The news can disclose crucial anomalies in the case against nine Egyptian men on trial in Greece for allegedly triggering the deadliest migrant catastrophe in the Mediterranean Sea in a decade.
If convicted of people smuggling and causing the loss of the fishing boat in June, the defendants face life in jail. It is estimated that up to 600 people drowned.
The indictment obtained by the court shows that the defendants are being charged based on information that has previously been challenged by at least six survivors, who claim that the coastguard caused their boat to capsize and then pressured them to frame Egyptians.
Human rights organizations, notably Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, have expressed grave concerns concerning.
