📅 Bologna | 26 - 27 January 2024

Evacuate #HumanRightsDefenders from Libya!

@refugeesinlibya is inviting you to discuss possibilities of evacuation, solidarity on the routes, documentation, protection and legal litigation.

Refugees in Libya protested for 100 days in front of the @refugees in Tripoli, Libya.

On the 10th of January 2022, the protest was brutally dismantled and hundreds of the refugee activists punished with imprisonment in the Ain Zara detention center.

In July 2023, after 18 months of torture and forced work, 221 comrades were released from prison, but most of them are still in Tripoli facing destitution, lack of medical care and the constant risk of arbitrary detention and physical violence.

The Network Alliance with Refugees in Libya (ARiL) is now launching a tour in various European cities, with events aimed at informing about the situation in Libya and recognizing the refugees as human rights defenders.

The 2-days event in Bologna is the starting point of this transnational mobilization.

Program

Friday 26th January

10.30-11.30 a.m., @Sala Savonuzzi, Palazzo d'Accursio

PRESS CONFERENCE

Public launch of the campaign for the immediate evacuation of 221 human rights defenders from Libya

With

- David Yambio (Refugees in Libya)

- Naeima Hussein (Refugees in Libya)

- Matteo Lepore (Sindaco di Bologna)

- A member of the Catholic Church

- Vanessa Guidi (Mediterranea Saving Humans)

Moderated by:

- Giulia Sezzi (Ya Basta! Bologna)

6.30-8.30 p.m., @Municipio Sociale Làbas

PUBLIC ASSEMBLY

We will discuss political strategies for claiming potection and evacuation, denouncing illegal practices exercised by European autorithies and the organizing of safe passages from Libya to Europe. Testimonies on the struggle of migrants in Libya and across the maritime border of Europe

With Refugees in Libya, investigative journalists, researchers, Liminal, sea rescue organizations, Welcoming Cities Europe

Saturday 27th January

10.00-12.30 a.m., @Municipio Sociale Làbas

Workshop

INVESTIGATIONS AND LEGAL LITIGATION

How to move from documenting through investigative and archiving tools to denouncing through legal litigation.

With J&L Project, ASGI, Progetto Sciabaca, Liminal, ECCHR

2.00-4.00 p.m., @Municipio Sociale Làbas

Workshop

FROM SEA TO THE CITIES

Humanitarian corridors, solidarity on the routes and the perspectives of safe passages to sanctuary cities in Europe.

With networks From the Sea to the City, Alarm Phone, Rebbio Network, Baobab Experience

4.30-6.30 p.m., @Municipio Sociale Làbas

Workshop

MOBILE EXHIBITION

Stories and concepts of a tour of events and a developing exhibition through various cities in Europe.

With Refugees in Libya & Alliance with Refugees in Libya

4.30-6.30 p.m., @Municipio Sociale Làbas

Workshop

MEDITERRANEAN STRUGGLES

Interconnections of the struggles of migrants in other North African countries.

With inputs on experiences in Tunisia and Egypt from OnBorder Oulx and others

7.00-9.00 p.m., @Municipio Sociale Làbas

Film screening

SOLO DI PASSAGGIO

Documentary on the situation of migrants in Libya, produced by Observatory on Gender in Crisis.

With the presence of a representativeof the Observatory of Gender in Crisis Situations, Al Marsed (Tripoli, Libya)

Registrations e contacts: [email protected]

Website: www.refugeesinlibya.org