Monday, November 29, 2010. “The relatives of some of the 80 refugees being held hostage in the Sinai by Egyptian traffickers have communicated some terrible news: three men have been murdered by the traffickers because their families have not paid the ransom, approximately 8,000 dollars each. The three hostages were shot to death.

The news was released by Roberto Malini, Matteo Pegoraro and Dario Picciau, the co-presidents of EveryOne group, who received confirmation of the murders from don Mussie Zerai (an Eritrean priest from Agenzia Habesia) who spoke to the victims'  families over the phone. The United Nations, the European Union, the governments of civilized countries, including the Italian government and the Egyptian institutions and authorities, have a moral and civil duty to intervene.

If the murderers are not arrested and the remaining 77 hostages released, Egypt will have legalized the trafficking of human beings, slavery, torture, and cold-blooded murder: a massacre that can be avoided with international diplomatic intervention”. EveryOne Group - an NGO which for years has been working for the protection of the rights of refugees and migrants - has launched an international appeal addressed to the Secretary General of the United Nations; the UN High Commissioner for Refugees; the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights; the President of the European Parliament; the President of the European Commission; the Council of Europe's Committee Against Torture and the President of the Arab Republic of Egypt. In the text, the group invites the international community to intervene immediately to save the lives of the remaining 77 refugees. “We are also asking the Italian Government and all the political figures who care about human rights and the lives of refugees to do everything in their power to prevent new atrocities taking place”, conclude EveryOne's activists.