18 Quotes by Holly Cartner

Shipping people back to Morocco is not an answer to this crisis. Protecting these extremely vulnerable people should be the Spanish government's priority.

Morocco must do far more to respect the basic human rights of migrants before it can be considered a safe country for returns. This is hardly the time to be discussing an EU returns agreement with Morocco.

It is a violation of international law to return people to a place where they will be persecuted and tortured. Kazakh officials had an obligation to know the risk these men faced if returned, but sent them back anyway.

We are deeply concerned for his safety and well-being.

Torture of detainees is routine in Uzbekistan. The government of Kyrgyzstan should not pretend that these four would be treated any differently. The latest promises of access to detainees are also not credible.

This really isn't about the visa at all. This is about the authorities not wanting to let us document the abuses there.

The government needs to show both perpetrators and victims that violence against minorities will not be tolerated. Condemning ethnically motivated attacks for what they are, and bringing those responsible to justice are crucial.

The government's crackdown on civil society is unprecedented, even in Uzbekistan's 14-year history of repression since independence from the Soviet Union.

This unprecedented assault on the work of human rights groups will invariably undermine the rights of all Russians.