24 January 2014 12 refugees, including several children, died this week when their vessel sank near a Greek island while being towed by the Greek Coast Guard. According to the survivors, the Greek coast guard vessel was towing the boat toward the Turkish coast at high...
17 January 2014 The Greek government responded on 10 January 2014 to a request from the Commissioner of Human Rights of the Council of Europe Nils Muiznieks to carry out effective investigations into all recorded incidents of collective expulsions from Greece to...
According to UNHCR, 78,000 South Sudanese nationals have now fled to neighbouring countries since mid-December. More than half have headed for Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. 32,505 refugees have sought refuge in the Dzaipi transit centre in Uganda,...
17 January 2014 The International Detention Coalition (IDC) is now accepting applications for its upcoming Europe regional workshop in Brussels on 27 and 28 March 2014. The workshop is destined for civil society organizations that are actively seeking to reduce and...
17 January 2014 EU High Representative Catherine Ashton has condemned the approval by the Ukrainian Parliament yesterday of “several pieces of legislation restricting the Ukrainian citizens’ fundamental rights (…) hurriedly passed in an apparent disrespect of...
