Border Violence – Legal Centre Lesvos

16th May 2025Border Violence, Criminalisation, LCL-All Publications

Justice Delayed and Denied: Trials of D.K. and I.I. Highlight Systemic Criminalization of Migrants in Greece

On 8 May 2025, two separate trials were scheduled in Mytilene for LCL’s clients D.K. and I.I. at the Three Members Appeals […]

19th March 202519th March 2025Border Violence, LCL-All Publications

Just Two Single Men And One Minor Managed Run Away

Testimony of a woman pushed back 54 times before she and her family made it to Greece We left from Canakkale, Turkey […]

12th March 202512th March 2025Border Violence, LCL-All Publications

European Ombudsman calls for reforms in EU border funding

Picture: Graffiti near Victoria square, Athens, '4082 people murdered at Greek borders'.

Picture: ‘4082 people murdered at Greek borders’, graffiti near Victoria square, Athens. Press release On 21 February 2025, the European Ombudsman issued […]

6th March 202512th March 2025Border Violence, LCL-All Publications

We Were Moving With The Waves

Our journey started in September, around 10pm. We left the smuggler’s place for Izmir. I remember we were exactly thirty two people. […]

21st February 202512th March 2025Access To Asylum, Border Violence, Hotspot Camps, LCL-All Publications

Expert Opinion: No Returns to Greece—Dublin Returnees Face Real Risk of Inhuman or Degrading Treatment

This expert opinion assesses the risks and conditions faced by asylum seekers, particularly Dublin returnees, in Greece. Despite legal frameworks intended to […]

19th February 202519th February 2025Access To Asylum, Border Violence, Criminalisation, Hotspot Camps, LCL-All Publications

Lesvos Situation Report October – December 2024

Photo: Vastria CCAC under construction as of February 2025. Photo credit: Anonymous In the last quarter of 2024, Greek islands experienced a […]

14th February 202512th March 2025Border Violence, LCL-All Publications

Challenging Impunity in Border Violence: Third-Party Intervention in Muhammad v. Greece

On 19 November 2024, the Legal Centre Lesvos, together with the European Association of Lawyers for Democracy and World Human Rights (ELDH), […]

6th February 202512th March 2025Border Violence, Criminalisation, LCL-All Publications

Legal Centre Lesvos Celebrates the Acquittal of A.H. in a Landmark Case Against State Violence

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMytilene, Greece [Ελληνικά] Legal Centre Lesvos Celebrates the Acquittal of A.H. in a Landmark Case Against State Violence In a […]

5th February 202512th March 2025Access To Asylum, Border Violence, LCL-All Publications

ΠΟΡΙΣΜΑ-ΚΟΛΑΦΟΣ ΤΟΥ ΣΥΝΗΓΟΡΟΥ ΤΟΥ ΠΟΛΙΤΗ ΓΙΑ ΤΟ ΝΑΥΑΓΙΟ ΤΗΣ ΠΥΛΟΥ

Σαφείς ενδείξεις για σοβαρές ποινικές ευθύνες ανώτερων αξιωματικών του Λιμενικού Σώματος – Ανεπίτρεπτη παρέμβαση του Υπουργείου Ναυτιλίας [Press release available in English […]

30th January 202530th January 2025Border Violence, LCL-All Publications

HE KEPT SCREAMING THE ONLY ENGLISH SENTENCE HE KNEW

One cold night in spring, around 1 am we left Çanakkale for the shore. We were 26, maybe 28 people. The youngest […]