Four Migrants acquitted in Shipwreck and Facilitation Cases
Last month, Legal Centre Lesvos (LCL) represented three clients before the Three-member Felony Appeal Court of North Aegean in Lesvos. 24 September […]
Category: Criminalisation
Under Attack for Defending Rights: The Criminalization of Lawyers in Turkey
The Legal Centre Lesvos and European Association of Lawyers for Democracy and World Human Rights (ELDH) invite you to join the following […]
Lesvos Situation Report January – June 2025
Photo: Map of deaths in the Aegean between January and June 2025 The first half of 2025 has seen an intensification of […]
Press Release: Solidarity with ÇHD Lawyer Günay Dağ Ahead of Appeal Hearing
[Ελληνικά] Tomorrow, on 18 July 2025, ÇHD lawyer Günay Dağ will face an appeal hearing in Athens regarding the revocation of his […]
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 […]
After five years of waiting A.B. has been acquitted of all criminal charges
On the 10th of March 2025, LCL’s client A.B. has been acquitted of all charges against him. A.B. was accused of smuggling […]
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 […]
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 […]
The Undermining of Fair Trial Safeguards in the Trial of Homayoun Sabetara
This Trial Monitoring report, prepared collaboratively by the Border Violence Monitoring Network (BVMN), European Lawyers for Democracy and Human Rights (ELDH), Feminist […]
10 New Year’s resolutions for Greek authorities
New Years should start with good resolutions, in particular when the past year was full of nonsense. We hope for an end […]