#freehumanitarians #dropthecharges #refugees

https://chng.it/GHmkVbC4Pc

Sarah Mardini et Seán Binder comparaissent aujourd'hui devant un tribunal 🇬🇷 pour avoir porté secours à des chercheurs·euses de refuge. Sauver des vies n'est jamais un crime !
Les charges doivent être abandonnées #FreeHumanitarians #StopCriminalization

https://www.amnesty.org/fr/latest/news/2023/01/greece-farcical-trial-of-rescue-volunteers-begins-next-week/

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/DamienCAREME/status/1612854562318159874

RT @amnesty_de@twitter.com

Die Anklage gegen #SarahMardini & @sean_binder_@twitter.com wurde heute aufgrund von Verfahrensmängeln zurück an die Staatsanwaltschaft verwiesen.

Die beiden hatten sich auf Lesbos für Flüchtlinge engagiert & werden dafür strafrechtlich verfolgt. #FreeHumanitarians

https://www.amnesty.de/informieren/aktuell/griechenland-prozess-gegen-angeklagte-seenotretterinnen-muss-beendet-werden

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/amnesty_de/status/1615000521927950341

“We urge the Greek authorities once more to drop all of the charges and allow Sarah and Sean to go back to their lives. The criminalization of these brave human rights defenders solely for helping refugees and migrants in need shows Greece and Europe’s callous behaviour towards people seeking safety at their borders.”

- Nils Muižnieks, Director of Amnesty International’s European Regional Office

https://www.amnesty.ie/greece-sean-binder-reaction/

#freehumanitarians #SeanBinder #SarahMardini

"The European Union often lectures the rest of the world on the “European values” of #humanrights and justice. But these amount to nothing if we aren’t willing to practice them".

- Sean Binder

#FreeHumanitarians #SeanBinder #DropTheCharges #refugees #EU

https://www.politico.eu/article/migration-europe-imprisoned-for-helping/

"rather counterproductively, it’s the EU’s anti-smuggling policies that incentivize smuggling." #SeanBinder #FreeHumanitarians #AbolishFrontex
https://www.politico.eu/article/migration-europe-imprisoned-for-helping/?s=09

"Jemandem zu helfen, entweder als kriminell oder heldenhaft darzustellen, impliziert, dass es irgendwie abnormal ist. Ist es aber nicht. Jemandem in Not zu helfen, ist das Normalste, was man tun kann."
Seán Binder

Sein angebliches 'Verbrechen'' war nichts anderes, als (in Zusammenarbeit MIT den griechischen Behörden!) Menschen zu helfen, die Gefahr liefen, in der Ägäis zu ertrinken.

"Niemand sollte dem Ertrinken überlassen werden."

#FreeHumanitarians #DropTheCharges
https://www.politico.eu/article/migration-europe-imprisoned-for-helping/

Get. von #DoroBlancke (Facebook)

“ Die griechische Justiz hat ein umstrittenes Verfahren gegen mehr als 20 Seenotretter – darunter der Deutsche Sean Binder und die Syrerin Sarah Mardini – eingestellt. Die Anklage warf ihnen unter anderem Spionage vor. Das Gericht von Mytilene, der Hauptstadt der Insel Lesbos, traf die Entscheidung aufgrund von Verfahrensmängeln, insbesondere der fehlenden Übersetzung der Anklageschrift für alle ausländischen Angeklagten……”
UNO, viele NGO, sowohl als auch Politiker:innen und Jurist:innen UNO kritisiert diesen Skandalprozess, wie MEP Theresa Muigg ihn zu Recht nennt.
Griechenland will abschrecken, NGOs kriminalisieren.
🇬🇷 verübt schwerste Menschen- und Unionsrechtsbrüche. Wir berichten laufend davon.
Wann wird Griechenland vor Gericht gestellt, European Commission, European Parliament, Kommissarin Ylva Johansson?
#Pushbacks #HumanRights #Refugees
#FreeHumanitarians
https://orf.at/stories/3301228/

"Spionagevorwürfe wurden in einem Bericht, den die Polizei nach 6 Monaten Untersuchung erstellt hatte, mit der Verwendung eines 'verschlüsselten Nachrichtendienstes' – nämlich WhatsApp – begründet."
#DropTheCharges #FreeHumanitarians

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/13/greek-court-drops-spying-charges-against-activist-migrant-rescue-team

"Der Prozess gegen die 24 Menschen ist eine Farce und voller Verfahrensfehler – genauso wie die tausenden Prozesse gegen Menschen [Geflüchtete selbst], die wegen angeblichen Smugglinginhaftiert sind."
Kathrin Schmidt @IuventaCrew

#FreeHumanitarians #DropTheCharges
@cowlesz via The Civil Fleet
https://thecivilfleet.wordpress.com/2023/01/13/greek-prosecutors-drop-charges-against-refugee-rescuers/

A small and partial victory at the court today.
After years of waiting for the 22 foreign defendants, all misdemeanour charges were dropped!!
The charges for the 2 greek defendants still stand.
The felony charges are still pending.
Human trafficking , membership of a criminal organization , facilitating entry of migrants into Greece and money laundering.
The whole situation is insane, vague charges brought to shut down humanitarians.
We stand in solidarity with all those facing persecution for saving lives.
“IF HELPING IS A CRIME, THEN WE ARE ALL CRIMINALS”
#freehumanitarians
#savinglivesisnotacrime
#notjusthope

RT @lesboslegal@twitter.com

An inadequate decision, and not to be celebrated given that felony charges are still pending against all defendants, but an important first step. #DropTheCharges #FreeHumanitarians

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/lesboslegal/status/1613870026355888128

RT @lesboslegal@twitter.com

Decision in misdemeanor trial of @FrHumanitarians@twitter.com, @sean_binder_@twitter.com , Sara Mardini and 22 others: judges accept the recommendations of the prosecutor- all charges against foreign defendants annulled, as well as charges for espionage. ++ #FreeHumanitarians #DropTheCharges

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/lesboslegal/status/1613865937341480962

RT @lesboslegal@twitter.com

The prosecutor recommends that remaining charges for forgery (against only some of the accused) should be remanded as the court is not competent to try these charges. #freehumanitarians #dropthecharges

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/lesboslegal/status/1613814553153765376

RT @lesboslegal@twitter.com

For remaining Greek defendants, the prosecutor recommends annulling the charge of espionage because of vagueness of charges. #freehumanitarians #DropTheCharges

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/lesboslegal/status/1613812628618461184

RT @lesboslegal@twitter.com

BREAKING: In case of Sara Mardini and Sean Binder, the prosecutor recommends that the charges against the foreign defendants be dropped because of lack of translation of the indictments #DropTheCharges #freehumanitarians

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/lesboslegal/status/1613811741821108226

RT @BegumBasdas@twitter.com

This sham trial must end regardless, but we must remember that the charges should be dropped because there is no crime.

The Greek court in #Lesvos should #DropTheCharges not only due to procedural errors, but also must recognize solidarity is not a crime.

#FreeHumanitarians https://twitter.com/lesboslegal/status/1613811741821108226

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/BegumBasdas/status/1613828079486472192

RT @RazanIRL: "I was arrested because I was giving water and blankets" for refugees. This brave, strong & incredible woman @SarahMardini4 is on trial today in Greece. Her crime was helping refugees. Justice for her & for the Irish volunteer Seán Binder and the others 🙏🏾 #FreeHumanitarians

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/lukeming/status/1613952771346305024

Deutsche Welle: "Greece drops misdemeanor charges against migrant rescuers [Seán Binder, Sarah Mardini And Nassos Karakitsos]

Misdemeanor charges files filed against activists were declared invalid after the UN called for them to be dropped. But some are still facing further investigations on felony charges, including people trafficking."

https://www.dw.com/en/greece-drops-misdemeanor-charges-against-migrant-rescuers/a-64379055

#SeánBinder #SarahMardini #NassosKarakitsos #FreeHumanitarians #Refugees #AsylumSeekers

RT @RESCUE_EU: Today’s #FreeHumanitarians trial in Greece is “emblematic of the broader trend towards the EU deterring people from reaching Europe - leaving them trapped in dire conditions or at risk at sea.”

The IRC’s @harlemdesir speaks to @AP ⬇️ https://t.co/6mU3Cnv9sV

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/harlemdesir/status/1613914217622511616