A BIG VICTORY AT THE PYLOS9 IN GREECE
21st May 2024 On 14 June 2023, a fishing vessel carrying around 750 people sank 47 miles off the coast of Pylos, a small town in the region of Peloponnese in Greece. The people had started from Tobruk in Libya…
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EL HIBLU3 IN MALTA: THE FARCIAL TRIAL CONTINUES
On 30 May 2024, another hearing in the El Hiblu 3 case took place in the courtroom in Valletta. The judge decided to dismiss the plea of the lawyers for lack of jurisdiction. In the session before the defenders of…
CHARGES DROPPPED AGAINST ALL DEFENDANTS IN IUVENTA TRIAL!
After a seven-year odyssey, the longest, most expensive and most extensive criminal proceedings against sea rescue organizations falls. April 19, 2024: after two years of preliminary proceedings with over 40 hearings, the judge came to the conclusion that, “the facts…
THE EL HIBLU 3 CELEBRATED AS HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS
Coalition for El Hiblu 3 On the 13th of April 2024, the Coalition for the El Hiblu 3 presented Abdalla Bari, Amara Kromah, and Abdul Kader with the Human Rights Defenders Award at the University of Malta, in Valletta. The…
NOTES FROM TRAPANI – UNEXPECTED TWIST IN THE CASE AGAINST THE IUVENTA CREW
IUVENTA crew The case against the IUVENTA crew, MSF, STC, and VROON has shifted. On February 28th, the prosecutor’s office unexpectedly requested dropping the charges, potentially ending the trial and allowing for the return of confiscated goods, including the IUVENTA.…
“SARA MARDINI – SEAN BINDER”: A FIRST BIG VICTORY
Iasonas Apostolopoulos, Witness of Defense Finally, after 5.5 years, the first phase of the trial is over! On 30th January 2024, they were all found innocent at the Lesvos Court of Appeal! The trial is referred to as the largest…
REPEAL OF THE “ANTI-MIGRATION” LAW 2015-036 IN NIGER
On 25 November 2023, General Abdourahamane Tiani, the President of the “Conseil National pour la Sauvegarde de la Patrie (CNSP)”, the body that has been running the government in Niger since the coup d’état on 26 July 2023, signed an…
A GRAVE INJUSTICE: ATTORNEY GENERAL FILES BILL OF INDICTMENT AGAINST THE EL HIBLU 3
By the Coalition for the El Hiblu 3 The Attorney General of Malta has issued a Bill of Indictment against Abdalla, Amara, and Kader, also known as the El Hiblu 3. They have been wrongly charged with a long list…
WEAPONIZING THE LAW AGAINST THE VULNERABLE: THE CASE OF THE EL HIBLU 3
By Daniela DeBono and Ċetta Mainwaring In March 2019, three teenagers were rescued from a sinking rubber boat in the Mediterranean Sea. Amara was 15 years old and had already traveled from Guinea to Libya before attempting the crossing to…
FROM LIBYA TO TUNISIA: HOW THE EU IS EXTENDING THE PUSH-BACK REGIME BY PROXY IN THE CENTRAL MEDITERRANEAN
by the Civil MRCC legal team On August 21, 2023, the rescue ship Aurora from Sea Watch was detained by the Italian authorities after refusing to disembark survivors in Tunisia as ordered by the Rome MRCC (Maritime Rescue Coordination Center),…
SUBVERTING THE NARRATIVES ABOUT SMUGGLING
By Captain Support & Feminist Autonomous Centre for Research Why we need this discussion Across the EU and its member states, migration is constructed as a threat that needs to be defended against. Particular emphasis in this is given to…
IUVENTA: NOTES FROM TRAPANI
By iuventa crew As we approach the end of the preliminary trial, we want to take a look back… After its start in May 2022, the preliminary phase of the trial against the four defendants of the iuventa-crew is entering…
