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Shipwreck? Greek police accused of ‘inhumane’ treatment of detainees
Men were arrested despite a court dismissing charges related to a deadly shipwreck that happened in June.
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Greek police have been accused of “inhumane” treatment of nine Egyptian men who were remanded in custody despite a court throwing out charges against them over a deadly shipwreck last June.
Authorities announced on Thursday they had placed the men back in custody because they feared they might flee the country, despite a court in Kalamata on Tuesday dismissing charges against them after ruling it lacked jurisdiction.
One of the lawyers for the men – who have spent 11 months in detention awaiting trial – told the Reuters news agency that the case was “a tragedy and unacceptable”, adding that the men should be freed and that they would appeal against the detention order.
“It is inhumane to keep these people in prison after a court rejected the charges against them and after they have already spent 11 months in prison for nothing,” said Natasha Dailiani.
The case dates back to June last year when up to 700 people from Pakistan, Syria and Egypt boarded a vessel in Libya bound for Italy, which sank off the south-western coast of Greece, according to the Guardian newspaper.
More than 500 people are feared to have drowned when the overcrowded fishing boat capsized en route from Libya to Italy. Just 104 people were rescued from the Adriana – all men, mostly from Syria, Pakistan and Egypt – and 82 bodies were recovered.
Prosecutors had accused the defendants, most of whom are in their 20s, of being part of the fishing boat’s crew – a claim denied by the defence – and therefore responsible for the mistreatment of passengers and the overcrowded conditions that the authorities said caused the vessel to capsize and sink.
The nine men faced possible life sentences if convicted of the multiple felony charges against them, including human trafficking and causing a fatal shipwreck.
The judge’s decision followed a recommendation by public prosecutor Ekaterini Tsironi that the case be dropped because the sinking had taken place outside Greek territorial waters.
“It is clear that the shipwreck occurred in international waters and … the jurisdiction of Greek courts cannot be established,” she said, adding: “I propose that they be acquitted.”
Read Also: Greek court drops charges in deadly migrant shipwreck case (in Portuguese)
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