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Cypriot authorities should investigate allegations of pushbacks and ill-treatment of migrants
Commissioner for Human Rights
18 March 2021
Strasbourg
In a letter addressed to the Minister of Interior of Cyprus the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Dunja Mijatović urges the Cypriot authorities to ensure that independent and effective investigations are carried out into allegations of pushbacks and of ill-treatment of arriving...
ECRI annual report: Covid-19 deepened inequalities, LGBTI backlash, growing religious intolerance and BLM
European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI)
18 March 2021
Strasbourg
The Council of Europe’s anti-racism commission (ECRI) in its 2020 annual report published ahead of the International Day against Racial Discrimination on 21 March, identified four key challenges Europe was facing last year. These are: mitigating the disproportional impact of the Covid-19 pandemic...