' EXCLUSIVE: Inside Egypt's secret scheme to detain and deport thousands of Sudanese refugees'

For the past six months, I and my dear colleague Sara Creta have been working on this investigation in cooperation between The New Humanitarian and Refugees Platform in Egypt - منصة اللاجئين في مصر
Here is what we found🧵

Our new article on Bellingcat looks at terrible open source investigation - OSHIT: Seven Deadly Sins of Bad Open Source Research bellingcat.com/resources/2024…

I am very happy to be nominated for the European Press Prize
alongside my great colleagues
Megan Clement and Charlotte Alfred

Lighthouse Reports New Lines Magazine Daraj Media and Impact.

Mustafa’s story and his bravery in sharing it publicly deserved better than Frontex’s director response and the complete lack of engagement of the MEPs who were present.

More on what happened to him (and happy to know he is safe now)

This was presented at the EU Parliament by Lighthouse Reports with their investigation revealing that Frontex routinely shares coordinates of migrant boats with the so-called Libyan coastguard.

It is an endless shame that the EU has decided that’s de facto border management policy.

The UK flies refugees to Rwanda. The EU - equally barbaric - pays north African dictators and militias to stop migrants arriving, and no matter that they torture and/or murder the migrants. This century we are witnessing the end of western civilization, such as it was. Thread:

Last year, our investigation into the EU 'chat control' regulation & the powerful network of interests backing it, was labelled by European Commission as a 'series of insinuations looking for a home'. Now it has been nominated for the European Press Prize - Short🧵 twitter.com/EuroPressPrize…

Google Earth has updated its satellite imagery of many parts of Sudan. Looking over West Darfur city of El Geneina, I am shocked at the level of destruction. In some parts, whole areas have been destroyed and cleared. Location: 13.4469, 22.4151 (dates: April 2023 & March 2024)

Today is the hearing of Homayoun Sabetara in #Thessaloniki , who has been in custody continuously since August 2021.
“My father has been falsely convicted of smuggling and sentenced to 18 years in prison,” his daughter Mahtab Sabetara has stated. 1/3

There are currently more than 2,000 people imprisoned in #Greece based on accusations of 'smuggling', which makes up the second largest group of prisoners. 'Accused individuals get just 3 minutes to speak in court, with trials averaging only 27 minutes, leading (...) 2/3

🎉 #THREAD : European Press Prize : 2 υποψηφιότητες για το #Solomon στα φετινά Ευρωπαϊκά Βραβεία Δημοσιογραφίας που μόλις ανακοινώθηκαν στο Διεθνές Φεστιβάλ Δημοσιογραφίας στην Περούτζια! #ijf24

(Και 1 μήνυμα από εμάς για εσάς)

Bashar Deeb and Daniel Howden of Lighthouse Reports discuss their investigative reporting about Syria. journalism festival Bashar Deeb / بشار ديب Daniel Howden

Here's the recording from today's workshop by Bashar Deeb / بشار ديب and @Jacksapoch (from Lighthouse Reports) at journalism festival #IJF24 , focusing on 'Investigating migrant shipwrecks': youtube.com/watch?v=BebjW7… #OSINT #MediterraneanSea

Will be heading to Perugia this week for journalism festival with some of our Lighthouse Reports team. Do reach out if you want to grab a coffee. I’ll also be walking around doing some interviews for our #Backlight podcast

Looking forward to journalism festival, where I'll be speaking about Lighthouse Reports Suspicion Machines investigation on a panel organised by sigmaawards. Let's grab a coffee!

this is my last week on the investigations unit at airwars 🌟 I feel very grateful + lucky to have been a part of an incredible team + org, getting to collaborate and work on investigations that matter. Some of the investigations I'm most proud of -

We are looking forward to seeing you all next week in #IFJ24 Perugia where Jack Sapoch and I will be doing a workshop on investigating migrant shipwrecks, the workshop will explore many resources and techniques that we have used in our previous Lighthouse Reports investigations

New #shipwreck in #Chios #Greece today. At least 3 people have been found dead, 16 have been rescued, while investigations in the area continue.

We need safe & legal pathways for people seeking asylum, to finally stop the journeys of death!

news247.gr/ellada/xios-ne…

'A large wave of migration from #Lebanon '
14 boats arrived in #Cyprus within 48 hours of yesterday night, the last of which was a boat carrying more than 170 migrants. The increase in the number of arrivals was expected due to the situation in #Syria and Lebanon.

Breaking: The Irish soldiers training a rogue general’s army in Libya.
My new investigative story reveals the Irish company training the 166 Infantry Brigade of Libyan warlord Khalifa Haftar, in an apparent breach of a UN arms embargo.
irishtimes.com/ireland/2024/0…