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Balkan Regional Report - January 2025

March 19, 2025 Pushback Greece Turkey Serbia Bosnia Croatia Technology

Balkan Regional Report - December 2024

January 31, 2025 Pushback Greece Bosnia Croatia Detention France

BVMN: Statement on the ECHR rulings pertaining to Greece’s systematic pushback practices

January 22, 2025 Pushback Greece ECtHR

Balkan Regional Report - November 2024

January 08, 2025 Pushback Greece Turkey Serbia Bosnia Croatia Detention France

Salman Muhammad v. Greece no. 34331/22  

January 08, 2025 Greece ECtHR TPI

Balkan Regional Report - October 2024

December 18, 2024 Pushback Evros Greece Turkey Serbia Bosnia Croatia Detention Technology France Camps

Third Party Intervention

December 17, 2024 Greece

Balkan Regional Report - September 2024

November 04, 2024 Pushback Greece Turkey Frontex Serbia Bosnia Croatia Deaths and Disappearances

Balkan Regional Report - August 2024

October 09, 2024 Pushback Greece Turkey Serbia Bosnia Croatia Detention Deaths and Disappearances

Joint Statement on Mr. Sabetara's Appeal Trial

October 01, 2024 Greece

Surveillance Technologies at European Borders: Evros

October 01, 2024 Greece Technology AI

Balkan Regional Report - July 2024

September 13, 2024 Pushback Greece Turkey Serbia Bosnia Evictions Deaths and Disappearances

Balkan Regional Report - June 2024

August 01, 2024 Pushback Greece Turkey Serbia Bosnia France Cyprus

Trial Observation Obstructed by Amendment to Greek Law

July 23, 2024 Greece

Balkan Regional Report - May 2024

June 25, 2024 Pushback Greece Turkey Frontex Bulgaria Serbia Croatia Detention

Balkan Regional Report - April 2024

June 11, 2024 Pushback Greece Turkey Serbia Detention ECtHR

Trial Monitoring: Appeal Trial of Homayoun 2024

May 22, 2024 Greece Criminalisation

Balkan Regional Report - March 2024

April 24, 2024 Greece Turkey Serbia Bosnia Detention France Pullback

Detainees held without access to urgent medical care demand immediate release amidst reports of suicide attempts in pre-removal detention centre in Greece

March 26, 2024 Greece Detention EU

Balkan Regional Report - February 2024

March 22, 2024 Pushback Greece Turkey Frontex Serbia Bosnia Detention Deaths and Disappearances

M.S.S. v Greece. Application no. 30696/09. Committee of Ministers of CoE

March 01, 2024 Greece ECtHR Rule 9

Balkan Regional Report - December 2023/January 2024

February 23, 2024 Greece Turkey Serbia Bosnia Evictions Detention Shipwrecks

Input by Civil Society Organisations to the EUAA Asylum Report 2024 - by Border Violence Monitoring Network

February 15, 2024 Slovenia Greece Bulgaria Croatia Austria

Balkan Regional Report - November 2023

February 09, 2024 Greece Turkey Serbia Bosnia Croatia Evictions Pushbacks

Violence Within State Borders: Greece

January 24, 2024 Detention Greece

2024 Rule of Law Report: Greece

January 15, 2024 Greece RuleOfLaw

Teneqexhi  v Greece. Application no. 22144/23

December 30, 2023 Greece ECtHR TPI

Balkan Regional Report - October 2023

December 15, 2023 Pushback Greece Turkey Bulgaria Bosnia Evictions Detention

Joint Policy Paper: The EU Screening Regulation

November 29, 2023 Greece Bulgaria Italy Croatia EU Screening policy

Balkan Regional Report - September 2023

November 06, 2023 Greece Turkey Serbia Evictions Detention

Briefing for November 6 Trilogue on the Screening Regulation

November 06, 2023 Greece Italy Detention Samos New Pact Briefing Screening

BVMN Submission to the European Ombudsman’s Inquiry OI/3/2023/MHZ: Role of Frontex in Search and Rescue Operations

October 31, 2023 Greece Frontex

K.A. and others v. Greece and Türkiye and B.A. and others v. Greece and Türkiye. Applications nos. 35090/22 and 38444/22

October 08, 2023 Greece ECtHR

U odbranu branitelja i braniteljica: praktični vodič kroz pravna i zagovaračka sredstva za kriminalizirane braniteljice i branitelje ljudskih prava u Evropi

September 27, 2023 Greece Croatia Criminalisation

Balkan Regional Report - August 2023

September 25, 2023 Pushback Evros Greece Turkey Bulgaria Bosnia Croatia Detention

Balkan Regional Report - July 2023

September 25, 2023 Pushback Greece Turkey Evictions ECtHR Pride Samos

Fires, Pushbacks and the Far Right: Misplaced Blame and the Mobilisation of Violence Against People on the Move in Evros

August 24, 2023 Pushback Evros Greece Fires

Balkan Regional Report - June 2023

August 18, 2023 Pushback Greece Turkey Detention Spain LGBTQ

"A football between the Greek and Turkish Army": Evros Islets, One Year On

August 09, 2023 Pushback Evros Greece Turkey ECtHR

I HAVE RIGHTS and BVMN third party intervention to the ECtHR: A.B. v. Greece and D.G. v. Greece. Application nos. 10063/22 and 11762/22

July 24, 2023 Greece ECtHR TPI

Η αλληλεγγύη ως έγκλημα : Ένας πρακτικός οδηγός νομικών μέσων και εργαλείων συνηγορίας για τους στοχοποιημένους υπέρμαχους ανθρωπίνων δικαιωμάτων στην Ευρώπη

July 06, 2023 Greece Criminalisation HumanRigthsDefenders

Balkan Regional Report – May 2023

July 06, 2023 Pushback Greece Frontex Germany Türkiye

Up to 600 people drown off Pylos, Greece – only days after EU leaders agreed to further erode the right to asylum

June 21, 2023 Pushback Greece Joint Statement Drowning Asylum EU

Amending Directive 2011/36/EU on preventing and combating trafficking in human beings and protecting its victims

June 15, 2023 Greece Detention Criminalisation EU Migration

Balkan Regional Report - April 2023

June 09, 2023 Greece Turkey Frontex Bulgaria Serbia Bosnia Evictions Detention

Briefing on New NYT Evidence of Aegean Pushbacks

June 05, 2023 Pushback Greece aegean

Expression of Concern to Frontex and MEPs regarding shooting at the Greece/North Macedonia border

May 29, 2023 Greece Frontex North Macedonia

يناير2023- تقارير عمليات الصد والعنف الحدودي غير القانونيين

May 24, 2023 Greece Turkey Serbia Bosnia Croatia AI

Balkan Regional Report – March 2023

May 08, 2023 Pushback Greece Turkey Bosnia Croatia Detention

B.T. v Greece and B.C. v Greece. Application nos. 16089/20 and 16186/20

April 14, 2023 Greece ECtHR TPI

Balkan Regional Report – February 2023

April 11, 2023 Pushback Greece Turkey Frontex Serbia Bosnia Croatia Detention

Press Release: Ongoing Hunger Strike at Paranesti Pre-Removal Detention Center

March 22, 2023 Greece Detention

Pushback from Greece to Turkey: Visual Analysis

March 10, 2023 Greece AI Visual Analysis

Safi and Others v. Greece. Application no. 5418/15

February 24, 2023 Greece Council of Ministers Rule 9

Dark Rooms, Degrading Treatment and Denial: The Use of Violence in Greece’s Pre-Removal Detention Centres

February 22, 2023 Greece Torture Detention

Follow Up Statement: Persistence of Greek Police Operations Targeting People on the Move in Thessaloniki

February 15, 2023 Greece Detention Pushbacks

Rule of Law Report: Greece

February 14, 2023 Greece RuleOfLaw

Balkan Regional Report – November 2022

December 10, 2022 Pushback Greece Turkey Serbia Bosnia Croatia

Balkan Regional Report–October 2022

November 15, 2022 Pushback Greece Turkey Serbia Bosnia

Balkan Regional Report--September 2022

October 25, 2022 Slovenia Pushback Evros Greece Serbia Bosnia Croatia

Balkan Regional Report--August 2022

September 19, 2022 Pushback Evros Greece Serbia Bosnia Croatia

Balkan Regional Report -July 2022

August 25, 2022 Pushback Greece Turkey North Macedonia Serbia Bosnia Squats Croatia

PRESS RELEASE: INTERIM MEASURES GRANTED FOR 49 TURKISH AND SYRIAN ASYLUM SEEKERS ON A GREEK ISLET IN THE EVROS RIVER. GREECE YET TO COMPLY.

August 18, 2022 Pushback European Court of Human Rights Evros Greece Turkey

Briefing for Policymakers: Illegal pushbacks from islets in the Evros River continue

July 27, 2022 Pushback Evros Greece Turkey European Comission

Balkan Regional Report - June 2022

July 26, 2022 Pushback European Court of Human Rights Evros Greece Turkey Serbia Bosnia Squats Italy

H.T. v Greece. Application no. 4177/21 

July 24, 2022 Greece ECtHR TPI

A.D. and A.E. against Greece. Application Nos. 4034/21 and 15783/21

July 24, 2022 Greece ECtHR TPI

G.R.J  v. Greece. Application no. 15067/21

July 24, 2022 Greece ECtHR TPI

S.A.A and Others. v. Greece. Application no. 22146/21

July 24, 2022 Greece ECtHR TPI

Islets, Interim Measures, and Illegal Pushbacks: Erosion of Rule of Law in Greece

July 01, 2022 Pushback European Court of Human Rights Evros Greece European Commission

FAA against Greece. UN Human Rights Committee

June 27, 2022 Greece TPI UNHRC

Criminalisation Report: Accused of Solidarity

May 06, 2022 Greece Turkey Serbia Bosnia Croatia

Balkan Regional Report - March 2022

April 25, 2022 European Court of Human Rights Evros Greece Serbia Ukraine Bosnia Squats

S.S. v Greece. Application no. 30221/21 

April 19, 2022 Greece ECtHR TPI

Press Release: Greece Ordered to Rescue 34 Syrians from Evros River

April 05, 2022 European Court of Human Rights Evros Greece Turkey

Annual Torture Report 2020

May 04, 2021 Pushback Greece Croatia Torture Detention

Interactive Timeline on the Moria Fire

October 15, 2020 Greece Moria Camps

BVMN Visual Investigation: Analysis of Video Footage Showing Involvement of Hellenic Coast Guard in Maritime Pushback

August 20, 2020 Greece SeaPushbacks

Special Report: COVID-19 and Border Violence along the Balkan Route

May 12, 2020 Greece Pushbacks Türkiye Covid19 Balkans

New report on violations at Greek borders

March 19, 2020 Greece Pushbacks Covid19