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30 Jan 2019OP-ED: Concerns spread as suicide rate at sea increasesOP-ED Mr Andrew Cowderoy CEO & Founder, ZS Wellness Ltd The UK P&I Club reported that in the previous three years, they have identified an increase of suicide at sea from 4.4% in 2014 to 15.3% in 2017- a rate that has almost tripled. Tim Huxley, Chairman of Mandarin Shipping, Hong Kong, has said: -
29 Jan 2019Indian Seafarers abandoned offshore Namibia threaten suicide over unpaid wagesPRESS RELEASE 29 January 2019 “Save me from the mental agony I am going through” Chandra Rakesh Singh Negi, MV HALANI I crew member London. UK. Human Rights at Sea publishes its latest detailed case -
15 Jan 2019The Killing of Fesaitu Riamkau: A Fijian CrewmanPRESS RELEASE 15 January 2019 Any advice for people going to sea? “It’s up to them. Anything can happen at sea.” Munivai Taukave Lorenti London.UK. Human Rights at Sea today publishes a new redacted -
08 Jan 2019Shadi Elserafy: The Smuggling of Migrants across the Mediterranean Sea: States’ Responsibilities and Human RightsPress Release 8th January 2019 Legal Research Programme London. UK. Under the established Legal Research Programme, Human Rights at Sea today publishes Mr. Shadi Elserafy’s thesis written in fulfilment of his Masters Degree in Peace and Conflict Transformation for the University of Tromso, The -
28 Dec 2018Migrants crossing The English Channel & Port StrategiesCOMMENT 28 December 2018 London.UK. The recent increase in migrant crossings from France to England across one of the world’s busiest shipping lanes, has prompted calls within the UK to increase sea -
21 Dec 2018Human Rights at Sea Annual Review 2018ANNUAL REVIEW 21 December 2018 London.UK. Looking back over past annual reviews there is a common theme of highlighting what we can do better in addition to discussing our successes and delivery. As -
19 Dec 20182018 International Maritime Human Rights Conference ReviewedREVIEW “ Human rights and dignity must be a high priority for the maritime sector”. Nusrat Ghani MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Transport, 29 October 2018 London. UK. On 29th October 2018, the second International Maritime Human Rights (IHMR 2018) conference was held at The -
13 Dec 2018Fishermen’s Welfare and Human Rights Report for Ascension Island EEZ PublishedPRESS RELEASE 13 December 2018 LONDON. UK. Human rights at Sea today publishes a commissioned report undertaken by the charity’s not-for-profit trading consultancy H uman Rights at Sea International -
11 Dec 2018HRAS exposes case of over 30 abandoned seafarers in UAE watersPRESS RELEASE 11 December 2018 London.UK. Human Rights at Sea has published an expose on the shocking case of over 30 seafarers abandoned on three vessels in UAE waters. The latest case study is part
