5️⃣ This judgment is about more than one tragedy: it highlights the demand that European states must act fast when lives are at risk — and must investigate deaths thoroughly, quickly and independently when they fail.

4️⃣ One of our reports at the time can be read here:

3️⃣ You can read the RSA press release on the the Court's ruling here:

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2️⃣ The Court found Greek authorities were informed & ought to know people were in danger but acted too late — and then failed to investigate properly.

Survivors had raised the alarm early on 16 March 2018, long before help arrived.

Justice took more than 7 years.

This is a timeline of the case ⬇️

1️⃣ Reporting on migration & accountability can often feel futile

Not today

The ECHR ruled Greece violated the right to life in the 2018 Agathonisi shipwreck: 16 dead, incl. 7 children & 2 babies

@rsaegean.org fought for the families; We had investigated w/ former @spiegel.de colleagues

Decision ⬇️

Η πλευρά των 13 ένστολων του Λιμενικού Σώματος, που αντιμετωπίζουν ποινικές κατηγορίες για πρόκληση του πολύνεκρου ναυαγίου της Πύλου, εκφράζεται για πρώτη φορά μέσα από μια συνέντευξη του δικηγόρου τους, Θρασύβουλου Κονταξή, στο Solomon.

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Παρά την ποινική δίωξη εις βάρος τους, το σύνολο των λιμενικών που εμπλέκονται στο ναυάγιο της Πύλου παραμένουν σε ενεργό υπηρεσία.

Ο κυβερνήτης του ΠΠΛΣ-920 έχει προαχθεί.
@giorgoschristides.bsky.social @supergalactica.bsky.social @wearesolomon.bsky.social

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Let this be my first post after leaving Twitter and a long hiatus: Greece’s Migration Minister resigns (on an unrelated matter) one day after floating the idea of suspending the right to asylum."https://www.ekathimerini.com/politics/1273654/top-ministers-resign-over-opekepe-scandal/