Justice for Pylos State Crime
Survivors demand an effective investigation *reposted from Refugee Support Aegean Athens, September 14, 2023: Forty survivors of the deadly shipwreck in Pylos filed yesterday a criminal complaint against all responsible parties before the Naval Court of Piraeus. The survivors, represented by the Network for Refugee and Migrant Rights, the Hellenic League for Human Rights (HLHR), the Greek Council…
Forty survivors are part of the suit alleging Greek authorities failed to protect the lives of those on the fishing boat that capsized in June, killing hundreds. By Katy Fallon *First Published on Al Jazeera Athens, Greece – Three months after one of the deadliest shipwrecks in the Mediterranean Sea in recent years, a lawsuit has been filed on…
Questions to the Coast Guard regarding the posting of dozens of rescue videos after the shipwreck off Pylos According to the spokesperson of the Hellenic Coast Guard, Mr. N. Alexiou, concerning the deadly and criminal shipwreck off Pylos on June 14, 2023, “at the time of the sinking, there was no possibility of recording” (statements on 20/6/2023)…
*First Published on RPE The tragedy of the sinking of the Pylos boat on June 14th, which was carrying hundreds of refugees and migrants in the Mediterranean Sea on June 14th, represents one of the deadliest shipwrecks in the region in nearly a decade. According to the testimonies of the survivors and families of the victims, the…
*First Published on Refugees Platform in Egypt (RPE) More than two months after the tragic Pylos shipwreck off the Greek coast, carrying approximately 750 migrants – amidst allegations against the Greek coast guard for its involvement in the incident – only 104 people survived. The search operation led to the recovery of 82 bodies until it was halted on July 7,…
The overcrowded fishing trawler Adriana was on its way from Libya to Italy, and on the fifth day of it’s supposed three day journey, they ran into trouble. The Hellenic Coastguard however, did not respond immediately despite being aware of the situation. From the 750 people on board, only 108 survived and 642 lost their lives when…
In this episode of VC Mytillini, I take a closer look at the needless loss of life that occurred during the shipwreck that happened on the morning of the 13th of June this year. On the morning of the 13th of June near the Greek island of Pylos, a dangerously overcrowded fishing trawler filled with migrants on…
*First Published on RPE According to the Refugees Platform in Egypt (RPE) findings, residents of Tala in Menoufia Governorate and Abrash in Al-Sharqia Governorate were able to identify 14 bodies of their family members among the victims of the “Pylos” shipwreck in Greece through DNA analysis. Egyptian authorities had informed the victims’ families on June 22nd to…
Starkly divergent accounts from survivors and Greek authorities around the circumstances of the deadly Pylos shipwreck, underscore the urgent need for an effective, independent, and impartial investigation, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch said today. The disparities between survivors’ accounts of the Pylos shipwreck and the authorities’ version of the events are extremely concerning The fishing vessel, Adriana, was…
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…
