This Trial Monitoring report, prepared collaboratively by the Border Violence Monitoring Network (BVMN), European Lawyers for Democracy and Human Rights (ELDH), Feminist Autonomous Centre for Research (FAC), and Legal Centre Lesvos (LCL), provides an in-depth analysis of the procedural violations in the appeal trial of Homayoun Sabetara, an Iranian asylum seeker accused of smuggling in Greece. Mr. Sabetara’s case raises serious questions about the adherence to international fair trial standards. The report provides a detailed analysis of the proceedings through the lens of national and international legal standards, procedural safeguards, and relevant case law. This trial monitoring report forms part of a larger effort to examine the systemic criminalisation of migration and to critically assess how judicial systems apply facilitation charges in these contexts.

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