Legal aid organisation working in Greece to defend the fundamental rights of people on the move. www.humanrightslp.euhttps://bsky.app/profile/hrlpsamos.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/hrlpsamos.bsky.social/post/3lu5ot5xnas2y✊Together with 71 Civil Society organizations, HRLP signed a joint statement calling for the immediate withdrawal of the #Greekparliament's decision to unlawfully suspend access to #asylum in #Greece. Read full statement, EN & GR: https://www.humanrightslp.eu/post/joint-statement-against-the-unlawful-suspension-of-access-to-asylum-in-greece17 Jul 2025 10:08 +0000at://did:plc:4bdnknata4j4hppcmnaebm72/app.bsky.feed.post/3lu5ot5xnas2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/hrlpsamos.bsky.social/post/3lqoyehc53s26🚨 SAMOS CCAC SAFE ZONE IS BEING EVACUATED Following the consistent efforts of local Civil Society actors and those who stood in solidarity, the #SamosCCAC’s Safe Zone for unaccompanied children (UACs) is finally being evacuated.03 Jun 2025 09:34 +0000at://did:plc:4bdnknata4j4hppcmnaebm72/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqoyehc53s26https://bsky.app/profile/hrlpsamos.bsky.social/post/3lnzoggigik2k📄HRLP features in @borderviolence.bsky.social 's Annual Criminalization Report Through elaborate analyses, the report demonstrates how the #criminalization of migration has become a systematic practice legitimized across the EU, institutionalizing border violence & eroding human rights.30 Apr 2025 11:19 +0000at://did:plc:4bdnknata4j4hppcmnaebm72/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnzoggigik2khttps://bsky.app/profile/hrlpsamos.bsky.social/post/3llnym2zocc2lHRLP features in Solomon's new research on the horrific living conditions in Greece's refugee camps, subjecting hundreds of unaccompanied minors to severe risk. https://wearesolomon.com/mag/focus-area/migration/unaccompanied-children-sleep-on-the-floor-in-shifts-in-greece-model-camps/31 Mar 2025 08:59 +0000at://did:plc:4bdnknata4j4hppcmnaebm72/app.bsky.feed.post/3llnym2zocc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/hrlpsamos.bsky.social/post/3llgnqxqhlc2r🎓Over the past two months, Simone, a graduate student at @uvahumanities.bsky.social has been conducting fieldwork for her Master's thesis on the island of #Samos, researching the #criminalization of migrant boat drivers in Greece.28 Mar 2025 10:56 +0000at://did:plc:4bdnknata4j4hppcmnaebm72/app.bsky.feed.post/3llgnqxqhlc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/hrlpsamos.bsky.social/post/3lk6dyhl5f224✍️Together with 112 European civil society organizations, HRLP signed a joint statement condemning the #EU's #FacilitationDirective for its failure to protect migrants and calling for the rejection of the #Europol Regulation. #migrationisnotacrime12 Mar 2025 10:15 +0000at://did:plc:4bdnknata4j4hppcmnaebm72/app.bsky.feed.post/3lk6dyhl5f224https://bsky.app/profile/hrlpsamos.bsky.social/post/3lk6dvczofk24📢SUCCESS STORY Today, HRLP lawyers defended a Syrian asylum seeker facing up to 160 years in prison for the illegal transfer of 16 asylum seekers, before the Syros First Instance Court. Due to reasonable doubt for his guilt, the Court declared the defendant innocent!12 Mar 2025 10:13 +0000at://did:plc:4bdnknata4j4hppcmnaebm72/app.bsky.feed.post/3lk6dvczofk24https://bsky.app/profile/hrlpsamos.bsky.social/post/3ljkfifh67k2yHRLP lawyer, Dimitris Choulis, features in BBC's new article on the #Pylos9 shipwreck, which challenges Greek authorities' official version of events. Read the full article: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c17qe11wy52o04 Mar 2025 11:49 +0000at://did:plc:4bdnknata4j4hppcmnaebm72/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljkfifh67k2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/hrlpsamos.bsky.social/post/3lj36zilzp22x38 unaccompanied minors residing at the #Samos #CCAC's Safe Zone report to HRLP⬇️ The Safe Zone's deplorable living conditions, continue to violate the rights and pose grave risks to the health, safety & dignity of the 300+ children who currently live in the camp.26 Feb 2025 10:43 +0000at://did:plc:4bdnknata4j4hppcmnaebm72/app.bsky.feed.post/3lj36zilzp22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/hrlpsamos.bsky.social/post/3liynpafld22jTime and time again, NGOs have condemned the dreadful state of the EU-funded Samos CCAC. To this day, nothing has changed. So HRLP, @amnestyeu.bsky.social and 3 other NGOs wrote to the EU Commissioner for Home Affairs @magnusbrunner.bsky.social to take action. https://www.humanrightslp.eu/post/letter-to-eu-commissioner-unlawful-detention-deplorable-conditions-at-samos-ccac25 Feb 2025 10:28 +0000at://did:plc:4bdnknata4j4hppcmnaebm72/app.bsky.feed.post/3liynpafld22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/hrlpsamos.bsky.social/post/3liygy2setc2j🎖️SUCCESS STORY - GROUNDBREAKING DECISION On Tuesday the 18th of February, HRLP filed objections against the unlawful detention of an unaccompanied minor (UAM) who has been kept at the Samos CCAC's Safe Zone for 64 days.25 Feb 2025 08:27 +0000at://did:plc:4bdnknata4j4hppcmnaebm72/app.bsky.feed.post/3liygy2setc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/hrlpsamos.bsky.social/post/3lhe5omekws2g⚖️NOTICE: "Smuggling" cases, First Instance Court of Samos On the 17th of February, HRLP lawyers Dimitris Choulis and Ioanna Begiazi will be representing three defendants accused of illegal entry and transfer of third-country nationals in Greece.04 Feb 2025 13:23 +0000at://did:plc:4bdnknata4j4hppcmnaebm72/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhe5omekws2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/hrlpsamos.bsky.social/post/3lguoepfip22p✍️HRLP reports to efsyn.gr about the unacceptable living conditions witnessed at the Samos CCAC's "safe" zone where unaccompanied minors reside. https://www.efsyn.gr/ellada/dikaiomata/461180_kolastirio-ked-samoy-gia-485-prosfygopoyla29 Jan 2025 09:39 +0000at://did:plc:4bdnknata4j4hppcmnaebm72/app.bsky.feed.post/3lguoepfip22phttps://bsky.app/profile/hrlpsamos.bsky.social/post/3lgsemtmbpc2b🎙️HRLP lawyer Ioanna Begiazi shares her insight on the criminalization of migration in @boell.de's podcast, recorded within the framework of the congress "Shipwrecked - Rethinking migration and asylum in Europe". Listen to the full episode: https://gr.boell.org/en/media/audio/smugglers-or-scapegoats28 Jan 2025 11:39 +0000at://did:plc:4bdnknata4j4hppcmnaebm72/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgsemtmbpc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/hrlpsamos.bsky.social/post/3lgsahwwse223HRLP is a legal aid organisation based in Samos, striving to ensure that people on the move in Greece are treated with fairness & dignity. Through our work, we seek accountability for state criminality at EU's borders & commit to defend the rights of displaced people. ✊Join our fight for justice!28 Jan 2025 10:25 +0000at://did:plc:4bdnknata4j4hppcmnaebm72/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgsahwwse223