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Court clears Italy in deadly Libyan Coast Guard boat sinking case

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has decided that the sinking of a migrant vessel in November 2017, which claimed 20 lives and led survivors into Libya’s infamous detention camps, was deemed outside Italy’s legal control. The ruling effectively absolves Italy of responsibility for migrant deaths in the Mediterranean and detention abuses in Libya. This signals a worrying legal precedent that could embolden further evasion of accountability in

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