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Category: report
This section shows in-depth reports and cases we follow, highlighting severe rights violations that we observed.
Trial of Sapfous 122 – Today in Mytilene
via Legal Centre Lesbos – Press Release of 9th May 2019 – Mytilini GREECE Today 122 people are on trial … More
Severely traumatized person seeking protection deported on 18th of April 2019
On 18th of April, six men were deported from Lesvos to Turkey. Among them was an about thirty-year-old Bengali man. … More
Arbitrary Detention on Arrival – A Critique of Migrant Incarceration on Lesvos Island
The Procedure of Arrests Upon Arrival Since 2016, some people arriving to Lesvos have been detained immediately after they reach the island. … More
Criminalization of Deportation Monitoring – Arrests and Police Violence
The EU-Turkey statement of 18th of March 2016 gained lots of media attention. It was presented as a solution for … More
Moria 8 declared innocent
“Police officers in Mytilene do strange things I cannot understand.” President of High Court, Chios After 11 months of unjust … More
Ongoing Criminalization of Refugee Protests – Upcoming trials against migrants on Lesvos
The criminalization of refugees protesting for their rights on Lesvos Island continues. In April 2018, 32 people from the Moria … More
Family with daughter in wheelchair and young children deported
On the 17th of January, we witnessed the deportation of nine persons from Lesvos to Dikili, Turkey. Among them was … More
Severely injured individual deported directly from hospital on 18th October 2018
On 17th October 2018, a man detained in the pre-removal centre of Moria camp was informed that he would be … More
Again – Three individuals removed from the deportation list
On October 4th, 2018, the deportation of three migrants from Lesvos to Turkey – who did not get the possibility … More