Iftach Cohen
iftachco.bsky.social
Iftach Cohen
@iftachco.bsky.social
Co-director at @front-lex.bsky.social
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"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
Abandonados en el desierto o atrapados en cárceles financiadas por el Gobierno: así levanta sus muros España fuera de sus fronteras

✍️Por Laura Anido
November 9, 2025 at 9:32 AM
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“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
November 8, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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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.
October 23, 2025 at 10:22 AM
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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...
October 7, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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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...
September 29, 2025 at 7:53 AM
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Frontex, l'agence européenne des violences racistes aux frontières, réclame 7680 euros de "dédommagements" à un demandeur d'asile qui avait porté plainte contre elle après avoir subi sept refoulements illégaux en Mer Égée.
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...
September 9, 2025 at 11:05 AM
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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...
September 9, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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La Agencia Europea de la Guardia de Fronteras y Costas reclama 7.680 euros a un migrante que sufrió siete devoluciones en caliente en el mar Egeo

✍️ Por Laura Anido
Frontex reclama 7.680 euros a un migrante que sufrió siete devoluciones en caliente en el mar Egeo
La agencia contó con un presupuesto de 1.000 millones de euros en 2024. Frente a ello, Jeancy, que aún sufre estrés postraumático, debe enfrentarse a una deuda que no puede pagar....
www.publico.es
September 9, 2025 at 8:42 AM
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🧵Another migrant shipwreck makes the headlines.

What does the headline tell you ❓
20 people killed after their boat capsized off Lampedusa on 13 August.
August 14, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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Yet another shipwreck in front of the Italian coast. 20 (!!) dead so far— including a baby and three teens. Our fast rescue ship Aurora and other civil rescue ships could have helped immediately. Why did nobody alert us? Did Italy stand by while people were drowning?
August 13, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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“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...
El sudanés que ha llevado a Frontex ante la Justicia: “Morir en el mar es más compasivo que seguir atrapado en Libia”
El TSJUE llevará por primera vez a la Agencia europea de fronteras a comparecer por su cooperación con los guardacostas libios en la devolución a Libia de migrantes interceptados en alta mar
www.eldiario.es
August 8, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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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”
June 20, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Karim - an incredibly brave and kind person, and the applicant in FM v Frontex - needs your help more than ever. Please share and support!
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.
We are raising €4,000 for emergency medical care, safe shelter and food.

Donate now (mention “Karim” as Honoree): www.refugeesinlibya.org/donate
June 18, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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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.
We are raising €4,000 for emergency medical care, safe shelter and food.

Donate now (mention “Karim” as Honoree): www.refugeesinlibya.org/donate
June 18, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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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?
@freedomflotilla.bsky.social responded to a distress case. Notorious Libyan militia Tariq Ben Zeyad intercepted the boat; 4 people jumped into the sea and are now safe onboard Flotilla‘s Madleen. The 🇬🇷 coastguard must prevent a pullback by TBZ & take over the 4 people to let the Madleen proceed!
June 5, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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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?
@freedomflotilla.bsky.social responded to a distress case. Notorious Libyan militia Tariq Ben Zeyad intercepted the boat; 4 people jumped into the sea and are now safe onboard Flotilla‘s Madleen. The 🇬🇷 coastguard must prevent a pullback by TBZ & take over the 4 people to let the Madleen proceed!
June 5, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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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...
Cambio di rotta, Frontex si può giudicare | il manifesto
Immigrazione (Commenti) «I nostri colleghi ellenici hanno fatto del loro meglio per salvare vite» dichiarava all’indomani del naufragio di Pylos Hans Leijtens, direttore esecutivo dell’agenzia Frontex...
ilmanifesto.it
May 29, 2025 at 10:59 AM
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Während des Pushbackversuchs, sah #Frontex zu und unternahm nichts. @eucourtofjustice.bsky.social wies die Klage ST vs. Frontex ab, da ein weiterer #Pushback gegen ST nicht „sicher“ sei. Für die Opfer von #Pylos war der Tod durch die „griech. Kollegen“ nur allzu sicher.
@front-lex.bsky.social

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While the pushback unfolded, Frontex watched and did nothing.@eucourtofjustice.bsky.social dismissed ST v Frontex as inadmissible, claiming the materialization of another pushback against the applicant was not “certain.” For the Pylos victims, death by the “Hellenic colleagues” was all too certain
May 24, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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While the pushback unfolded, Frontex watched and did nothing.@eucourtofjustice.bsky.social dismissed ST v Frontex as inadmissible, claiming the materialization of another pushback against the applicant was not “certain.” For the Pylos victims, death by the “Hellenic colleagues” was all too certain
May 24, 2025 at 8:21 AM
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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.”
May 24, 2025 at 8:21 AM
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🚨 Greek prosecutors have referred felony charges on 17 HCG officials over the Pylos shipwreck

This includes the PPLS 920's captain (for causing a deadly shipwreck), the full crew (for complicity), & top figures like the ex-chief and SAR commanders (for failing to rescue)

via rsaegean.bsky.social
Pylos Shipwreck: Criminal prosecution for felonies against 17 members of the Coast Guard, including senior officers of its leadership
Pylos Shipwreck: Criminal prosecution for felonies to 17 members of the Coast Guard, including senior officers of its leadership
rsaegean.org
May 23, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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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.
May 22, 2025 at 8:34 AM
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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-...
May 15, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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<= Und hier geht es um

MORDE, FOLTERUNGEN, VERSKLAVUNGEN, SEXUELLE GEWALT UND VERGEWALTIGUNGEN

die in libyschen Haftanstalten geschehen und eindeutig mit dem Informationsaustausch von #Frontex mit den libyschen Behörden zusammenhängen. =>

@iftachco.bsky.social @front-lex.bsky.social
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May 13, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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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...
May 13, 2025 at 8:39 AM