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The Iuventa rescue ship rots in a shipyard in Trapani, Italy, after the authorities failed to maintain it properly
[Ben Cowles]
Tory leader’s video was ‘an insult to the innocent civil rights protesters who were murdered in Derry in January 1972,’ says SDLP MP Colum Eastwood
FOUR activists who saved the lives of over 14,000 people in the central Mediterranean will find out if they are to stand trial over human smuggling charges on April 19.
The accused — Kathrin Schmidt, Dariush Beigui, Sascha Girke and Uli Troder — were members of the Iuventa refugee rescue ship between 2016 and 2017.
The ship was seized in August 2017 after the Italian secret services bugged the bridge and intercepted the crew’s emails and phones.
Italians reject controversial judiciary reforms in a referendum that boosts the left, reports NICK WRIGHT
A judge in a German court ruled that the ban activity imposed on renowned Dr Ghassan Abu-Sittah was unlawful, reports LEON WYSTRYCHOWSKI
