Politics International Relations Human Rights Human Rights Violations Refugee crisis
Stefan Simanowitz
Stefan Simanowitz

@StefSimanowitz

4 Tweets Apr 10, 2023
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Latvian authorities have violently pushed back refugees & migrants at the country’s borders with Belarus, subjecting many to grave human rights violations, including secret detention & even torture, according to new findings published today by @Amnesy.
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A “state of emergency” in #Latvia has allowed border guards to push back refugees to #Belarus & suspend the right to seek asylum
Latvia denies these human rights violations but @amnesty’s recent research told a very different story🖕
Today, the SoE was extended for the 5th time
A “state of emergency” in #Latvia has allowed border guards to push back refugees to #Belarus &...
Médecins Sans Frontières calls on the Latvian authorities to immediately end the unlawful & arbitrary detention of refugees, migrants & asylum seekers in #Latvia, which is having severe consequences on their mental & physical health @MSF #Refugees @MSF_uk
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“Weeks after @amnesty published a detailed report documenting abuses against migrants & refugees,
the announcement that an internal investigation has found no evidence of human rights abuses by Latvian border guards at the Belarus border defies belief.
amnesty.org
“Weeks after @amnesty published a detailed report documenting abuses against migrants & refugees...
www.amnesty.org

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