"Lorsque le directeur de Frontex, Hans Leijtens, donne l'ordre à un officier de remettre un bateau détecté dans les eaux internationales à la milice mafieuse des garde-côtes libyens, les deux hommes savent qu'ils renvoient ces hommes et ces femmes au viol, à l'esclavage, à la torture et à la mort."

“When the director of Frontex, Hans Leijtens, orders an officer to hand over a vessel detected on the high seas to the Libyan militia, both know they are sending those people to rape, slavery, torture, and murder,” explains @iftachco.bsky.social, co-director of @front-lex.bsky.social

On the day front-LEX filed #ICC cases v. +120 #EU officials, their successors in Brussels have met with Libyan militias from both Benghazi and Tripoli; dozens were killed by drowning off-Lampedusa; and the prep for the renewal of the Italian-Libyan #MoU continued www.infomigrants.net/en/post/6765...

@mm-ilmanifesto-bot.bsky.social: #ICC lawyers Omer Shatz and Juan Branco submitted 700-page brief revealing all #EU bodies involved in crimes against migrants. The 175,000 murdered, "tortured, raped and enslaved, could have justice if the court came out of its silence" ilmanifesto.it/dossier-alla...

Danke @zeit.de for this in-depth analysis of front-LEX #ICC case(s) against #EU officials. www.zeit.de/politik/ausl...

We’re excited to share some internal updates: @iftachco.bsky.social and @omershatz.bsky.social will now serve as Co-Directors of Front-LEX - a step that will help us better lead our growing team and advance our expanding litigation projects.

The woman who reported Ministers #Meloni, #Piantedosi, and #Nordio for defying #ICC arrest warrant vs #Al-Masri speaks about her 2 years of daily rapes. The Italian Court decided to prosecute the three Ministers. But the Parliament refuses to lift their immunities 👇 www.raiplay.it/video/2025/1....

@omershatz.bsky.social était invité hier sur @rfi.fr pour évoquer les 122 plaintes déposées auprès de la Cour pénale internationale (#CPI) visant des responsables de l’Union européenne impliqués dans des crimes contre l’humanité commis contre des « migrants » sur la route de la Méditerranée centrale

"We are facing the complete collapse of the rule of law at the ICC," Shatz comments...5 years and no prosecution, despite the crimes having been acknowledged... the EU is the last... political and financial friend of the ICC. Realpolitik is a truly sad thing" www.editorialedomani.it/politica/ita...

Since front-LEX’s database of #ICC suspects is online, stakeholders across the #EU are examining the involvement of their own nationals Among the 28 States, #Italy stands at the top of the list with 32 Italian suspects (26%) #Grazie to @mm-corriere-bot.bsky.social roma.corriere.it/notizie/poli...

“People are not dying from an environmental disaster; there is a policy, everything has been premeditated and designed” @omershatz.bsky.social accuses “The objective is always the same: to prevent their arrival in Europe, the question is what the decision they made meant” elpais.com/internaciona...

“The law of the ICC was born out of European crimes but only applied so far to crimes committed outside of Europe,” @omershatz.bsky.social told the Associated Press. “Our request is simple: to apply the law impartially, also upon European nationals.” www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...

After 6 years of investigation, ICC counsels @omershatz.bsky.social and Juan Branco have filed a 700-page brief to the ICC, exposing the alleged involvement of 122 European officials in Crimes Against Humanity on the Central Mediterranean. Learn more on our *new* platform: crimesagainsthumanity.eu

We shouldn’t have to say this in 2025: hunting human beings is illegal––like many of Frontex’s activities, from cooperating with the Hellenic Coastguard to sharing the location of migrant boats with Libya, for which we have taken the agency to Court. www.streetpress.com/sujet/175853...

Jeancy Kimbenga, the Congolese refugee who was pushed back seven times from Turkey to Greece and sued Frontex for damages, responds to Frontex's demand for €7,680 in legal fees. via @fattoquotidiano.bsky.social www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2025/09/26/m...

🚨 #EU Crimes Against Humanity #Mediterranean🚨 Italy’s Tribunal of Ministers confirms the allegations in our pending #ICC #Al-Masri case v Italian Justice and Interior Ministers, requesting Parliament to remove immunity to enable prosecution! In an interview with #RAI, Dr. Omer Shatz explains why👇

Frontex’s budget stands at €1 billion. Yet it demands €7,680 in legal fees from a refugee who endured seven pushbacks and dared to fight back. The EU’s legal system is designed to deter, not protect. 👉 www.publico.es/sociedad/mig...

“Dying at sea is more merciful than dying in one of the militia detention centres, or being traded as if we weren’t human,” says Omer, the applicant in FM v Frontex, in a rare interview @refugeesinlibya.bsky.social @en.sea-watch.org @eucourtofjustice.bsky.social www.eldiario.es/desalambre/s...

Karims Klage gegen #Frontex hat schon Geschichte geschrieben, aber jetzt braucht er Eure Hilfe. Er sitzt in #Libyen fest, u. es wurde eine schwere Erkrankung diagnostiziert. Es braucht 4.000 € f. med. Notfallversorgung, sichere Unterkunft & Lebensmittel. www.refugeesinlibya.org/donate für „Karim”

Karim’s case against Frontex has already made history, but now he needs your help. Stuck in Libya, he was recently diagnosed with a serious illness. Refugees in Libya are raising €4,000 for emergency medical care, shelter, food. Donate now, mention “Karim” as Honoree www.refugeesinlibya.org/donate

We stand with @resqship.bsky.social and the crew of #Nadir, unjustly detained in Lampedusa after rescuing 112 lives. #SavingLivesIsNotACrime

The four refugees who just jumped into the sea to escape the LCG join dozens of similar cases we’ve brought in FM v. Frontex before the @eucourtofjustice.bsky.social . How many more victims must be forcibly pulled back by Frontex and Libyan militias before the Court acts with urgency?

Why does Frontex's Director suddenly pretend to care about Refugees in Libya? His sudden ethical awakening comes just 2 weeks after the @eucourtofjustice.bsky.social asked Frontex to submit a defence in our case FM v Frontex. Accountability is catching up. ilmanifesto.it/cambio-di-ro...

Greek coast guards charged over migrant deaths www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The “Hellenic colleagues” of Frontex’s Executive Director are charged with causing the shipwreck that killed 600+ asylum seekers—clearly a pushback attempt. To shield them, the ED flew to Athens the next day to publicly absolve: “The Hellenic colleagues who give their utmost to save lives.”

Alexander Dalli, a former Frontex 'expert', ran a Maltese prison nicknamed the “factory of evil.” Now he’s Malta’s special envoy to Libya, overseeing pushbacks. Our @eucourtofjustice.bsky.social case seeks to stop Frontex from providing information to Libya, directly and indirectly through Malta.

It would be interesting to know more about how the systemic neglect of hundreds of children in de facto detention camps - funded and monitored by the EU Commission - aligns with this lofty vision. wearesolomon.com/mag/focus-ar...

EU governments are pushing to set up deportation camps in non-EU countries — and to do so in a way that avoids judicial scrutiny. These so-called “return hubs” would hold people who have received a final deportation order, even if they cannot be sent to their country of origin.

In Hamoudi v Frontex, the CJEU should defend access to justice for individuals subject to collective expulsion at the hands of the EU. AGOSTINA PIRRELLO on what AG Norkus' opinion got right and where it missed the mark. verfassungsblog.de/tilting-the-...

The 6th issue of the #ExternalisationBulletin is out now! 🚨 It brings together: • Analyses on EU impunity in Libya & billions to Egypt • Civil society statements on Ceuta, Libya & more • 32 leaked docs on deportation, detention & “safe third countries” Read it now: buff.ly/EtKhGlv

Our litigation manager @iftachco.bsky.social debunks Frontex's manipulative claims in this new article. Together with @refugeesinlibya.bsky.social, we are suing Frontex at the @eucourtofjustice.bsky.social. Its manipulation tactics won't hold up in Court. altreconomia.it/non-vorrei-r...

Laut Liminal wirkte #Frontex zwischen 2019 und 2023 bei der Zurückweisung von mindestens 27.288 Menschen nach Libyen und Tunesien mit. Der Chef der EU-Agentur behauptet, sie befolge internationales Recht. Selektiv: denn anderes Recht wird dafür über Bord geworfen: altreconomia.it/non-vorrei-r...

Frontex’s crocodile tears won’t hold up in court. “You can’t ‘rescue’ people and then send them back to their torturers. This thread cuts through the spin and exposes Frontex’s role in the violence in Libya. 👇

BREAKING NEWS ⚠️⚠️ 🧵 We have received a distress alert from a group of over 100 women, children and 250 men, currently being held for ransom in Zawiya, Libya. The warehouse where they are detained is known as “Osama Prison.” Or #Almasri 130 of them were captured at sea on May 2, 2025. 1/3

#Frontex macht s. mitschuldig, wenn Menschen Verbrechen gegen die Menschlichkeit ausgesetzt werden. Das Gesetz ist klar: Die Agentur muss die rechtswidrige Weitergabe von Informationen an libysche Akteure über den Standort v. Flüchtlingsbooten beenden. Die Klage FM vs. Frontex zielt darauf ab. 3/3

⚖️ „In den Augen der Kläger war Frontex Mittäterin bei den von Libyen begangenen Verbrechen, da sie ihnen die GPS-Koordinaten der in Seenot geratenen Boote übermittelte.“ @fr.infomigrants.net zum Fall von @refugeesinlibya.bsky.social & @front-lex.bsky.social am @eucourtofjustice.bsky.social 1/x

„In einer im Februar 2024 veröffentlichten Untersuchung zeigte … @spiegel.de, dass die europäische Agentur den Libyern fast systematisch die Standorte der Boote von in Seenot geratenen Flüchtlingen im Mittelmeer übermittelt hat.“ via @front-lex.bsky.social 2/x

Frontex is not saving lives, it is complicit in exposing people to crimes against humanity. The law is clear: The agency must end the unlawful provision of information to Libyan actors about the location of refugee boats fleeing crimes against humanity. FM v Frontex seeks exactly that. …End

“In an investigation published in February 2024, the German media outlet @spiegel.de showed that the European agency almost systematically gave the Libyans the locations of the boats of exiles in distress in the Mediterranean.” www.spiegel.de/internationa...

Info ⚠️ @fr.infomigrants.net on our case with @front-lex.bsky.social at the @eucourtofjustice.bsky.social: “In the eyes of the plaintiffs, Frontex was complicit in the crimes committed by Libya by providing them with the GPS coordinates of boats in distress.” 🧵 www.infomigrants.net/fr/post/6430...

@fr.infomigrants.net on our case with @refugeesinlibya.bsky.social at the @eucourtofjustice.bsky.social: “In the eyes of the plaintiffs, Frontex was complicit in the crimes committed by Libya by providing them with the GPS coordinates of boats in distress.” 🧵 www.infomigrants.net/fr/post/6430...

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons) unanimously adopted the report "Saving the lives of migrants at sea and protecting their human rights". A plenary debate is scheduled for next. month! pace.coe.int/en/news/9868...

Virginia Diaz and Victor Luengo from Enero Films have been accompanying Alaa Hamoudi, @iftachco.bsky.social and the rest of the legal team for the past months. They witnessed the hearing at the @eucourtofjustice.bsky.social. Watch the trailer to their upcoming documentary. vimeo.com/1071124349

„Ich wünschte, ich müsste keine Menschen nach #Libyen zurückschicken” Im Interview behauptet #Frontex Exekutivdirektor Hans Leijtens, oft keine andere Wahl zu haben, als m. libyschen Stellen zusammen zu arbeiten u. „äußert sich bedauernd” über das Schicksal der Menschen in der libyschen Hölle. 1/x

Frontex’s Director Leijtens is lying. He is not forced to send people back to Libya. In reality, he is obligated by law to stop sharing information with the Libyan Coast Guard. This is exactly what our legal case together with @front-lex.bsky.social aims at. 🧵 1/6

The only thing Executive Director Leijtens "has to do" is abide by the law governing Frontex and not “send people back to Libya.” Article 46(4) of Frontex's founding regulation obliges the Agency to terminate its unlawful provision of information to Libyan entities www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...

Entgegen der Ansicht v. @jgrimheden.bsky.social macht #Frontex das Gesetz nicht, sondern muss sich daran halten. Art. 46(4) verpflichtet die Agentur, Operationen auszusetzen o. zu beenden, wenn es zu schwerwiegenden o. anhaltenden Verstößen kommt, wie in #Griechenland. @front-lex.bsky.social 1/x

Contrary to the position of Fundamental Rights Officer @jgrimheden.bsky.social, Frontex does not make the law but must abide by it. The law—Article 46(4)— obliges it to suspend or terminate operations where there are related serious or persistent violations, such as in Greece. 🧵👇

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