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European governments could be taken to court over allegations of complicity in the torture of migrants and refugees in Libya, Amnesty International warned yesterday.
A damning report from the human rights group claims that EU cash is directed to authorities working with militias and people smugglers in an attempt to stem migration from the north African country.
It claims that the EU is actively supporting a “system of abuse and exploitation” of migrants and refugees in Libya resulting in mass arbitrary and indefinite detention.
A society that grows accustomed to ‘undesirable’ people also grows accustomed to undesirable deaths. Minneapolis serves as a wake-up call, including for our own refugee policies, writes MARC VANDEPITTE
While much attention is focused on Israel’s aggression, we cannot ignore the conflicts in Africa, stoked by Western imperialism and greed for natural resources, if we’re to understand the full picture of geopolitics today, argues ROGER McKENZIE
