Category Criminalisation

Sara Mardini – Sean Binder case: A huge victory in a trial that should never have existed in the first place

Finally, after 8 years the case is over! On 15 January 2026, the Court of Mytilene on Lesvos island unanimously declared all the defendants innocent of all charges, with judges and prosecutors in full agreement. The trial was referred to…

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Kinsa case – EU’s top court rules: Anti-smuggling laws must be made compatible with fundamental rights

Italian Court subsequently drops all charges against Congolese woman The European Union’s highest court has set out important restraints to States’ anti-smuggling laws, which wrongly criminalize people on the move and those in solidarity with them. On 3 June 2025,…

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Tunisia: criminalization as a policy to fight against migration and solidarity with people on the move

Rached Tamboura, Saïdia Mosbeh, Sherifa Riahi, Mahmoud Jouou, Yadh Boussalmi, Mustapha Jemali, Abderrazak Krimi, Abdallah Saïd, and Imen Ouardani are just some of the names of those who were victim of the repressive machine applied by the Tunisian authorities under…

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“Flows decree” approved in Italian senate: punitive approach towards distressed

Civil society organizations engaged in search and rescue (SAR) activities in the central Mediterranean express strong concern over yet another attempt by the Italian government to punish assistance to people in distress at sea and to criminalize NGOs. Picture: Wanda…

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