Justice for Pylos State Crime
New report suggests real culprits behind deadly Pylos wreck had close ties with Libya’s eastern commander, Khalifa Haftar *First Published on Middle East Eyes By Katherine Hearst Nine Egyptian men accused of being members of a smuggling network are still being held in Greece in pre-trial detention, in connection with last month’s deadly Pylos shipwreck, campaigners say. On 13 June, a…
*First Published on Euronews The European Union’s watchdog on Wednesday launched an investigation into the role Frontex played in one of the deadliest migrant shipwrecks in recent history. Among the documents EU Ombudsman Emily O’Reilly has demanded access to is the formal report by the Union’s external border agency about how events unfolded when the Adriana boat sank on…
*First Published in Initiative of Lawyers and Jurists for the shipwreck of Pylos The technological capacities of the ship PPLS 920 render absurd any no-footage claims (vid+pics) The technological capacities of the ship (PPLS 920) render absurd any claim by the Greek authorities that no footage of the Pylos shipwreck exists. [Announcement of the Initiative of Lawyers…
*Repost from Initiative of Lawyers and Jurists for the shipwreck of Pylos In this post, we gather Frontex statements, reactions, initiatives, etc, on the Pylos shipwreck (official statements + media reports) 1) Frontex tweet (2023-06-14) An initial version of this tweet, had the phrase “All questions should be directed to the Greek Rescue Coordination Centre”. This content…
In this post, we gather the public statements of the Coast Guard’s spokesman Nikos Alexiou in the next 24 hours after the fatal shipwreck off Pylos. Big contradictions arise from these statements, with the most characteristic being the initial absolute refusal of any rafting of the “Adriana” boat (as the fishing boat with the hundreds of refugees…
*First Published on Syria Direct ATHENS — On Tuesday, three Syrian families gathered at an Islamic cemetery in Komotini, northern Greece. They were there to bury three men: Riyadh Ghassan al-Talab, Muhammad al-Suwaydan and Hussam Zatima. Al-Talab, al-Suwaydan and Zatima, all from Syria’s southern Daraa province, were among the estimated 750 people on board a boat that sank in…
*First Published on Deutsche Welle Research conducted by a team of international journalists is casting doubt on the Greek coast guard’s account of the tragedy that cost hundreds of lives. Did the actions of the coast guard cause the boat to capsize? Less than a month after an overcrowded fishing trawler crammed with about 700 migrants sank off…
On July 10, 2023, the 2nd meeting of the Initiative of Lawyers and Jurists for the Pylos Shipwreck took place at the Athens Bar Association. The meeting began with updates on the Initiative’ actions after the first meeting of June 22, as well as on the legal actions undertaken by lawyers representing survivors and relatives of the…
*First Published in Initiative of Lawyers and Jurists for the shipwreck of Pylos Open Letter on the Greece Boat Disaster: Questions of International Law This letter is undersigned by academics internationally specialising in the areas of migration, asylum, refugee and human rights law, public international law, law of the sea and international criminal law. On 14 June 2023, yet…
Research into loss of trawler with hundreds of deaths strongly contradicts official accounts – while finding a failure to mobilise help and evidence that survivor statements were tampered with Katy Fallon, Giorgos Christides, Julian Busch and Lydia Emmanouilidou *Originally Published on The Guardian Attempts by the Greek coastguard to tow a fishing trawler carrying hundreds of migrants…
