{"id":136970,"date":"2021-04-26T04:00:25","date_gmt":"2021-04-26T04:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2021\/apr\/26\/greece-accused-of-shocking-pushback-against-refugees-at-sea"},"modified":"2021-04-26T04:00:25","modified_gmt":"2021-04-26T04:00:25","slug":"greece-accused-of-shocking-illegal-pushback-against-refugees-at-sea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2021\/04\/26\/greece-accused-of-shocking-illegal-pushback-against-refugees-at-sea\/","title":{"rendered":"Greece accused of \u2018shocking\u2019 illegal pushback against refugees at sea"},"content":{"rendered":"
Lawsuit filed at European court of human rights says group were abandoned in life rafts after some were beaten<\/p>
A lawsuit filed against the Greek state at the European court of human rights accuses Athens of a shocking level of violence in sophisticated inter-agency operations that form part of an illegal pushback to stop the arrival of refugees and migrants<\/a>.<\/p> The suit, filed by the NGO Legal Centre Lesvos<\/a>, centres on an alleged incident in October last year in which a fishing boat set off from Marmaris in Turkey<\/a> for Italy carrying about 200 people, including 40 children and a pregnant woman. The boat ran into difficulty in a storm off the south coast of Crete, leading the captain to radio for assistance.<\/p> Related: <\/span>'We were left in the sea': asylum seekers forced off Lesbos<\/a> <\/p> Continue reading...<\/a>\n