10.07.2024 - On the 24th of May the Pylos 9 stood trail in the court of Kalamata. These 9 were put on this trail in order to to hold them responsible for the shipwreck that occurred in Pylos last year, where over 600 people lost their lives. It was yet another...
11.06.2024 - In this month’s episode of VC Mytillini we take a closer look at the hearing of two pushback cases at the European Court of Human Rights on the 4th of June. As we pass the regretable milestone of 3000 pushbacks, in Strassbourg the European...
13.03.2024 - In this episode of VC Mytilini, we take a look at how the current authoritarian regime impacts the rule of law in Turkey. With currently over 20 lawyers currently in jail, there was some expectation in what direction this podcast would go....
14.02.2024 - In this episode of VC Mytilini, we take an in depth look at the 2018 court case of the Moria 35 together with Vicky, who was one of the lawyers defending the accused during the court case. The Moria 35 were a group of 35 migrants who were...
12.01.2024 - In this episode of VC Mytilini, we figure out what is going on with the planned Vastria CCAC (Closed Controlled Access Center) on Lesbos. It is meant to replace the current Marovouni facility that has been in use since Moria burnt down and was...
31.10.2023 - Part two of two. Since the EU-Turkey deal in 2016 the European Union claims Turkey is a „safe third country“ for migrants. And whilst this was always a questionable claim, in the last two years the situation has become increasingly...
31.10.2023 - Since the EU-Turkey deal in 2016 the European Union claims Turkey is a „safe third country“ for migrants. And whilst this was always a questionable claim, in the last two years the situation has become increasingly worse for migrants...
13.09.2023 - Welcome Office Lesbos is an organisation that does something that almost no other organization does, certainly not on Lesbos.
23.08.2023 - This episode of Voices Of Mytilene is about the arbitrary criminalization of migrants in Greece. Currently there are over a thousand migrants spending time in jail in Greece as they are accused of smuggling or other highly dubious charges. It is a...
21.08.2023 - “There were a lot of questions that didn't have answers” Who is responsible for the Pylos shipwreck? Part 2.