LCL Quarterly Newsletter: October – December 2023
In the face of a crisis of international humanitarian law and human rights law globally, and the expected implementation of increasingly draconian […]
Category: Border Violence
Informative update on the case of Baris Buyuksu
–ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΑ ΠΑΡΑΚΑΤΩ– –TÜRKÇE AŞAĞIDA– After months of unsuccessful attempts on various departments of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Greece, as of […]
ECtHR orders Greece not to remove a group of LCL clients, newly arrived in Lesvos from Türkiye
On 5 December, the Legal Centre Lesvos filed an emergency petition for interim measures to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) […]
European Ombudsperson opens inquiry into the Commission’s administration of EU funding used in Greece’s illegal expulsion of migrants
Photo Credit: AFP Press Release / 7 December 2023 On 7 November, the European Ombudsman opened an inquiry into the European Commission’s […]
Five months after the Pylos shipwreck, the Hellenic Coast Guard refuses to conduct its own internal investigation
–ΕΛΛΗΝΗΚΑ ΠΑΡΑΚΑΤΩ– Since the tragic Pylos shipwreck of 14 June, civil society, activists and human rights organisations, including the Legal Centre Lesvos, […]
Press Release: Where is the file of Barış Büyüksu?
Featured image: Lawyers from LCL and ÇHD (Vicky Aggelidou and Nergiz Aslan) and the family of Barış Büyüksu attend a press conference […]
LCL Newsletter Summer 2023
The Summer of 2023 was marked by particularly deadly events at the EU’s external borders, with the massacre of over 600 people […]
Joint submission: New evidence of pushback published by the New York Times
Intervention of 28 Organisations to Competent Prosecutors on the Pushback Incident Published by the New York Times –ΕΛΛΗΝΗΚΑ ΠΑΡΑΚΑΤΩ– In a joint […]
Greece’s Pushbacks: NGOs call for independent and effective investigation
No Monitoring of Fundamental Rights Violations in Greece Without Independent and Effective Mechanisms –ΕΛΛΗΝΗΚΑ ΠΑΡΑΚΑΤΩ– Greece must guarantee independent and effective monitoring […]
Open Letter On World Refugee Day
Up to 600 People Drown off Pylos Only Days After EU Leaders Agreed to Further Erode the Right to Asylum. Open letter […]