Accountability Needed for Pylos Shipwreck

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image Two survivors of the deadly Pylos shipwreck along with supporters participate in a protest calling for justice in Athens, Greece, May 20, 2024. © 2024 Louisa Gouliamaki/Reuters Nine Egyptians who survived a devastating shipwreck off the coat of Pylos, Greece, were acquitted Tuesday of people smuggling and unlawful entry, almost a year after they were hastily arrested. The Greek criminal court also dismissed the charges of causing the shipwreck, which killed hundreds of people, and of forming a criminal organization, saying it did not have jurisdiction over the case,…

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