*First Published on Middle Eat Eye Lawyers representing the defendants say the investigation has omitted key evidence and witnesses By Katherine Hearst Mohammed** left Cairo for Libya on 28 May 2023 with his cousin. He was trying to reach Italy in the hopes of making enough money to support his three children and elderly parents. Two days later he arrived in Libya…
*First Published on Human Rights Watch Prosecution Should Not Act as Shield for Determining the Greek Authorities’ Responsibilities The imminent trial of nine survivors of the June 2023 Pylos shipwreck off Greece raises fair trial concerns, Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International said today. The survivors are charged with smuggling, aggravated by the deaths of passengers, causing a shipwreck,…
The imminent trial of nine survivors of the June 2023 Pylos shipwreck off Greece raises fair trial concerns, Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International said today. The survivors are charged with smuggling, aggravated by the deaths of passengers, causing a shipwreck, irregular entry, and forming and membership of a criminal organization, and could face multiple life sentences…
*First Published on Arab News ATHENS: The legal defense team for nine Egyptian men due to go on trial in southern Greece next week accused of causing one of the Mediterranean’s deadliest shipwrecks said Thursday they will argue that Greece has no jurisdiction in the case, and insisted their clients were innocent survivors who have been unjustly…
14 May 2024 On Tuesday 21 May 2024, the trial of 9 of the survivors (the ‘Pylos 9’) from the shipwreck of the fishing vessel “Adriana”, that occurred on 14 June 2023 in international waters near Pylos, is scheduled to take place before the Three Member Felony Court of Appeals of Kalamata. The Pylos 9 have been…
[scroll down for english] Μικροφωνική συγκέντρωση για τους 9 της Πύλου την Τρίτη 14 Μαΐου στις 6μμ στην πλατεία Συντάγματος. Κάλεσμα: 21 Μαΐου – Δίκη των 9 της Πύλου – Καμία συγκάλυψη για το μεγαλύτερο κρατικό ρατσιστικό έγκλημα Σχεδόν έναν χρόνο μετά τη δολοφονία 600 και πλέον μεταναστ(ρι)ών από το ελληνικό Λιμενικό στην Πύλο, θα ξεκινήσει η…
It was a crime, it was murder, the drowning of 600 refugees in the Pylos shipwreck! Over six hundred families in Pakistan, Egypt, Syria and Palestine are mourning the loss of their loved ones who were on board the ship Adriana and ended up at the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea, off the coast of Pylos, Greece, on 14…
On Wednesday 15 May 2024, 19:00–21:00 EEST/UTC+3 we will participate in a teach-in to #freepylos9 organized by @fac_research ,in solidarity with the nine criminalised survivors of the Pylos shipwreck and of all people on the move under spurious charges of “facilitation.” The nine defendants accused by the Greek State of the Pylos shipwreck of 14 June 2023, will be tried on…
Free the Pylos 9 Call for international trial observers on 21 May 2024 in Kalamata, Greece The nine defendants accused by the Greek State for the deadly Pylos shipwreck of 14 June 2023, will be tried starting on 21 May 2024 before the three member Appeal Court of Kalamata, Greece. The defendants, who are also survivors of…
*First Published on Amnesty International The Adriana, a severely overcrowded fishing trawler, capsized on June 14, 2023, leading to the death of more than 600 people from Syria, Pakistan and Egypt. Survivors allege that the Hellenic Coast Guard’s actions contributed to the shipwreck. Investigations against the Greek authorities have made little meaningful progress. What’s the problem? The…
