In today’s episode, we speak with Spyros, from the Free Pylos 9 campaign.
He’s going to tell us more about the Pylos Shipwreck, how the authorities refused to help the 750 people on the small fishing boat, and how it sank on June 14, 2023, when the Greek coastguards tried to tow it. Only 104 of the 750 people survived. Spyros also tells us about the nine survivors who were used as scapegoats for the disaster and jailed, about the campaign to free them, and how they were treated once they were acquitted.
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For more on Free Pylos 9,
see their website here: freepylos9.info
Follow the Free Pylos 9 campaign on Twitter here: @FreePylos9
Find them on Instagram: freepylos9
For more background on the Pylos shipwreck and the 9 criminalised survivors, read this article by the Human Rights Legal Project: humanrightslp.eu/post/the-lack-of-jurisdiction-in-the-pylos-9-trial-and-the-incoherent-interpretation-of-international-cri Spyros mentions the Captain Support Network.
Check them out here: captainsupport.net
He also mentioned the Justice for Pylos campaign.
Check out their website (in Greek) here: justice4pylos.org
For more on The Civil Fleet’s coverage of the Pylos Shipwreck, see here: thecivilfleet.wordpress.com/tag/Greece
Check out episodes 3, 4, 9, 16, 25, 26, 28, 35, 52, 53, and 56 of The Civil Fleet Podcast for more on Greece
Ben mention Lighthouse Reports and their investigation into the Pylos Shipwreck.
You can read that here: lighthousereports.com/investigation/drowning-in-lies/ Check out Solomon’s coverage of the shipwreck here: wearesolomon.com/mag/focus-area/migration/how-the-pylos-tragedy-could-have-been-avoided
For more on Alarm Phone visit: alarmphone.org, and find them on Twitter on @alarm_phone.
You can read Alarm Phone’s timeline of the shipwreck here: alarmphone.org/en/2023/06/14/europes-shield/
Oh, and by the way, Hellas is Greece in Greek, and therefore the Greek coastguard are also called the Hellenic Coastguard.