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GREECE: Human rights watchdog criticizes decision to file Farmakonisi case

05 August 2014

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"Europe's top human rights official has criticized a decision by a Greek prosecutor earlier this week to shelve the investigation into the deaths of 11 immigrants who drowned during a controversial coast guard operation near the eastern Aegean islet of Farmakonisi in January."

See the full article: Human rights watchdog criticizes decision to file Farmakonisi case (ekathimerini.com, link)

And see:
- Greek Council for Refugees, Hellenic League of Human Rights, Network of Social Support to Refugees and Migrants, Group of Lawyers for the Rights of Migrants and Refugees: Background briefing on the investigation into the Farmakonisi boat wreck of 20.1.2014 (pdf)

- Survivors' declaration (pdf)

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