekers

Human Rights Watch UPR Submission on Italy

Human Rights Watch — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 08:46:41 -0700

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Italy: Expulsion of Tunisian Violates European Human Rights Convention

Human Rights Watch — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 14:49:25 -0700

(New York) - Italy's expulsion of a Tunisian terrorism suspect to a country where he is at real risk of torture is the latest example of how it flouts the absolute ban on such returns, Human Rights Watch said today.

Moving the migrant issue is no solution

Bill Frelick — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 09:58:13 -0700