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The Church Stands Up for Refugee Rights

April 18, 2019 • by Jascha Galaski, LibertiesEU

"Love thy neighbor as thyself" – the story of the Good Samaritan who helps a suffering traveller inspires us to show solidarity towards strangers. The Church has a tradition of providing shelter to those in need. Now, this tradition makes it a target.
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- asylum
- Italy
- refugees
- Germany
- migration
- Europe
- church
- Norbert Valley
- Mussie Zerai
- Samaritan
Latest Cucchi-bis Hearing Sheds New Light on Death

March 21, 2019 • by Fernando Marini, Italian Coalition for Civil Liberties and Rights

New evidence has come to light in the trial of the five Carabinieri accused of killing Stefano Cucchi, who died of his injuries while hospitalised in jail in Rome.
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Italian Offenders Cannot Have Welfare Revoked, Court Rules

March 18, 2019 • by Chiara Liberati, Italian Coalition for Civil Liberties and Rights

The Court of Rome has upheld the right to health and a dignified existence even for serious offenders, ruling that revoking the provision of assistance to these offenders is unconstitutional.
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Italian Secret Service Predicts Proliferation of Racism Before European Elections

March 11, 2019 • by Louis Labarriere, Italian Coalition for Civil Liberties and Rights

A report delivered to Parliament by the Italian Secret Service highlights "concrete danger of the growth of episodes of intolerance towards foreigners" by the extreme right.
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Human Rights Commissioner Denounces Italy Over Migration

March 06, 2019 • by Italian Coalition for Civil Liberties and Rights

The Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Dunja Mijatovic, has expressed her concern about Italy’s new immigration policy in a letter to the Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte.
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Report Decries Use of Solitary Confinement in Italian Prisons

March 04, 2019 • by Fernando Marini, Italian Coalition for Civil Liberties and Rights

After two years of visits to 11 prisons and interviews with 748 people, Italy's national guarantor of the rights of persons detained or deprived of personal liberty, Mauro Palma, has published his report about the 41 bis prison regime in Italy.
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Tortured Ethiopian Refugee Wins Backing of UN Committee

February 27, 2019 • by Louis Labarriere, Italian Coalition for Civil Liberties and Rights

On 24 January The UN Committee against Torture made a decision on the case of an Ethiopian refugee who was to be deported from Switzerland to Italy, after he took legal action three years earlier.
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- asylum
- UN
- torture
- Italy
- migration
- Ethiopia
- Switzerland
Rome Reception Centre Closes Among Recriminations

February 19, 2019 • by Louis Labarriere, Italian Coalition for Civil Liberties and Rights

The city of Castelnuovo di Porto, north of Rome, has been at the centre of the debate on reception centre closures due to the speed with which its migrant reception centre was shut down after enforcement of the Salvini decree.
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Non-EU Children Entitled to Same Rights as Italians in Schools

January 24, 2019 • by Andrea Biasini, Italian Coalition for Civil Liberties and Rights

The Court of Milan has ordered the Local Government of Lodi to amend a regulation preventing foreign children from accessing cheaper school canteen and bus services.
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Salvini Decree Pushes Migrants in Italy to Homelessness

January 18, 2019 • by Chiara Liberati, Italian Coalition for Civil Liberties and Rights

The so-called Salvini decree, which dismantles the Italian reception system for asylum seekers and migrants, is pushing migrants who have not been admitted to reception centres onto the street, as well as severely compromising security.
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