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And learn more about how survivors are advocating #JusticeForPylos :
hrw.org/news/2024/06/1…
'Over 500 of the people drowned...They are not numbers. They had dreams, they had families, and they had rights. They had a right to live.' - Oday Al Talab, who lost a brother in the #Pylos shipwreck. Please read his account of loss and search for justice euobserver.com/migration/arcc…
This week, the UK High Court granted HRW and Amnesty International permission to intervene in a case challenging the UK government's continued arms transfers to Israel.
Emilie McDonnell explains this important ruling.
“All we care about is that the world knows what happened” – Walid, shipwreck survivor.
A year ago, more than 600 people died when an overcrowded boat sank off #Pylos , Greece.
Amnesty International & Human Rights Watch retrace the tragedy hour-by-hour 🧵 #JusticeforPylos
amnesty.org/en/latest/pres…
There were 15 hrs to save people.
600+ died.
➡️Survivors & families deserve truth & Justice.
➡️ Greece should be held accountable for abuses at borders.
➡️ The EU needs to increase scrutiny of Greece migration practices & compliance with rights obligations.
RT #JusticeForPylos .
On the anniversary of one of the worst shipwrecks in the Mediterranean, Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International document in this thread the catalogue of failures in the hours leading up to the tragedy & survivor allegations of direct responsibility of the ΛΙΜΕΝΙΚΟ ΣΩΜΑ. Please read, it's important.
🇭🇹President Biden's new asylum restrictions risk exposing thousands, including Haitians, to harm.
Human Rights Watch Bill Frelick 'As long as it remains too dangerous to walk the streets of Haitian cities, Haitians outside the country fearing return need to be protected.'➡️ hrw.org/news/2024/06/1…🧵