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By Roberto Malini
Co-founder, EveryOne Group, Italy

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Rome. The fire that killed four young Roma children - possibly a racist attack
By Roberto Malini
Rome - "We believe the slogans accompanied by the swastika that appeared yesterday in Rome in Via della Pisana could mean that neo-Nazis are claiming responsibility for the fire in which four Roma children from Romania perished: Fernando, Patrick, Sebastian and Raul". (Full Story)

Refugees on Lampedusa and the Geneva Convention
By Roberto Malini
Lampedusa - 660 immigrants were rescued by the Coast Guard last night off the coast of Lampedusa. The refugees, who arrived on 11 boats, are mostly Tunisians, but there are also refugees from Eritrea among them. Another rescue is currently underway about 6 miles west of the island. The number of refugees heading for Italy is increasing all the time, fuelled by the political tensions in Tunisia. (Full Story)

Wikileaks, allegations against Italy: Eritreans were pushed back and beaten
By Roberto Malini
Rome - The behaviour of the Italian Ambassador in Tripoli has been severely criticised. Eritrean refugees were beaten by members of the Italian navy during their forced return to Libya. The Italian Ambassador to Tripoli pretended not to notice and failed to reply to the constant requests for help from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. (Full Story)

Sinai refugees: the nightmare continues
By Roberto Malini
Milan (Italy) - The plight of the African refugees in the Sinai is not over yet. The authorities in Rafah and El Gorah have cancelled the security operation to try and free the African migrants. According to authorities, the special body will not be used because of the Camp David accords. (Full Story)

Trafficking in human beings in the northern Sinai is a plague
By Roberto Malini
Rome (Italy) - Trafficking in human beings in the northern Sinai is a plague that Egypt is preparing to face in 2011 with a special anti-terrorism unit. The Egyptian government is setting up a special body whose goal is to stamp out trafficking in human beings and weapons. (Full Story)

Refugees in the Sinai: why is it so difficult to combat human trafficking?
By Roberto Malini
Milan (Italy) - Traffickers in the Sinai have freed another group of African refugees. We received the news from Don Mussiè Zerai , president of Habeshia. Thirty refugees are still in the hands of traffickers, in the fruit orchard of Rafah. (Full Story)

A question for the United Nations and the European Union: what is the value of human life?
By Roberto Malini
Milan/Rafah - We have an important question to put to you, because it concerns the life and dignity of a great number of human beings. We are asking the United Nations and the institutions of the European Union for an honest answer. (Full Story)

An Appeal for the release of 20 poets from Azerbaijan detained in Iran
By Roberto Malini
In Iran, even poets who write in their own mother tongue are arrested and threatened with heavy sentences in the Islamic courts. And that is what happened in April 2010 to 20 poets, writers and journalists from Azerbaijan. (Full Story)

Human trafficking in the Sinai: the UN, EU and democratic governments must intervene
By Roberto Malini
Rafah - It has been over two months since the world found out about the ordeal of the 250 African refugees in the Sinai. After the refoulement from the European Union and harsh detention in Libyan prisons, the migrants decided to attempt to reach Israel. (Full Story)

Egyptian police kill an Eritrean on the Israeli border
By Roberto Malini
Rafah - Egyptian police fired on African migrants on the border with Israel. Last Sunday, while the shootout between the police and traffickers was underway - and which led to the death of a young police officer in Rafah - a border guard patrol opened fire on a young Eritrean who was attempting to cross the border into Israel. (Full Story)

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