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30.Jun

June 30, 2014

Thirty asphyxiate on overcrowded boat bound for Italy

located:	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.

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27.Jun

June 27, 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 [...]

26.Jun

June 26, 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 [...]

25.Jun

June 25, 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 [...]