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...the shared solitude of reading and writing...
@rebeccasolnit.bsky.social 🙏
This evening I just stood by the sea for a few minutes. The sky hovered somewhere between fireworks and eternity. My heart skipped a beat.
I thought back to an exhibition about the sea @louisianamuseum, that photographer Charlotte Schmitz and I visited almost a year ago... 1/5
Greek authorities have issued an European Arrest Warrant against Norwegian human rights activist Tommy Olsen, who leads the Aegean Boat Report, supporting migrants.
NEW: Kaouther Ben Hania’s “The Voice of Hind Rajab” retells the story of the 5-year-old’s final hours and amplifies her voice to indict the world’s silence over Gaza’s children. @idreesahmad.bsky.social reviews the film for @newlinesmag.bsky.social newlinesmag.com/review/hind-...
Seán Binder, after the Lesvos court's verdict on 15 January 2026 that acquitted the 24 humanitarian defendants of all charges. This case, which had dragged on for nearly eight years, came to an end tonight after almost eleven hours of hearings.
This year’s #HumanRightsDay (10 December), Refugee Support Aegean (RSA) presents an updated overview of the conditions prevailing in #refugee #camps across mainland #Greece.
👉 rsaegean.org/en/human-rig...
#HRD2025
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The amazing Beyond Trafficking and Slavery ( @beyondslavery.bsky.social ) has handed on the baton: www.opendemocracy.net/en/beyond-tr... A huge achievement. The download of their 10 years of publishing is staggering : cdn2.opendemocracy.net/media/docume... (see below)
Frontex has once again failed to comply in full with the @ombudsman.europa.eu - this time after it was found guilty of maladministration over its refusal to disclose two major opinions issued by its Fundamental Rights Officer.
www.ombudsman.europa.eu/en/case/en/6...
In a damning internal report, @frontex.bsky.social concludes that its partners-in-crime - the Bulgaria border police - are responsible for abandoning three children, who were left to freeze to death last winter.
www.dw.com/bg/lzite-na-...
#Bulgarien ließ minderjährige Migranten erfrieren. Ein nun veröffentlichter #Frontex-Bericht sieht die Schuld bei den Grenztruppen des Landes – die leugnen das Offensichtliche:
www.nd-aktuell.de/artikel/1195...
No doubt, Frontex will brush these findings aside; there will be no serious follow-up actions. One need only consider the tepid recommendations issued by the FRO: no call for the officers responsible to be sanctioned or banned from taking part in Frontex's Joint Operation.
Ultimately, the deaths of Ahmed Samra, Ahmed Elavdan and Seyfala Elbeltagi do not matter, as much as the lives of these kids never did. That is why they were left to die. Their death is an inconvenience, perversely appropriated by Frontex to justify its presence.
In a damning internal report, @frontex.bsky.social concludes that its partners-in-crime - the Bulgaria border police - are responsible for abandoning three children, who were left to freeze to death last winter.
www.dw.com/bg/lzite-na-...
There’s a lot of gaslighting involved in pursuing access to these sorts of documents. Frontex's legal team has turned legalistic bullshitting into an art form. So it’s reassuring that the European Ombudsman sees straight through it — and calls it out for what it is.
Frontex is also refusing to release details of what its internal fundamental rights watchdog recommended to tackle the systematic underreporting of rights violations against migrants witnessed by its own officers:
balkaninsight.com/2024/09/06/e...
The result? 18 months later, EU citizens are still denied their right to know what measures were recommended to address the torture, the beatings, the disappearances occurring in Frontex operations in Bulgaria.
www.lemonde.fr/en/les-decod...
So is this another victory in the battle against Frontex’s obstinacy? Yes. But, as always with FX, the devil is in the details. Not only did Frontex insist on maintaining its redactions of the FRO’s “recommendations” on legally nebulous grounds — it refused to acknowledge it had done anything wrong.
Access to documents is not a bureaucratic nicety or a favour granted by Frontex. It’s a "special fundamental right", as the ECJ has recognised. When authorities violate it, they weaken every citizen’s ability to take part in democratic life.
It's clear that these documents should never have been kept secret. I should never have had to go to the Ombudsman for redress. They should have been released when I first requested them in May 2024. Crucially, the Ombudsman found that Frontex's use of the 'public security' exception was baseless.
Frontex has once again failed to comply in full with the @ombudsman.europa.eu - this time after it was found guilty of maladministration over its refusal to disclose two major opinions issued by its Fundamental Rights Officer.
www.ombudsman.europa.eu/en/case/en/6...
Btw 2020 and 2021 Europol landed enormous volumes of data as a part of three mega-hack operations that dismantled encrypted communication systems. This would become the starting point of the agency's AI ambitions. New investigation out with @giacomoza.bsky.social and @stavinoha.bsky.social
Shall we care about Europol? The answer is... Read our latest investigation to catch a glimpse about what the agency is doing to accelerate the AI transformation of policing across the EU, with minimal safeguards. www.computerweekly.com/news/3666344...
On 24th October, we are launching a new #Index on International Media Freedom Support (IMFS) - which evaluates and ranks countries based on their support for #mediafreedom globally.
It highlights well performing states in #diplomacy #funding + #safety + some concerning trends
lnkd.in/e_gC_Q-m
#Frontex published 138 page document for "European Border Surveillance Reference Architecture". It investigates police and military technologies for their use in border surveillance.
Dystopic!
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I'm not sure what's more abhorrent. The glee on the faces of these genocidal monsters. Or the sycophants from Europe and beyond who wash their crimes clean with sickly praise and adulation.
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Reminder: Europol refuses to delete personal data of thousands of people-including humanitarian activists-unlawfully transferred by Frontex for almost a decade.
Despite the stories of mass arrests, most “smugglers” jailed in Greece are asylum-seekers who were coerced into driving boats.
Fast-track trials and flawed evidence raise serious concerns about justice. #EMIF @voxeurop.bsky.social
wearesolomon.com/mag/format/f...
NEW: French police have caused the deaths of dozens of people by intercepting small boats at sea
These violent tactics are deployed now off the French overseas island of Mayotte
Under pressure from the UK, France now plans to start intercepting boats in the Channel
This is where that could lead ⬇️
Frontex doesn't like to hear its 'voluntary' interviews of people arriving at Europe's shores being described as covert 'interrogations'. Why? Because it has no legal mandate to interrogate and criminalise migrants.
Yet, that is precisely what's happening in Spain.
elpais.com/espana/2025-...
