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01 Jul 2019Update to abandoned Indian Seafarers of MV Tamim Aldar off UAE CoastPress Release I July 2019 “We don’t have any option to save our life, we have to go, so finally we decided and went with our lifeboat…we are very afraid, but somehow we have to go to save us.” Testimony of abandoned seafarers of MV Tamim Aldar having been forced to abandon their vessel to try to -
01 Jul 2019Abandoned seafarer podcast testimony to conditions endured on MV Tamim AldarPress Release 1 July 2019 London. UK. At the time of writing in a rapidly developing phase to the current matter which should herald the end of the abandonment of the remaining crew onboard the UAE -
29 Jun 2019HRAS deplores the arrest of Captain Carola RacketePress Release 29th June 2019 Photo Credit:Carola Rackete REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane London. UK. The arrest in the early hours this morning in the Italian port of Lampedusa of Carola Rackete, the -
25 Jun 2019Gender Equality at Sea. The Story of ETO Amreen Bano.Press Release 25th June 2019 “Shipping has been a male dominated industry for years, but now times are changing. Women are coming to sea and they are proving themselves.” London. UK. On the international Day of the Seafarer, the campaign theme of which is ‘ I Am On Board with gender equality‘ driven -
20 Jun 2019Human Rights at Sea Statement for World Refugee DayPress Release 20 June 2019 London.UK. Against a historic high record of forced displacement that shows that over 7 0 million people have been forced to flee their home, today on World Refugee Day -
19 Jun 2019Poseidon Principles the first global framework for responsible ship finance is a positive industry step to shipping decarbonisationPress Release 19th June 2019 London.UK. Human Rights at Sea positively welcomes the Poseidon Principles, a result of the the multi-stakeholder initiative of the Global Maritime Forum. Following the -
07 Jun 2019BHRRC issues Modern Slavery Report in the Pacific Tuna FisheriesPACIFIC FISHERIES – NEW BHRRC REPORT London, UK. At the start of the week, the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre (BHRRC) launched a new briefing and online platform Out of Sight: Modern Slavery in Pacific Supply Chains of Canned Tuna – A Survey and Analysis of Company Action and issued a -
07 Jun 2019Seafarers UK Director General issues supporting message for Human Rights at SeaPress Release 7th June 2019 London, UK. On the occasion of the forthcoming retirement of Commodore Barry Bryant CVO Royal Navy, Director General Seafarers UK, Commodore Bryant has issued a supporting -
06 Jun 2019From Shipyard to Scrapyard – Roundtable Report IssuedPress Release 7th June 2019 “It is crucial to have international human rights standards front and centre. The concept of human rights at sea needs to be mainstreamed with all stakeholders round the
