• Italy: Leave “Nomad Emergency” in the Past
    Written statement
    May 11, 2012
    The Italian government should abandon any initiative aimed at perpetuating the effects of the past “Nomad Emergency."
  • Netherlands: Joint NGO Letter to Minister Leers
    Letter
    Apr 2, 2012
    We, the undersigned 5 human rights organizations, are writing to urge you not to return Abu Kurke Kebato, a 23-year-old Ethiopian, and his 21-year-old wife Seena Tafse Mohammed, also an Ethiopian national, to Italy. We understand that both were detained on March 29, 2012 pending deportation to Italy on April 5, 2012.
  • NATO: Clarify Response to Deaths at Sea
    Press release
    Mar 26, 2012
    NATO and its member states should provide information to help clarify the chain of events that led to the death of 63 boat migrants in the Mediterranean a year ago.
  • Joint NGO Letter to Italian Minister of Defense Regarding Investigations into Boat Incident from March-April 2011
    Letter
    Mar 26, 2012
    We are writing to inquire further about internal investigations into the fatal boat episode of March-April 2011, in which a disabled boat filled with migrants fleeing Libya drifted for two weeks in the Mediterranean before landing back in Libya on April 10, 2011. Sixty-three out of the 72 people on board died.
  • EU: Rights Abuse at Home Ignored
    Press release
    Jan 22, 2012
    The European Union and member governments proved unwilling to tackle human rights abuse at home during 2011, even as they proclaimed the issue’s importance in inspiring the Arab Spring, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report 2012.
  • Italy’s Complacency on Racism Puts Lives at Risk
    Commentary
    Jan 13, 2012
    A 50-year-old man with links to the extreme right opens fire on Senegalese street vendors in Florence, killing two and seriously wounding three others. He then kills himself. An angry mob attacks a Roma camp in Turin after a teen-aged girl falsely claims she had been raped by two Roma men.
  • Letter to Italian Foreign Minister on Camp Ashraf in Iraq
    Letter
    Dec 15, 2011
    We are writing to you before the December 31 announced closure of Camp Ashraf (also known as Camp New Iraq) to urge the government of Italy to take proactive steps to help prevent the stand-off between the Iraqi government and the leadership of the Mohjahedin-e Khalq (MEK) from deteriorating further at a critical moment in Iraq’s precarious transition to democratic rule.
  • EU: Summit Misses Opportunity on Migration
    Press release
    Jun 24, 2011
    The European Council summit that concluded on June 24, 2011, made no significant progress in addressing serious deficiencies in EU asylum and migration policies.
  • EU: Put Rights at Heart of Migration Policy
    Press release
    Jun 20, 2011
    European Union (EU) heads of state meeting in Brussels later this week should put human rights at the heart of EU migration and asylum policy.
  • Italy: Leadership Needed on Rights
    Press release
    Jun 16, 2011
    Italy should take concrete steps to improve its human rights record and carry out the pledges it made as a new member of the United Nations Human Rights Council.