33-Year Jail Terms for Seafarers Based on Missing Evidence, Report Warns

A 46-page report by Human Rights at Sea (HRAS) has exposed critical gaps in the evidence used to convict two senior seafarers of drug trafficking in Türkiye, raising concerns over a potential miscarriage of justice. Chief Officer Ali Albokhari, a Syrian-born Finnish citizen, remains imprisoned nearly three years after his arrest, while Croatian Captain Marko Bekavac was returned to Croatia last year following diplomatic intervention. The case centres on the Phoenician M, a Panama-flagged bulk carrier where 137 kg of cocaine was discovered in Colombia in September 2023. No crew…

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