Latest editorial
A body floats in the central Mediterranean following a shipwreck in April 2021
[Flavio Gasperini / SOS MEDITERRANEE] 
REFUGEE rescue and support activists marked the first anniversary of a shipwreck in the central Mediterranean today by reiterating calls for action and accountability for the disaster.
About 130 people set sail from Libya on April 20 2021, around 10pm. A fisherman contacted the distress hotline organisation Alarm Phone the next morning informing them of the boat.
By 11am, Alarm Phone's activists had managed to contact the boat, receive its GPS co-ordinates and pass them on Libyan and Italian authorities. No-one came.
Fan group The 1873 issues scathing response to owners’ statement saying the club will not close
Israeli media awash with leaks and rumours of Netanyahu’s plans to seize Gaza. Meanwhile, the unrelenting siege of Gaza continues unabated
Mr Smalls and 13 other Freedom Flotilla Coalition activists who tried to break Israel’s illegal blockade of Gaza aboard the Handala ship remain in detention and on hunger strike
