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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.
omid was declared innocent, after spending 4 years in prison
On the 8th of June, Omid took the stand before the Three-Member Appeals Court of the Dodecanese in Rhodes, to defend his innocence against the smuggling charges he was facing. TRIAL PROCEEDINGS HRLP lawyer, Dimitris Choulis, first represented Omid on November 9, 2023, during his First Instance hearing. Initially facing up to 465 years in prison, Omid was sentenced to 66 years and 6 months, filing for an appeal on the same day. After more than 2,5 years later, on June 8th, 202
Jun 11
historic ruling: 10 asylum seekers accused of 'smuggling' declared innocent
On June 12th, 16th and 18th, HRLP represented before the Court of Samos a total of 16 asylum-seekers who were facing smuggling charges...
Jun 23, 2025
Greek court has finally ruled that asylum seekers cannot be charged with illegal transfer of third nationals
Monday, 21st of October 2024, Samos: In two recent groundbreaking decisions, the one Member Court of Appeals of Syros First Instance,...
Nov 1, 2024
HOMAYOUN SABETARA'S CASE VERDICT: HOMAYOUN WILL BE released from prison
On September 25th, 2024 Homayoun Sabetara's appeal hearing took place before the Thessaloniki Court of Appeals. Although the Court did...
Sep 25, 2024
samos court - 11 PEOPLE declared innocent after 5 years of prosecution
In a hearing that took place before the Samos court on Thursday, September 5th 2024, 11 people were declared innocent and exonerated of...
Sep 12, 2024
Homayoun sabetara's appeal hearing postponed: 5 more months of waiting in prison
[Thessaloniki, 24 April, 2024] Homayoun Sabetara's appeal hearing started yesterday at the Court of Thessaloniki. As the court failed to...
Apr 24, 2024
‘This is inexcusable’: What's behind deteriorating conditions in Greek island asylum camps?
By Lydia Emmanouilidou, The New Humanitarian, Samos 4 December 2023. ‘We have a situation that is clearly unsustainable and that...
Dec 6, 2023
Surviving hell in Samos: Beaten, robbed, and pushed back from Greek ‘paradise’
By Katy Fallon and Girogos Christides, Solomon Following a months-long investigation, Solomon has been able to locate and document for...
Apr 29, 2023
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 13, 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.
Dec 10, 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.
Sep 1, 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.
May 16, 2022
Greece accused of refugee ‘pushback’ after family avoid being forced off island
By Katy Fallon, The Guardian Story of Palestinians who hid on Samos to escape deportation to Turkey appears to be ‘proof’ that pushbacks...
Jun 29, 2021
pushback testimony
Samah Masoud tried to reach Europe in January 2023. She recounts her experience of surviving two pushback operations.
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