Category: News-Articles
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*First Published on Initiative of Lawyers and Jurists for the shipwreck of Pylos Update on the progress of the judicial investigation into the deadly Pylos shipwreck (1/11/2023) As already known, on 13 September 2023, 40 survivors of the deadly shipwreck, which took place off the coast of Pylos on 14 June 2023, filed a criminal…
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Forty survivors are part of the suit alleging Greek authorities failed to protect the lives of those on the fishing boat that capsized in June, killing hundreds. By Katy Fallon *First Published on Al Jazeera Athens, Greece – Three months after one of the deadliest shipwrecks in the Mediterranean Sea in recent years, a lawsuit has been…
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Questions to the Coast Guard regarding the posting of dozens of rescue videos after the shipwreck off Pylos According to the spokesperson of the Hellenic Coast Guard, Mr. N. Alexiou, concerning the deadly and criminal shipwreck off Pylos on June 14, 2023, “at the time of the sinking, there was no possibility of recording” (statements…
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Ξεκίνησε προκαταρκτική στο Ναυτοδικείο Πειραιά για διερεύνηση ποινικών ευθυνών ανδρών του Λιμενικού για το πολύνεκρο ναυάγιο της Πύλου. Η Ιλβα Γιόχανσον, ευρωπαία Επίτροπος εσωτερικών υποθέσεων, στην από 6/7/2023 πρόσκληση της LIBE, ενημέρωσε ότι εκτός της ποινικής διερεύνησης για τους διακινητές, εκκίνησε πλέον έρευνα (προκαταρκτική) στο Ναυτοδικείο Πειραιά για τις ποινικές ευθύνες του Λιμενικού για το πολύνεκρο…
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By Moira Lavelle and Vedat Yeler *First Published onAl Jazeera Names marked with an asterisk have been changed to protect identities. Pylos, Greece – As soon as the overloaded fishing trawler set off from Libya last month, the danger seemed obvious to Ahmed*, a 21-year-old Syrian. “The boat was too heavy,” he told Al Jazeera. “We were sitting next to each…
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Families of those on board recall the heartbreaking farewells they shared as hopes of finding any more survivors vanish. By Moira Lavelle and Vedat Yeler *First Published on Al Jazeera Naeem Afridi last spoke to his brother, Hameedullah, on June 12 as he was travelling on a boat from Libya headed to Europe. “Hameedullah told me ‘Don’t worry.…
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*reposted from The ConversationThe Mediterranean route between Libya and Italy has been described as the “world’s most dangerous maritime crossing”. This was proven once again last week in the tragic shipwreck of a boat full of men, women and children, around 50 miles away from the southern Greek town of Pylos. The boat was being tracked by…
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https://www.bbc.com/news/av-embeds/65942426/vpid/p0fvxz3jhttps://www.bbc.com/news/av-embeds/65942426/vpid/p0fvxz3j By Nick Beake, Europe correspondent & Kostas Kallergis, senior Europe producer BBC News in Kalamata *Originally Published in BBCThe BBC has obtained evidence casting doubt on the Greek coastguard’s account of Wednesday’s migrant shipwreck in which hundreds are feared to have died. Analysis of the movement of other ships in the area suggests the…
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*Originally published in DocumentoThe “Aigaion Pelagos” lifeguard boat was in the area, but was not included in the rescue operation by the Greek Coast Guard. Only hours after the capsizing of a vessel in the Mediterranean which led to the death of at least 78 migrants, information published by Documento, demonstrates important responsibilities of the Greek authorities.…