Justice for Pylos State Crime
by Global Investigative Journalism Netowrk In the early hours of the morning of June 14, 2023, a small fishing trawler carrying hundreds of migrants sank off the coast of Pylos, Greece. Roughly 600 people died in what has become one of the deadliest migrant shipwrecks in recent years. The Hellenic Coast Guard — responsible for search and…
A hotline for boats in distress said it alerted authorities about a sinking boat off the coast of Libya multiple times, but rescue came too late *First Published on Middle East Eye By Katherine Hearst Activists say that state actors failed to respond quickly to a sinking ship that left over 60 people presumed dead off the northern coast of Libya on…
*First Published on Human Rights Watch Greece: 6 Months On, No Justice for Pylos Shipwreck Authorities Need to Learn Lessons to Avert Future Deaths at Sea (Athens) – Official investigations into credible allegations that the Hellenic Coast Guard’s actions and omissions contributed to the catastrophic shipwreck and loss of life off Pylos, Greece six months ago have made little…
*First Published on The Guardian Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International claim that authorities failed to mobilise ‘appropriate resources’, while Greece says the ship’s crew refused assistance Helena Smith in Athens Human rights groups have deplored the lack of progress made by Greek authorities in their investigation into the controversial circumstances in which a migrant ship sank off…
A Search and Rescue exercise, carried out just a few weeks after the shipwreck that claimed over 600 lives, raises questions about what the Hellenic Coast Guard did – and mainly did not do – on the evening of June 14, 2023. *First Published on Solomon Stavros Malichudis On the morning of October 25, 2023, at 10:00,…
Together for Justice 6 months since the Pylos shipwreck “All we care about is that the world knows what happened.” – Walid*, a young Egyptian shipwreck survivor. *pseudonym We would like to invite you and colleagues to ‘Together for Justice – 6 months since the Pylos shipwreck’, an event organised by Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, on…
*reposted from Legal Centre LesvosSince the tragic Pylos shipwreck of 14 June, civil society, activists and human rights organisations, including the Legal Centre Lesvos, have repeatedly called the Greek authorities for a transparent and independent investigation into the circumstances of the tragedy. Several protests and marches were also spontaneously organised around Greece, such as in Athens, Thessaloniki and Lesvos in support of the victims…
*First Published on The International Ombudsman Institute An independent investigation is initiated by the Greek Ombudsman on the Pylos shipwreck incident. The Ombudsman, Mr. Andreas Pottakis, addressed two letters to the Commandant of the Hellenic Coastguard requesting a thorough internal investigation on any acts or omissions by Coastguard officers in connection to the tragic incident of 14 June 2023.…
*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 complaint with…
*for more languages please choose above In the early morning hours of 14 June 2023, the overcrowded fishing boat “Adriana” sank in international waters around 50 miles from the port of Pylos, Greece. Hundreds of people drowned under the watch of the Hellenic Coast Guard (HCG). Nearly all of the 104 people who managed to survive were…
