*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…
*Αναδημοσίευση από Πρωτοβουλία Δικηγόρων και Νομικών για το Ναυάγιο της Πύλου 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…
By Karolina Tagaris *First Published on Reuters ATHENS, July 6 (Reuters) – Since Matloob Hussain from Pakistan went missing during a deadly shipwreck off Greece last month, his brother Adil has left the door of his Athens home open in the hope he appears. It will stay open until his body is found. Matloob, 43, is among hundreds…
*First Published in Solomon A collaborative investigation by Solomon, Forensis, The Guardian and ARD presents the most complete tracing, to date, of the course that the fishing vessel Adriana took until it ultimately sank, causing over 600 people to drown − while under the supervision of Greek and European authorities. A document reveals that according to Frontex…
By Moira Lavelle and Vedat Yeler *First Published on Al 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 other,…
By Imogen Piper, Joyce Sohyun Lee, Claire Parker and Elinda Labropoulou *originally pubished in The Washington PostJuly 5 at 10:00 a.m.717 The earliest of more than a dozen distress calls came the morning of June 13. On a boat overpacked with migrants, water had run out and the situation was deteriorating. Yet the Greek coast guard did not call for a high-priority rescue operation.…
