Ella Dodd
@elladodd.bsky.social
Secrèterait for the Committee for Prevention of Torture
Migration specialist
Views my own
Migration specialist
Views my own
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Piece by @lialios.bsky.social in @kathimerini.gr on the recent @echr.coe.int interim measures order blocking the #deportation of 8 Sudanese #refugees. They arrived in #Crete but their claims were not registered due to #Greece ’s unlawful #asylum suspension.
www.ekathimerini.com/news/1278368...
www.ekathimerini.com/news/1278368...
Greek asylum suspension faces test | eKathimerini.com
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ordered Greece not to deport eight Sudanese men detained in Athens after entering Crete from Libya, raising questions about the legality of a recent three...
www.ekathimerini.com
August 19, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Piece by @lialios.bsky.social in @kathimerini.gr on the recent @echr.coe.int interim measures order blocking the #deportation of 8 Sudanese #refugees. They arrived in #Crete but their claims were not registered due to #Greece ’s unlawful #asylum suspension.
www.ekathimerini.com/news/1278368...
www.ekathimerini.com/news/1278368...
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Migrants at #Ice jail in #Miami made to kneel to eat ‘like dogs’, report alleges - www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... "female detainees were made to use toilets in full view of men being held there, and were denied access to gender-appropriate care, showers, or adequate food." #trump
Migrants at Ice jail in Miami made to kneel to eat ‘like dogs’, report alleges
Incident in which migrants were shackled with hands tied of one succession of alleged abuses at jails in Florida
www.theguardian.com
July 21, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Migrants at #Ice jail in #Miami made to kneel to eat ‘like dogs’, report alleges - www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... "female detainees were made to use toilets in full view of men being held there, and were denied access to gender-appropriate care, showers, or adequate food." #trump
“Less appealing” than the already rotten and nutritionally inadequate food provided in overcrowded detention centres rife with neglect and dehumanisation?
The idea that persons are lured by cuisine, not compelled by war, persecution, and poverty, is as unserious as it is morally bankrupt.
The idea that persons are lured by cuisine, not compelled by war, persecution, and poverty, is as unserious as it is morally bankrupt.
Greece plans to serve 'less appealing meals' in refugee camps as part of its strategy to deter new arrivals: shorturl.at/zGq1L
👉But people fleeing war, persecution, and violence aren’t coming for the food — they’re seeking safety, protection, and the chance to live with dignity.
👉But people fleeing war, persecution, and violence aren’t coming for the food — they’re seeking safety, protection, and the chance to live with dignity.
‘Not a hotel’: Greece mulls less appealing migrant meals - Euractiv
Greece is suspending asylum requests from North Africa and is considering less appealing meals in migrant camps, drawing criticism for adopting far-right tactics amid a surge in arrivals from Libya.
shorturl.at
July 15, 2025 at 8:47 AM
“Less appealing” than the already rotten and nutritionally inadequate food provided in overcrowded detention centres rife with neglect and dehumanisation?
The idea that persons are lured by cuisine, not compelled by war, persecution, and poverty, is as unserious as it is morally bankrupt.
The idea that persons are lured by cuisine, not compelled by war, persecution, and poverty, is as unserious as it is morally bankrupt.
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I have just published a letter to the Federal Minister of Interior of #Germany in which I ask the authorities to uphold #FreedomOfExpression and #Peaceful Assembly in the context of the conflict in #Gaza. Read the letter ⬇️
www.coe.int/en/web/commi...
www.coe.int/en/web/commi...
The Commissioner asks the German authorities to uphold freedom of expression and peaceful assembly in the context of the conflict in Gaza - Commissioner for Human Rights - www.coe.int
Strasbourg 19/06/2025
www.coe.int
June 19, 2025 at 6:05 AM
I have just published a letter to the Federal Minister of Interior of #Germany in which I ask the authorities to uphold #FreedomOfExpression and #Peaceful Assembly in the context of the conflict in #Gaza. Read the letter ⬇️
www.coe.int/en/web/commi...
www.coe.int/en/web/commi...
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"LIVERPOOL SUSPECT IS A COMPANY DIRECTOR"
May 29, 2025 at 7:44 AM
"LIVERPOOL SUSPECT IS A COMPANY DIRECTOR"
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BREAKING: We're now describing the Liverpool driver as a "lovely man" with a "nice family" after discovering he is white British ♥️
May 29, 2025 at 10:36 AM
BREAKING: We're now describing the Liverpool driver as a "lovely man" with a "nice family" after discovering he is white British ♥️
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Pedev v. Bulgaria: Individual attached to his hospital bed while guarded by prison officers: degrading treatment tinyurl.com/2kjxpzss
#ECHR #CEDH #ECHRpress
#ECHR #CEDH #ECHRpress
May 27, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Pedev v. Bulgaria: Individual attached to his hospital bed while guarded by prison officers: degrading treatment tinyurl.com/2kjxpzss
#ECHR #CEDH #ECHRpress
#ECHR #CEDH #ECHRpress
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A federal judge ordered the Trump administration late Friday night to facilitate the return of a Guatemalan man who had been deported to Mexico, despite fearing persecution and having told U.S. authorities about the violence he had experienced there.
Judge Orders Trump Officials to Seek Return of Guatemalan Man to U.S.
www.nytimes.com
May 24, 2025 at 3:16 PM
A federal judge ordered the Trump administration late Friday night to facilitate the return of a Guatemalan man who had been deported to Mexico, despite fearing persecution and having told U.S. authorities about the violence he had experienced there.
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The head of the Council of Europe pushed back against a call by nine EU countries to make it easier to expel migrants who commit crime.
Council of Europe hits back at EU leaders calling to ease migrant expulsions
Secretary-General Alain Berset warned that courts must not be “weaponized” for political gain.
www.politico.eu
May 24, 2025 at 3:46 PM
The head of the Council of Europe pushed back against a call by nine EU countries to make it easier to expel migrants who commit crime.
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#CouncilofEurope leader decries ‘political pressure’ on human rights court over #migration: The warning against a 'weaponised' court comes in response to criticism of the European Court of Human Rights by #Italy, #Denmark and others.
#CouncilofEurope leader decries ‘political pressure’ on human rights court over #migration
The warning against a 'weaponised' court comes in response to criticism of the European Court of Human Rights by #Italy, #Denmark and others.
dlvr.it
May 24, 2025 at 3:58 PM
#CouncilofEurope leader decries ‘political pressure’ on human rights court over #migration: The warning against a 'weaponised' court comes in response to criticism of the European Court of Human Rights by #Italy, #Denmark and others.
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wearesolomon.bsky.social revealed last week the level of neglect that unaccompanied minors (UAMs) experience in Greece's refugee camp in Samos.
Our member org @ihaverights.bsky.social has been sounding the alarm on the maltreatment of UAMs in Samos for years.
wearesolomon.com/mag/focus-ar...
wearesolomon.bsky.social revealed last week the level of neglect that unaccompanied minors (UAMs) experience in Greece's refugee camp in Samos.
Our member org @ihaverights.bsky.social has been sounding the alarm on the maltreatment of UAMs in Samos for years.
wearesolomon.com/mag/focus-ar...
Unaccompanied Children Sleep on the Floor in Shifts in Greece’s 'Model Camps'. The EU Is Aware.
Internal EU documents obtained through freedom of information requests and visual evidence from rights organizations on the ground, reveal systemic neglect of hundreds of unaccompanied children trappe...
wearesolomon.com
April 7, 2025 at 6:03 AM
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wearesolomon.bsky.social revealed last week the level of neglect that unaccompanied minors (UAMs) experience in Greece's refugee camp in Samos.
Our member org @ihaverights.bsky.social has been sounding the alarm on the maltreatment of UAMs in Samos for years.
wearesolomon.com/mag/focus-ar...
wearesolomon.bsky.social revealed last week the level of neglect that unaccompanied minors (UAMs) experience in Greece's refugee camp in Samos.
Our member org @ihaverights.bsky.social has been sounding the alarm on the maltreatment of UAMs in Samos for years.
wearesolomon.com/mag/focus-ar...
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💥A new investigation by Solomon and media partners reveals systemic neglect of hundreds of unaccompanied children trapped in dire conditions in Greek camps.
The EU and the Greek government are aware.
wearesolomon.com/mag/focus-ar...
The EU and the Greek government are aware.
wearesolomon.com/mag/focus-ar...
March 31, 2025 at 10:12 AM
💥A new investigation by Solomon and media partners reveals systemic neglect of hundreds of unaccompanied children trapped in dire conditions in Greek camps.
The EU and the Greek government are aware.
wearesolomon.com/mag/focus-ar...
The EU and the Greek government are aware.
wearesolomon.com/mag/focus-ar...
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#Greece: Hasir Ali, a man from Pakistan was found hanging in his cell, in Amygdaleza #detention center. He was detained in Corinth for 18 months only for being undocumented & then arrested again without any explanation. He and his family were desperate about it... 1/
#immigrants
#immigrants
March 21, 2025 at 12:28 PM
#Greece: Hasir Ali, a man from Pakistan was found hanging in his cell, in Amygdaleza #detention center. He was detained in Corinth for 18 months only for being undocumented & then arrested again without any explanation. He and his family were desperate about it... 1/
#immigrants
#immigrants
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Στην Ελλάδα, το ποσοστό όσων κρυώνουν στα σπίτια τους τον χειμώνα είναι σχεδόν διπλάσιο από το ευρωπαϊκό:
δύο στους δέκα, ή πιο συγκεκριμένα, 2 εκατ. πολίτες.
wearesolomon.com/el/mag/forma...
δύο στους δέκα, ή πιο συγκεκριμένα, 2 εκατ. πολίτες.
wearesolomon.com/el/mag/forma...
Στην Δυτική Ελλάδα τα πιο κρύα σπίτια στην Ευρώπη
Ένας στους δέκα ανθρώπους στην Ευρώπη κρυώνει μέσα στο σπίτι του τον χειμώνα. Στην Ελλάδα, το ποσοστό είναι διπλάσιο.
wearesolomon.com
February 25, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Στην Ελλάδα, το ποσοστό όσων κρυώνουν στα σπίτια τους τον χειμώνα είναι σχεδόν διπλάσιο από το ευρωπαϊκό:
δύο στους δέκα, ή πιο συγκεκριμένα, 2 εκατ. πολίτες.
wearesolomon.com/el/mag/forma...
δύο στους δέκα, ή πιο συγκεκριμένα, 2 εκατ. πολίτες.
wearesolomon.com/el/mag/forma...
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Nikos Mantzoufas, who led Greece’s Recovery and Resilience Fund (RRF), oversaw billions in EU funding for Greek businesses.
Just six months after resigning, he took an executive role at Sunlight Group, a company that received €245 million from the fund he managed.
wearesolomon.com/mag/format/i...
Just six months after resigning, he took an executive role at Sunlight Group, a company that received €245 million from the fund he managed.
wearesolomon.com/mag/format/i...
Revolving Doors: How top Greek officials became executives in companies they once oversaw
The former Minister of Maritime Affairs becomes CEO of the country's largest shipyard. The government’s Director of the National Recovery & Resilience Fund becomes an executive at a company that had r...
wearesolomon.com
February 24, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Nikos Mantzoufas, who led Greece’s Recovery and Resilience Fund (RRF), oversaw billions in EU funding for Greek businesses.
Just six months after resigning, he took an executive role at Sunlight Group, a company that received €245 million from the fund he managed.
wearesolomon.com/mag/format/i...
Just six months after resigning, he took an executive role at Sunlight Group, a company that received €245 million from the fund he managed.
wearesolomon.com/mag/format/i...
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Part II follows @memomiller.bsky.social @theborderchronicle.bsky.social along the US/Mexico border, as well as myself and @elladodd.bsky.social @ihaverights.bsky.social on Greece's Samos Island, discussing surveillance, pushbacks, and impacts on people-on-the-move www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pPQ... 🧵
How is Israel’s military tech marketed abroad? | The Palestine Laboratory E2 | Featured Documentary
YouTube video by Al Jazeera English
www.youtube.com
February 18, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Part II follows @memomiller.bsky.social @theborderchronicle.bsky.social along the US/Mexico border, as well as myself and @elladodd.bsky.social @ihaverights.bsky.social on Greece's Samos Island, discussing surveillance, pushbacks, and impacts on people-on-the-move www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pPQ... 🧵
Join us tomorrow at @ihaverights.bsky.social as I host what will be an engaging discussion with my colleagues @alexandrosavramis.bsky.social & Hannah on our year-long research into the use of tech at the EU’s migration policy testing ground: the Samos CCAC.
Don’t miss it! ⬇️
#Migration #Surveillance
Don’t miss it! ⬇️
#Migration #Surveillance
📢 Join Us for Our Upcoming Event with
@borderviolence.bsky.social.
Discover the (mis)use of technology in the Samos CCAC and the covert operations targeting asylum seekers on Samos.
Sign up: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
@borderviolence.bsky.social.
Discover the (mis)use of technology in the Samos CCAC and the covert operations targeting asylum seekers on Samos.
Sign up: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
February 11, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Join us tomorrow at @ihaverights.bsky.social as I host what will be an engaging discussion with my colleagues @alexandrosavramis.bsky.social & Hannah on our year-long research into the use of tech at the EU’s migration policy testing ground: the Samos CCAC.
Don’t miss it! ⬇️
#Migration #Surveillance
Don’t miss it! ⬇️
#Migration #Surveillance
Catch me on @aljazeeraenglish.bsky.social's latest documentary on the use of Israeli technology in Europe's border regime.
I focus on our research at @ihaverights.bsky.social unveiling the invasive and dangerous use of technology against people on the move on Samos.
I focus on our research at @ihaverights.bsky.social unveiling the invasive and dangerous use of technology against people on the move on Samos.
Antony Loewenstein's "The Palestine Laboratory" documentary features @ihaverights.bsky.social's @elladodd.bsky.social who explains how two Israeli companies have deployed dystopian surveillance technology inside Greece's new Samos refugee camp.
www.youtube.com/watch?featur...
www.youtube.com/watch?featur...
How is Israel’s military tech marketed abroad? | The Palestine Laboratory E2 | Featured Documentary
YouTube video by Al Jazeera English
www.youtube.com
February 10, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Catch me on @aljazeeraenglish.bsky.social's latest documentary on the use of Israeli technology in Europe's border regime.
I focus on our research at @ihaverights.bsky.social unveiling the invasive and dangerous use of technology against people on the move on Samos.
I focus on our research at @ihaverights.bsky.social unveiling the invasive and dangerous use of technology against people on the move on Samos.
Thank you for having me. It was fascinating to exchange with MTM's fellows.
Whether we are based in South Africa, Egypt, Palestine or at the US-Mexico border our struggles for justice are interconnected.
Whether we are based in South Africa, Egypt, Palestine or at the US-Mexico border our struggles for justice are interconnected.
Last week, we hosted @elladodd.bsky.social @ihaverights.bsky.social for our monthly MTM webinars! Don't miss their report with @borderviolence.bsky.social on Greece's high-tech refugee camp on Samos island, monitored by EU-funded CCTV cameras & fingerprint collection: ihaverights.eu/samos-border...
Press release: NGOs on Samos uncover a covert operation against asylum seekers and the invasive use of technology in the Samos Closed Controlled Access Centre
Hot off the heels of being condemned by the European Court of Human Rights for systemic pushbacks, Greece is also violating the rights of asylum seekers in the digital arena.
21 January 2025, Samos,...
ihaverights.eu
February 8, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Thank you for having me. It was fascinating to exchange with MTM's fellows.
Whether we are based in South Africa, Egypt, Palestine or at the US-Mexico border our struggles for justice are interconnected.
Whether we are based in South Africa, Egypt, Palestine or at the US-Mexico border our struggles for justice are interconnected.
Thank you @anasambri.bsky.social for reporting on our work uncovering the involvement of Israeli start ups in Europe's invasive border surveillance infrastructure.
Tech, which has likely been developed on Palestinians, is now used against asylum seekers as part of Europe’s border enforcement regime.
Tech, which has likely been developed on Palestinians, is now used against asylum seekers as part of Europe’s border enforcement regime.
“Battle-tested“ on Palestinians, then repurposed in Greece: as revealed in our report, spy-tech of two #Israeli companies are deployed in the Samos CCAC.
@AnasAmbri sheds light on the involvement of former 🇨🇦Prime Minister Stephen Harper in this.
Read: breachmedia.ca/stephen-harp...
@AnasAmbri sheds light on the involvement of former 🇨🇦Prime Minister Stephen Harper in this.
Read: breachmedia.ca/stephen-harp...
Stephen Harper’s firm behind spy tech used in ‘dystopian’ Greek refugee camps ⋆ The Breach
Venture capital firm helped launch Israeli tech companies whose tech is now being used on refugees in Europe
breachmedia.ca
January 28, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Thank you @anasambri.bsky.social for reporting on our work uncovering the involvement of Israeli start ups in Europe's invasive border surveillance infrastructure.
Tech, which has likely been developed on Palestinians, is now used against asylum seekers as part of Europe’s border enforcement regime.
Tech, which has likely been developed on Palestinians, is now used against asylum seekers as part of Europe’s border enforcement regime.
Deeply concerned by over 50 credible reports from people on the move that their phones were forcibly removed and likely searched by the authorities upon arrival to Samos.
The police deny this reportedly routine operation. This raises very serious questions about its legality.
See more below:
The police deny this reportedly routine operation. This raises very serious questions about its legality.
See more below:
🚨Out today 🚨
Our report with @borderviolence on the human impact of technology on Samos including Greece’s latest covert operation against asylum seekers: routine unlawful removal of phones by force upon arrival. The authorities deny the practice (1/2)
Read now: ihaverights.eu/samos-border...
Our report with @borderviolence on the human impact of technology on Samos including Greece’s latest covert operation against asylum seekers: routine unlawful removal of phones by force upon arrival. The authorities deny the practice (1/2)
Read now: ihaverights.eu/samos-border...
Press release: NGOs on Samos uncover a covert operation against asylum seekers and the invasive use of technology in the Samos Closed Controlled Access Centre
Hot off the heels of being condemned by the European Court of Human Rights for systemic pushbacks, Greece is also violating the rights of asylum seekers in the digital arena.
21 January 2025, Samos,...
ihaverights.eu
January 21, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Deeply concerned by over 50 credible reports from people on the move that their phones were forcibly removed and likely searched by the authorities upon arrival to Samos.
The police deny this reportedly routine operation. This raises very serious questions about its legality.
See more below:
The police deny this reportedly routine operation. This raises very serious questions about its legality.
See more below: