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Newshour: 21/05/2024 13:06 GMT: Greek court drops shipwreck charges

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21/05/2024 13:06 GMT

21/05/2024 13:06 GMT: Greek court drops shipwreck charges

Greek court drops shipwreck charges

BBC World Service - Newshour, Greek court drops shipwreck charges

Court has no jurisdiction over nine Egyptian men accused of killing hundreds in shipwreck

Court has no jurisdiction over nine Egyptian men accused of killing hundreds in shipwreck.

A Greek court has dropped charges against nine Egyptian men accused of responsibility for a shipwreck in the Mediterranean last year in which hundreds of migrants drowned. 

Also in the programme: Israeli medics say Palestinian detainees are routinely shackled to hospital beds, treatment they say is dehumanising; and how the war in Ukraine is changing the habits of a rare eagle.
 
(Photo: Suspects greeting each other after case was dropped by Greek court in Kalamata. Credit: Shutterstock)

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