Matteo de Bellis

@matteodebellis

Researcher, Amnesty International. Tweets on human rights violations in and by Europe, asylum, migration, discrimination. Usual disclaimers.

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    Jul 4

    Something really special is happening in . Thousands on the street to protect the independent judiciary. Tonight at 21.00 large protest in . For more on how Poland is rolling back rights to protest and rule of law:

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    VIDEO: Poland's Supreme Court chief justice arrives at work in defiance of a retirement law pushed through by the right-wing government but criticised by the EU as undermining judicial independence
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    Jul 3

    483 have died in the central Mediterranean route since 19 June. It is necessary to reinforce the presence of rescue ships in the Med in order to avoid further loss of life.

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    Jul 3

    More people drowning in the Mediterranean. Rescue at sea must not be taken hostage by politics.

    Update: 2 shipwrecks took place over the past days with one disembarkation on 29 June in Tajoura (100 persons missing and 16 disembarked) and one today 2 July at the Tripoli Naval Base (114 persons missing and 276 disembarked) No disembarkation took place in Zwara.
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  4. Jul 3

    Is the trying to advance even further its cooperation (read: do what it takes to stop people from crossing borders towards Europe) with a government responsible for mass atrocities on its own population?

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    Jul 2

    Amidst all the pomp and circumstance of last week’s , I wrote something for on the problems of pursuing comprehensive policy by articulating superficial goals.

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    Jul 2

    "Le navi e le imbarcazioni che battono bandiera europea e che compiono salvataggi in mare non possono riportare migranti verso la Libia. Lo precisa la Commissione europea, per chiarire le conclusioni del Vertice."E' contro i nostri valori, il diritto internazionale ed europeo"

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    Jul 1

    Only concrete points in summit statement were to “continue supporting Libyan coast guard” (to take people back to hellish detention centres) & warning to NGOs “not to obstruct” CG operations. No NGOs off now - only result is hundreds of deaths over last few days

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    Jun 30

    We should not accept such tragedy as something that cannot be avoided. The day we will be indifferent, we will loose the right to call ourselves human beings

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    Jun 27

    UN INVASORE

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  10. Jun 30

    3 children in my mind. 3 toddlers who will never play again. A Trinity abandoned, sacrificed by our elected leaders on the altar of our selfishness. 3 light souls, heavy on the conscience of those who still have one.

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    Jun 29

    Spanish rescue ship ⁦⁩ told not to respond to distress call, that Libyans were in control. Moments later 100 migrants missing at sea, 3 children found dead. (from )

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    Jun 29

    Ostacolare i soccorritori, finanziare i torturatori, lasciare che 100 persone muoiano in mare senza batter ciglio. Interessarsi solo dei bambini che dormono nei nostri letti. Guardare affogare gli altri senza un sussulto. Buongiorno Italia. Sia detto con diplomazia, mi fai orrore

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    Jun 30

    L'Europa sta morendo nel Mediterraneo. Muore nell'egoismo dei nazionalismi, nelle politiche domestiche piegate dalle elezioni locali, nella paura delle classi dirigenti di guidare invece che di subire le opinioni pubbliche nazionali. Siamo tutti responsabili, nessuno escluso.

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    Jun 29

    Today at least 100 more vulnerable people feared dead as their boat capsized off . Destroying independent search & rescue capacity in the will only lead to more unnecessary deaths at sea. The human cost is horrendous.

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    Jun 29

    The conclusions can be read in many ways. My view: 1- As we disagree on how to fix the broken asylum system, let's resort to non-EU countries to solve this for us 2- We don't agree where people will be disembarked but we agree that if they reach Europe we may lock them up

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    Jun 29

    Saddened by the loss of 100 lives today off the coast of Libya in Tajoura - 30 women and 70 men died after swimming for one hour before they were rescued. UNHCR teams supported the 16 survivors upon disembarkation with humanitarian and medical assistance

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  17. Jun 29

    As EU-supported Libyan Coastguard keeps intercepting people at sea, number of those ending up in detention centres, where torture is rife, just reached 9000. Rather than helping them, decided to give even more resources to the Libyan Coastguard.

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  18. Jun 29

    This was the long-awaited week when EU leaders would finally reform the EU asylum system. Instead, it became the week when they decided that asylum-seekers can stay out of Europe, or end up detained.

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  19. Jun 29

    EU leaders applaude themselves: each has won a petty battle at & new ways to "stem influx" are on the table. Meanwhile, refugees/migrants have nothing to celebrate: - detention centres in Libya are filling up - more people are dying at sea - no new ways to travel safely

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    Jun 29

    Altri 100 morti nel Mediterraneo oggi. La notizia la dà la Guardia costiera libica. Tutti contenti adesso... grida di giubilo per il blocco delle Ong e per il disimpegno della Guardia costiera italiana? tanto ci pensano i libici ora ai soccorsi...

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