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30.Jun
Italy Migrants
June 30th, 2014

Thirty asphyxiate on overcrowded boat bound for Italy

EDITOR:Vanessa Ellingham

About 30 bodies have been found on a migrant boat bound for Italy, among around another 560 refugees crowded onboard travelling between North Africa and Italy.

The refugees likely died of asphyxiation, according to the navy and coastguard.

Although not the first time the Italian coastguard have found immigrants dead on overcrowded boats, they have never found such a number at one time.

Over the weekend the number of migrants arriving in Europe by boat this year tipped over 60,000. The largest number ever was 63,000 in 2011 as a result of the Arab Spring, but numbers are expected to be much higher this year.

27.Jun
Salwa Bugaighis
June 27th, 2014
Libyan human rights activist murdered on election day
EDITOR:Vanessa Ellingham
A human rights activist who had been a prominent figure in Libya's Arab Spring revolution in 2011 was killed at her home yesterday during the general [...]
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26.Jun
UN torture ban 1984
June 26th, 2014
30 years after the UN convention on banning torture - Amnesty's campaign to stand with victims of torture
EDITOR:Murat Suner
Today, all over the world, Amnesty International's members and activists are taking to the streets to ask governments to take action. On [...]
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25.Jun
european court
June 25th, 2014
Jews and Roma blocked from running in Bosnia and Herzegovina election
EDITOR:Vanessa Ellingham
With only four months until the next general election in Bosnia and Herzegovina, minorities still do not have the right to run for election. Despite [...]
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24.Jun
panic button_illustration_5
June 24th, 2014
Amnesty International launches “Panic Button” app for activists in danger
EDITOR:Murat Suner
A new Panic Button app, to give human rights defenders urgent help from their own networks when facing attack, kidnapping, or torture is now available [...]
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23.Jun
smoking
June 23rd, 2014
Purchasing cigarettes could be be banned for Britons born after 2000
EDITOR:Vanessa Ellingham
In an attempt to protect future generations from the negative health effects of smoking, British doctors will vote this week on whether to campaign [...]
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20.Jun
refugeeday
June 20th, 2014
The most urgent story of our time
EDITOR:Vanessa Ellingham
Today is World Refugee Day and the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) is asking people to share stories to commemorate the day. Whether it's adding your story to the inspiring collection on the [...]
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19.Jun
sudanmap
June 19th, 2014
Ongoing crisis in South Sudan: The other side of the war
EDITOR:Murat Suner
Oxfam has been present in Southern Sudan since 1983, providing humanitarian aid to victims of conflict, drought and floods, as well as long-term development assistance [...]
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18.Jun
sperm whale spain
June 18th, 2014
Supermarket chain held accountable for plastic waste causing whale's death
EDITOR:Vanessa Ellingham
A sperm whale which washed up on a beach in Spain was found to have swallowed nearly 60 pieces of plastic dumped into the sea by farmers who work in [...]
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17.Jun
gay police officer turkey
June 17th, 2014
Breaking European Convention on Human Rights: Gay officer dismissed of Turkish police force
EDITOR:Murat Suner
Turkish daily Milliyet news paper reported on June 16 that the Interior Ministry has defended the dismissal of a policeman due to his sexual [...]
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