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Lydia Emmanouilidou
@lydiaemman.bsky.social
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Freelance journalist in Athens covering migration, tech, surveillance, breaking news. Bylines in NYT, NPR, BBC & more. Ex- foreign correspondent in Greece for BBC's x WGBH's The World radio programme

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The report by NGOs @ihaverights.bsky.social and Border Violence Monitoring Network (BVMN) details apparent privacy violations and questionable data practices that underscore growing concerns over the role of technology in migration management

Read here: ihaverights.eu/samos-border...
Press release: NGOs on Samos uncover a covert operation against asylum seekers and the invasive use of technology in the Samos Closed Controlled Access Centre
Hot off the heels of being condemned by the European Court of Human Rights for systemic pushbacks, Greece is also violating the rights of asylum seekers in the digital arena.  21 January 2025, Samos,...
ihaverights.eu
January 21, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Reposted by Lydia Emmanouilidou
patrickobrienstrickland.com
Another important investigation reveals that Greek authorities knew the 9 Egyptians they arrested after the deadly Pylos shipwreck were not the real smugglers

By: @lydiaemman.bsky.social, @malichudis.bsky.social, Corina Petridi & Samh Labudi

www.thenewhumanitarian.org/investigatio...
Greece jailed “Pylos 9” despite knowing they were innocent as Egypt prosecuted the real smugglers
The Greek authorities knew from Egyptian officials that the “Pylos 9” were not part of a smuggling network – yet these men spent a year behind bars.
www.thenewhumanitarian.org
December 19, 2024 at 2:01 PM