# 50
Sunday, 27 October 2019- edited by Ilaria
Saltarelli, Laura Harth and Angelica
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MEPs
strongly condemned the unilateral Turkish military
intervention in northeast Syria, urging Turkey to
withdraw all of its forces from Syrian
territory.
In
a resolution, adopted on Thursday by show of
hands, MEPs warn that Turkey’s intervention in
northeast Syria is a grave violation of
international law, undermining the stability and
security of the region as a whole.
Since
Turkey launched its military invasion, alongside a
high number of civilian and military casualties,
at least 300 000 citizens have been displaced,
underline MEPs, quoting UN sources. MEPs advocate
that a UN-led security zone should be established
in northern Syria.
They
firmly reject Turkish plans to establish “a
so-called safe zone” along the border in
north-east Syria and expressed concern that the
US-Turkish agreement on a temporary ceasefire
might legitimise the Turkish occupation of this
“safe zone”.
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Thailand
denied entry to Mu Sochua
Cambodia
National Rescue Party (CNRP) Vice-President Mu
Sochua was denied entry in Bangkok on October 20
and sent back to Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia. From
there, she headed to the United States, where she
is also a citizen.
Thai
immigration authorities did not respond to
requests for comment, but a document viewed by Al
Jazeera showed that Sochua was rejected for
“having behaviour which (was) possibly harmful” to
Thai society.
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Examination
of Italy at the Human Rights Council on the
exploitation of labour in agriculture of migrant
workers
The
Report of the Special Rapporteur- Urmila Bhoola –
with regard to Italy on contemporary forms of
slavery, including its causes and consequences
was adopted at the last session of the Human
Rights Council. During her visit to Italy from 3
to 12 October 2018, the SR examined in particular
the exploitation of migrant workers in the
agricultural sector and visited Rome, Calabria,
Apulia and Latina province, engaged directly with
victims of labour exploitation and visited the
informal settlements of San Ferdinando (Calabria)
and Borgo Mezzazione (Apulia). Italy has not yet
ratified the International Convention on The
Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers
and Members of Their Family and the definition of
forced labour is not explicit under Italian
criminal law but it is addressed in article 603bis
of the Criminal Code which prohibits illicit
intermediation and work exploitation, that is
capolarato.
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European
Commission: more humanitarian aid to
Libya
The
Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis
Management, Christos Stylianides, has
announced €2 million in additional
humanitarian aid in Lybia. Since 2014, the
European Union has allocated more than €46 million
in humanitarian aid to respond to the most
pressing needs in Libya. The EU funding will be
closely monitored and channelled through
international non-governmental organizations and
the International Committee of the Red
Cross This funding are not part of the
approximately EUR 367.7 million that the EU has
set aside for the North African component and that
are part of the Africa Emergency Trust Fund which
is not subject to the control of the European
Parliament.
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Ilham
Tohti, an Uyghur economist fighting for the rights
of China’s Uyghur minority, is the winner of the
European Parliament's Sakharov Prize for Freedom
of Thought in 2019.
Announcing
the laureate, Parliament President David Sassoli
said: “I am very pleased to announce that the
European Parliament has chosen Ilham Tohti as the
winner of the 2019 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of
Thought. Tohti has dedicated his life to
advocating for the rights of the Uyghur minority
in China. Despite being a voice of moderation and
reconciliation, he was sentenced to life in prison
following a show trial in 2014.
"By
awarding this prize, we strongly urge the Chinese
government to release Tohti and we call for the
respect of minority rights in
China."
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