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20 Apr 2017MV Liberty Prrudencia: a gross failure in protecting seafarers’ rightsOriginal Lloyds List & The Maritime Executive OP-ED I HAVE great respect for the mental and physical tenacity of the remaining 13 Indian crew of the Liberty Prrudencia. At the time of writing, they remain effectively abandoned by the owners in Zhoushan, China, having been paid just one month’s wages -
13 Apr 2017HRAS submits its UN Global Compact Communication on EngagementHuman Rights at Sea has published its formal submission to the UN Secretary General concerning the charity’s engagement in the UN Global Compact. The charity’s Communication on Engagement can be -
08 Apr 2017HRAS publishes desperate letter for help from abandoned crew of MV Liberty PrrudenciaPRESS RELEASE Immediate: 8 April 2017 Human Rights at Sea today publishes a copy of a desperate letter for help from the remaining Indian seafarers of the Hong Kong flagged MV Liberty Prrudencia -
08 Apr 2017Escaping the Tiger, Then Meeting the Crocodile: Interview with Phil Robertson Human Rights WatchHRAS Interview: Escaping the Tiger, Then Meeting the Crocodile Thousands of migrant workers from Myanmar, Cambodia and Laos cross the border into Thailand each year. They trade poverty at home for the possibility of relative prosperity abroad. A Thai proverb – escaping from the tiger, then meeting -
03 Apr 2017Spring Newsletter publishedHuman Rights at Sea has now published it Spring newsletter for the first quarter of 2017. This covers our main events and deliverables for the last three months, though it does not cover all ongoing -
31 Mar 2017European Parliament: Human Rights at Sea outlines voluntary SAR NGO Code of ConductPRESS RELEASE 31 March 2017 Human Rights at Sea outlines the first voluntary Code of Conduct for Search and Rescue NGOs in the European Parliament CEO David Hammond – European Parliament – 29 March -
13 Mar 2017The HRAS Interview with Abby McGill: Empowering Migrant Workers in ThailandHRAS Interview: Empowering Migrant Workers in Thailand It is promising that the Thai government and big industry players like Costco are getting involved in the fight against human rights abuses in the Thai fishing industry, but there is more work to be done. For Abby McGill, that work focus is on -
10 Mar 2017The Human Impact of Crew Abandonment MV Liberty PrrudenciaThe Human Impact Human Rights at Sea today publishes an independent case study and investigative report into the case of the Indian crew of the MV Liberty Prrudencia, who had been left onboard the -
07 Mar 2017Dr Sofia Galani joins Non-Executive BoardPRESS RELEASE Immediate – 3 March 2017 Human Rights at Sea is very pleased to announce that Dr. Sofia Galani has joined the charity’s Non-Executive Board of Advisors where she will be providing her
