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Une association à vocation humanitaire avec pour but d'apporter aide aux réfugiés

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25/10/2026

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06/07/2026

In Touffailles on July 26 at 6pm., a concert hosted by the "Joy Artistic Circle" for the benefit of "Help Hope/Aide et Espoir" will be given by South African pianist Ben Schoeman. Ben performs in concert halls around the world, both as a soloist and with orchestras. He has also won several prestigious awards. For this concert, Ben Schoeman has created a wonderfully varied programme - from Bach to Liszt, as well as pieces from his native South Africa.

This is a private concert, by reservation only, and places are limited. Please email Clare Brigstocke ([email protected]) to reserve. More details in the flyer.

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Un concert à Touffailles le 25 juillet à 18h, accueillit par le Joy Artistic Circle au profit de Help Hope/Aide et Espoir sera donné par le pianiste sud-africain Ben Schoeman.
Ben se produit dans des salles de concert du monde entier, tant en soliste qu'avec des orchestres. Il a également remporté plusieurs prix prestigieux. Pour ce concert, Ben Schoeman propose un programme merveilleusement varié, allant de Bach à Liszt, en passant par des morceaux de son Afrique du Sud natale.

Il s'agit d'un concert privé, sur réservation uniquement, et les places sont limitées. Veuillez envoyer un e-mail à Clare Brigstocke ([email protected]) pour réserver. Pour plus d'informations, consultez le flyer.

01/07/2026

15/05/2026

Thank you Norway

Today, the Norwegian Court of Appeal unanimously rejected the European Arrest Warrant issued by Greek authorities against Aegean Boat Report founder Tommy Olsen.

The court concluded that the acts described by Greek authorities do not constitute criminal offences under Norwegian law, and further found a real risk of violation of Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights — the right to freedom of expression.

The ruling goes far beyond a technical rejection of an extradition request.

The Norwegian Court of Appeal relied on findings from the European Court of Human Rights, United Nations Special Rapporteurs, and EU Rule of Law reports documenting serious concerns about pushbacks in Greece and the targeting of human rights defenders working with refugees.

The court further recognized that the activities described by Greek authorities — documenting abuses, receiving information, communicating with refugees, and assisting asylum procedures — are protected activities under international law and freedom of expression.

This is not only an important personal victory for Tommy Olsen. It is also an important decision for journalists, human rights defenders, humanitarian workers, and everyone documenting abuses at Europe’s borders.

For years, individuals and organisations working with refugees in Greece have faced intimidation, surveillance, criminal investigations, and abusive prosecutions designed to silence criticism and stop documentation of human rights violations.

The ruling from Hålogaland Court of Appeal sends a clear and serious message:

Humanitarian work is not human smuggling.
Documenting human rights violations is not a crime.
Freedom of expression and the rule of law still matter in Europe.

The court’s decision is also a reminder that criminal law cannot be used as a weapon against those exposing unlawful pushbacks, violence, and abuse against people on the move in the Aegean Sea.

Despite years of pressure, investigations, threats, and attempts to silence our work, Aegean Boat Report will continue documenting what is happening at Europe’s borders.

We will not stop.

📸Jannik Abel

15/05/2026

Please read this message from Kayra Martinez to the camp managers of Greece to understand the dramatic situation in Athens. Our organisation Help and Hope has also been helping to house these homeless, abandoned mothers and their children since several years, our new family is a Sudanese mother and her 5 children. The situation is worsening all the time.

« To the camp managers on the islands of Greece, mainland & and the Ministry of Greece,
Please stop sending families and single women to Athens without accommodation or support. We now have dozens of people on the street with their children. It’s criminal!
As soon as refugees receive their asylum, they’re kicked out of the camp & sent to Athens. They have no work, no housing, no money, and no contacts to support them.
Yesterday a mother & her 12 year old son were referred to me. Due to her having a boy at that age, no one can house her. They want to separate families.
I have taken on many people now & I have reached out to the Municipality with no response. I am in hope, I can find more sponsors in my network. We also need landlords that will rent us small apartment or studios if I can connect with more sponsors.
Please reach out only if you’re able.
Please don’t sent links as I’m extremely under pressure and I need direct contact with sponsors & landlords to try and keep these humans off the street. In a day or two I will update our website with sponsorship prices and information.

http://lovewithoutborders4refugees.org

Thank you!
Kayra

07/05/2026

Aegean Boat Report must continue in spite of the persecution.

They Want Us Gone. And It’s Working.

Aegean Boat Report has spent years exposing what European authorities deny exists.

Illegal pushbacks.
People beaten, abandoned at sea, forced into life rafts and left drifting.

Not rumours.
Not politics.

Evidence.

That is why we are being targeted.

Greek authorities are not pursuing justice — they are trying to eliminate us.

Relentless harassment.
Criminalisation.
And now a European Arrest Warrant against the founder of Aegean Boat Report.

This is what happens when you document too well.

You become the problem.

And it’s working.

Funding is disappearing.
Donors are stepping back.
Organisations are afraid to be associated with us.

Not because the work is wrong — but because telling the truth has become a liability.

Let that sink in:

Exposing human rights violations at Europe’s borders is now something people are afraid to support.

Meanwhile, nothing has changed.

People are still risking their lives crossing the Aegean.
Pushbacks continue.
Violence continues.

The only thing that’s changing is this:

The people documenting it are being removed.

If Aegean Boat Report is forced to shut down, there will be no independent monitoring left.

No one documenting in real time.
No one verifying what actually happens at sea.

And that is exactly the point.

No witnesses.
No evidence.
No accountability.

A silent border is a violent border.

We are now on the edge of running out of funds.

Not in the future.
Now.

So this is the reality:

Either this work is supported — or it disappears.

If you think what we do matters, prove it.

👉 https://whydonate.com/fundraising/the-only-eyes-on-the-aegean-sea-and-theyre-about-to-go-dark

Because once we are gone, that silence will not be accidental.

It will be by design.

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Lauzerte
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http://www.aider-helpandhope.org/

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