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Naomi Klein and Cornel West join activists' call for donations to refugee rescue charity under legal attack
Naomi Klein (left) and (right) Cornel West have called for donations to help fund refugee rescuers Mediterranea's (centre) legal costs

US JOURNALIST Naomi Klein and philosopher Cornel West joined European human rights activists and academics today in their call today to help raise funds for a refugee rescue charity under legal attack in Italy.

The public prosecutor’s office in the Sicilian region of Ragusa brought charges against Mediterranea: Saving Humans earlier this month, accusing the NGO of “facilitating illegal immigration.”

The charges relate to an incident involving Mediterranea’s rescue ship Mare Jonio and a commercial vessel in the Mediterranean Sea last summer.

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