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ALL THE LATEST NEWS ABOUT OUR ACTIONS
As a community-based organisation, we are committed to creating space for individuals to tell their own story. Through court appearances, witness statements, and media interviews, we work to amplify the voice of people on the move and deliver testimonials to changemakers.
May 17, 2024
The lack of Jurisdiction in the Pylos 9 trial and the incoherent interpretation of international criminal law by Greek courts
Background On 21 May 2024, nine men will appear before the Court of Kalamata to be tried for the shipwreck of the fishing vessel ‘the...
Apr 11, 2024
PICUM's briefing: Cases of criminalisation of migration and solidarity in the EU in 2023
The Platform for International Cooperation on Undocumented Migrants (PICUM) released a briefing, titled “Cases of criminalisation of...
Apr 3, 2024
PRESS RELEASE : The Trial Date for the Pylos 9 is Announced
04 April 2024. On Tuesday 21 May 2024, the trial of the 9 defendants (the ‘Pylos 9’) from the shipwreck of the fishing vessel “Adriana”,...
Jan 19, 2024
Dawood is free, after spending a year and half in custody. Greece had no jurisdiction to prosecute him
[Article update 22/01/2024] On January 22nd, HRLP Lawyers Dimitris Choulis and Alexandros Georgoulis represented Dawood before the...
Dec 8, 2023
After 2 years in prison, the Court found that Greece had no jurisdiction to prosecute Chelik Memet.
On December 7th, 2023, Dimitris Choulis and Alexandros Georgoulis, lawyers of the Human Rights Legal Project represented Chelik Memet,...
Nov 8, 2023
HRLP to defend Omid Mohammadnezhad, Kurdish Iranian Vegan activist, criminalized for seeking asylum.
On November 9, 2023, Dimitris Choulis, lawyer of the Human Rights Legal Project, will represent Omid Mohammadnezhad during his trial...
Oct 22, 2023
Greek court has finally ruled that REFUGEES cannot be charged with facilitating illegal entry
In two groundbreaking decisions, the Court of Syros, seating in Samos, recognized that refugees are excluded from the scope of Law...
Jun 7, 2023
PAROS 3: driving a boat is not a crime
On 05 May 2022, the trial against the #Paros3 took place on the Greek island of Syros, Dimitris Choulis, one of HRLP’s lawyer and...
Jan 9, 2023
M. HANAD ABDI: He saved 31 lives and got sentenced to 142 years in Prison
M. Hanad Abdi was charged with the crime of transporting 33 third-country nationals to the borders of Greek territory in a way that could...
Dec 13, 2022
The Human Toll of Europe’s ‘War on Smuggling’
By Julie Bourdin, Leon Spring, Lorenzo D'Agostino and Stavros Malichudis, New Lines Magazine. "How new laws leave smugglers free while...
Dec 10, 2022
Afghan refugee freed in Greece after two years of wrongful imprisonment
Afik Rasuli was serving a 50-year sentence for the crime of “facilitating the illegal entry” of undocumented migrants into the country.
Aug 31, 2022
How European courts are wrongfully prosecuting asylum seekers as smugglers
A Greek court sentenced three Syrian refugees to a combined 439 years in prison for “facilitating unauthorised entry” into Greece.
May 17, 2022
Free the #Samos 2
N. and Hasan are free! The trial against both that took place on May 18th 2022 should never have happened but through a powerful legal...
May 15, 2022
Asylum seeker father faces 10 years in Greek jail for son’s death
A 26-year-old Afghan man is charged with endangering his child’s life by taking him on a dinghy that capsized.
pushback testimony
Samah Masoud tried to reach Europe in January 2023. She recounts her experience of surviving two pushback operations.
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