18/2/2025 Appeal trial on Kalamata
Today, February 18, 2025, Jawhar A. is on trial at the Court of Appeal of Kalamata. He was arrested on a boat on September 15, 2022 and unjustly sentenced in the first instance to 270 years in prison for smuggling 89 people seeking protection. He himself came to Europe on this boat as a refugee from Lebanon.
The case is of great importance because the alleged crime took place outside Greek territorial waters, meaning that Greek courts do not have jurisdiction. The lawyer Alex Georgoulis, who represents Jawhar A. on behalf of the Captain Support Network, has already won several similar cases with his colleagues, including the spectacular case of the Pylos 9.