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Jul 2, 2019 10 tweets 11 min read Read on X
#Libya warplanes targeting the detention center of Tajoura, east of #Tripoli. There are reports of #refugees & #migrants injured and dead.
This is not the first time.

@UNHCRLibya refugees need to be evacuated. ImageImageImage
@UNHCRLibya #Tajoura Building destroyed, body parts all over the place. Witness confirmed 2 raids. Dozens injured brought to local hospitals. In Tajoura there are ~600ppl & in the building that was shelled ~120.

Refugees were caught at sea & brought back by the Eu-funded Libyan coastguard. ImageImageImage
@UNHCRLibya Also last May #Tajoura detention center was targeted by airstrikes. It was not safe and UN was well aware of that. 2 weeks ago @ItalyinLibya have been visiting the center. Was not clear that the center was eventually too close to Daman military camp?
@UNHCRLibya @ItalyinLibya #Libya Video filmed by a survivor, after the airstrike on #Tajoura detention center. Shame to those who claimed (esp In #Italy) that #Libya is a safe place.
#Libya #UmanitarianEvacuation is needed for survivors after Haftar’s deliberate targeting of #Tajoura detention center. "Now we are all outside waiting for help". ImageImageImage
#Tajoura

Since 2 nights, ~ 450 survivors are still sleeping outdoor. "We do not want to go back to the cells. The smell of death is very strong & we are afraid of shelling".

Families & women have been offered a "safer" location. The reply: "Relocation for all or nothing". ImageImage
Another option circulating as the "solution" is you are FREE to leave the detention center.

Survivors of war crimes in #Libya are thinking that being released is not a solution: a)Being out does not mean being free b)It's dangerous b)Human smugglers & militia would benefit
Diplomatic missions in #Libya, UN agencies & int. orgs have been repetitively visiting #Tajoura where refugees were conscripted to work in an adjacent weapons workshop. #Refugees who were detained for 2 years in #Tajoura: “we have been telling them the truth but no one reacted".
From #Tajoura

Since the air strike, survivors are still trapped in the detention centre. They are at risk: arbitrarily detained and exposed to the fightings.

Today, they have organised a peaceful sit-in to ask EU for a safer place. Image
#Libya is not safe.
1.2 million civilians in #Tripoli are at risk of violence & more than 100,000 have fled their homes since April +1000 dead & more than 5000 wounded. @IOM_Libya confirms that 53 people, including 6 children, were killed & +130 were injured in #Tajoura bombing.

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Jan 18, 2023
For years people have been illegally sent back from #Italy to #Greece in secret prisons on private ships.

After months of investigating, we’ve found where asylum seekers, including children, are being detained.

THREAD 🧵
While European passengers are enjoying their holiday trips on board #Superfast ferries, below deck - in metal boxes & dark rooms - asylum seekers from #Afghanistan #Syria & #Iraq are detained.
This metal box is next to where trucks are parked - an area that is considered to be unsafe for passengers during the journey.
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Oct 22, 2022
I just returned from #Turkey. I have spent days with Afghan & Syrian communities in Istanbul & at the border with #Bulgaria. I spoke with lawyers & local activists & archived evidences of pushbacks filmed by refugees who managed to survive violence & repression.

A few thoughts.
For the last years, #Turkey is the 1st address where Afghan refugees either stay permanently or wait at a transit point to cross to #Europe. Besides exploitation by employers & lack of access to public services, they are now facing the threat of detention or deportation to #Iran.
You’ll find them in #Zeytinburnu where restaurants employ a steady stream of runaways, including minors. I met young couples who already paid over the odds for passage over #Iran's treacherous mountains, sometimes waist-deep in snow & are now saving for another perilous journey.
Read 9 tweets
Feb 27, 2022
[Thread] Here is a collection of most racist coverage of #Russia's attack on #Ukraine. We are being told who deserves war, missiles, & who looks like a good refugee.
This only serves to mislead viewers & decontextualise conflicts. Hypocrisy & its randomness..
“It’s very emotional for me because I see European people with blue eyes and blonde hair being killed” - Ukraine’s Deputy Chief Prosecutor, David Sakvarelidze
@BBCWorld
"This isn't Iraq or Afghanistan...This is a relatively civilized, relatively European city".

@CBS
Read 7 tweets
Oct 1, 2020
[Thread]

Spero abbiate il tempo di leggere la nostra inchiesta su nave #Caprera, mandata dall'Italia in Libia per combattere il traffico di esseri umani. Alcuni dei suoi marinai hanno organizzato un carico di contrabbando + violato l'embargo UN sulle armi
nytimes.com/2020/09/28/wor… Image
L'ex ministro degli interni italiano Matteo Salvini a Tripoli aveva elogiato l'equipaggio della nave Caprera per aver impedito a + 7.000 persone di raggiungere l'Europa.

L'unico problema: la Caprera stessa stava organizzando un carico di contrabbando verso l´Europa. Image
Una prova fondamentale per gli investigatori sono le foto di una festa di addio. Le foto, condivise sul gruppo WhatsApp di nave Caprera, mostrano un sorridente Corbisiero seduto davanti a una grande torta al cioccolato.

Dietro di lui i sacchi di sigarette di contrabbando. ImageImage
Read 8 tweets
Sep 29, 2020
[Thread]

I hope you’ll take the time to read our full investigation on how #Italy sent a warship to #Libya to fight trafficking &
🇮🇹 sailors gathered a cargo of contraband + broke a UN arms embargo.

On the @nytimes with @PatrickKingsley
nytimes.com/2020/09/28/wor… Image
#Italy's former interior minister Matteo Salvini praised the ship Caprera after it stopped ++ than 7,000 people from reaching Europe.

There was just one problem: the #Caprera was itself smuggling contraband to #Europe. Image
A key piece of evidence for investigators are photos from a farewell party... Photographs shared on the ship’s WhatsApp group showed a grinning Mr. Corbisiero sitting before a large chocolate cake... Behind him were several sacks of contraband cigarettes. ImageImage
Read 6 tweets
Jul 28, 2020
A local source in #Khoms reported that following disembarkation (70 people) a shooting happened — 5 people were shot, 2 died + other injured. Local IOM team was on the ground.

Survivors have been brought to Souq Al-Khamis detention centre, other escaped.
#Libya Staff from @IOM_Libya, reported that local authorities in #Khoms started shooting when the migrants attempted to escape from the disembarkation point.

Full statement iom.int/news/iom-deplo… Image
#Libya Aboh Ishag, 20 years old from #Darfur #Sudan killed in #Khoms after being intercepted & forcibly brought back by the Libyan coast guard equipped & financed by the EU. Killed as he refused to be taken back to a detention center where torture & exploitation are widespread. Image
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