All posts by CILD staff

CILD Awards: human rights heroes wanted!

Events - Special projects

CILD staff 7 October 2016

Heroes of human rights, step forward! Following the success of last year's edition, we are launching the second annual CILD Award for Freedom and Civil...

Baobab: taking in migrants is more than a moral duty

Migrations

CILD staff 3 October 2016

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On Friday, authorities once again shut down the Baobab Experience, an autonomous centre run by volunteers with the purpose of providing shelter to hundreds...

Athens Democracy Forum: democracy as a process

Civil Liberties in the Digital Age - Equality and anti-discrimination - Migrations

CILD staff 26 September 2016

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Democracy is a process, not something that is accomplished or achieved, op-ed writer Serge Schemann noted in the New York Times during the fourth...

Open Migration at Festivaletteratura: our report

Events - Migrations

CILD staff 12 September 2016

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We are back in Mantua after a hectic five days at Festivaletteratura, that most important of literary festivals which, this year, is celebrating its...

Will the new Privacy Shield really protect our data?

Civil Liberties in the Digital Age - Freedom of Expression

CILD staff 29 August 2016

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The Privacy Shield has become reality – but will it really protect our data?

A sports club without a sponsor

Special projects

CILD staff 18 August 2016

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by Patrizio Gonnella, president of CILD It is not easy to understand the rules that govern the choice of which sports are included in the...

Calling for a Whistleblower Protection Act – now!

Events - Special projects

CILD staff 8 August 2016

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The term “whistleblower” does not have a satisfying and correct translation in Italian

Exporting “drone wars”: US drones to strike ISIS targets from Sigonella

National Security

CILD staff 4 August 2016

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The USA is launching its first airstrikes in Libya.

Stop extrajudicial executions in the Philippines

Drug policy - Events

CILD staff 3 August 2016

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A few months ago, the newly elected President of the Philippines Rodrigo Duterte launched a bloody war on drugs, with a rising number of...

#Parliamone, Youtubers and data to talk about migration

Events - Migrations

CILD staff 3 August 2016

Can we come up with a new way of talking about migrations and refugees? A new way, both accurate and engaging, that avoids sensationalism...