Thick Board #2: Criminalisation of Civil Society and Fugitives
Thick Board 2 - Criminalisation of Civil Society and Fugitives
In this episode I talk to Hendrik Simon, who is facing up to 20 years in prison for saving lives in the Mediterranean as part of the Iuventa crew, and Sean Binder, who was in prison in Greece for over three months for saving and helping people in the Aegean.
This is not worthy of the European Union, which is why I have invited these two and many other activists to Brussels to talk about how to end the criminalisation of aid workers. They deserve our thanks, not jail.
We are facing up to 20 years imprisonment and up to 15,000 € fine per person we rescued from the Mediterranean Sea."
Henrik Simon
"I spent over three months in prison for trying to help people."
Sean Binder
Links to the show
- Two refugee helpers saved people's lives – now they are in prison for it (Bento)
- Programme of the conference „Shrinking Spaces“ during which the discussion took place
- Iuventa 10
- When rescuers are declared perpetrators (Time Online)
- The criminalisation of helpers continues (Tagesspiegel)
