On Sep. 23, 2024, the Italian authorities imposed yet another punitive measure on the Geo Barents, the search and rescue vessel operated by Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) for performing its legal and humanitarian duty to save lives at sea. This time, the vessel received two separate detention orders, immediately after the Geo Barents […]
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On Sep. 11, the Italian Civil Court of Salerno ordered the suspension of the 60-day administrative detention of the Geo Barents, the search and rescue ship operated by Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). The Italian authorities had imposed the detention in question on the Geo Barents on Aug. 26 for allegedly failing to provide […]
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On August 26, 2024, the Italian authorities have issued a 60-day detention order to the Geo Barents, a search and rescue ship operated by Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), for alleged violations of maritime safety regulations. “We have been sanctioned for simply fulfilling our legal duty to save lives.” Juan Matias Gil, MSF SAR […]
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