Malta, the NGO Lifeline appoints two Italian defenders



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Two Italian lawyers will defend the German NGO Lifeline. It is Daniel Amato, professor of law school of the European Union, qualified for the Anglo-Saxon law, and of Corrado Giuliano, lawyer with the higher jurisdictions and specialized in the right of the # 39; immigration. They are both from Syracuse. On June 27, the Lifeline, which bears the same name as the NGO, is moored in Malta after being blocked for 8 days on the high seas, with 234 migrants on board rescued off the coast of Libya, waiting for # 39; s permission. to be able to land in a safe harbor in the Mediterranean, permission denied by Italy, France and, initially, by Malta itself. Once arrived at the port, as announced by the Maltese government, the boat was seized. The captain of the Lifeline was questioned and arrested

The lawyers will participate tomorrow in the hearing in the court of Valletta, before the judge Joe Mifsud, to discuss the seizure of the ship, the arrest of the captain and the theme "flag inspection." During the hearing, the Lifeline Defense Panel will argue international conventions for the protection of humanitarian law, as well as the implementation of the rules regarding the flag fluttering on boats .

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