Venice Film Festival: director Askold Kurov presents documentary about the case of Oleg Sentsov

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In the framework of the Festival, Askold Kurov presented the documentary: “The Trial: The State of Russia vs. Oleg Sentsov” and spoke in a live panel organised by Global Campus of Human Rights at their headquarters in Venice Lido. Dissident Ukrainian film director Oleg Sentsov was sentenced to 20 years imprisonment for terrorism and arms trafficking after a trial denounced as “Stalinist”. In 2018 he was awarded the Sakharov Prize by the European Parliament

Commission presents new measures to better protect EU citizens

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The Commission has presented alongside its 11th Security Union Report a set of operational and practical measures to better defend EU citizens against terrorist threats and deliver a Europe that protects. The measures aim to address vulnerabilities exposed by recent attacks and will support Member States in protecting public spaces and help deprive terrorists of the means to act.

Celebrities join call on Turkey to release human right defenders

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Stars of stage and screen have added their voices to the global demand for the immediate and unconditional release of a group of prominent human rights defenders in Turkey, one hundred days after they were detained, Amnesty International reveals.

Prevent radicalisation: the role of civil society

Cristina Barbetta

The European Economic and Social Committee (Eesc) has organised a public hearing on “The role of civil society in the prevention of radicalisation of young people” in its headquarters in Brussels. The aim? Clarify how EU policy-makers can help civil society practitioners to successfully prevent radicalisation.

The sacrificial lamb of the EU budget deal: the humanitarian aid

Martino Pillitteri

It took 18 hours of negotiations but at the end a deal that focuses on strengthening the economy and responding to the refugee crisis was reached. But there was a victim: humanitarian aid

World religious leaders together face the challenge of peace in the world

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“Thirst for peace”. The spirit of Assisi blows from the city of St Francis. Works from the opening ceremony “Religions and cultures in dialogue”

The truth about the Syrian refugee crisis

Monica Straniero

Screened at the Venice film festival 2016, ‘The War Show’ is a documentary on the Syrian conflict told from the point of view of a former radio DJ Obaidah Zytoon and her friends

Here is what the French journalist who witnessed the tragedy saw in Nice

Damien Allemand

Damien Allemand, journalist of Nice Matin, was on the Promenade des Anglais when a large 15-meter truck plowed through a crowd gathered to watch Bastille day fireworks. This is his story.

It is time to reckon with the various shades of Jihad à la carte

Martino Pillitteri

Muslim organizations denounce terrorism when it strikes in Brussels, Paris, London and Nice. “The not in my name” crowd though, justifies jihad when it strikes in Israel and Syria, argues Valentina Colombo.

Kenya: using the lives of refugees to blackmail Europe

Kimberley Evans

The proposed decision of the Kenyan government to shut down two of the world’s largest refugee camps is surprising, for a country that hosts over 600,104 refugees stemming mainly from conflict-ridden Somalia and South Sudan, and who have nowhere else to go. The government insists that its actions are based on security concerns, but according to The Economist, “money is probably the real reason for the sudden announcement.”