Episode 56: Free Homayoun

In this episode we speak with Kiana, Anne, Mahtab and Hannah from the Free Homayoun campaign.    Homayoun Sabetara, a widower and father of two, fled Iran to reunite with his daughters in Germany in 2021. Mahtab is one of his daughters.    Along the way, Homayoun was forced to drive a car carrying several others across the Greece-Turkey border. He was arrested in Greece, charged with human smuggling, and sentenced to 18 years behind bars at a trial conducted without interpreters.    Kiana, Anne, Mahtab and Hannah tell us more about Homayoun's case, his upcoming appeal on April 22, and how Europe's systematic criminalisation of people on the move.   ---Get in touch---   Twitter: @FleetCivil   Mastodon: @[email protected]   Bluesky: @thecivilfleet.bsky.social   Instagram: thecivilfleet   [email protected]   civilfleet.com   Support:   ko-fi.com/civilfleet   ---Show Notes---   For more details on the Free Homayoun campaign, visit: freehomayoun.org/en    Follow the Homayoun campaign on social media: Instagram @freehomayoun Twitter: @freehomayoun  Mastodon: @freehomayoun    Anne and Hannah mention the Seebrucke movement. For more on that, see: seebruecke.org/en     Borderline Europe is also mentioned in this episode. For more on that organisation, see here: borderline-europe.de/?l=en   Ben makes frequent reference to the Iuventa crew in this episode. If you don't know who they are and/or want to know more about them, see epiosde 54 and read here: thecivilfleet.wordpress.com/tag/Iuventa/    For more on the Samos 2, see episode 26. Incidentally, Dimitris Choulis who is interviewed in that episode, is also Homayoun Sabetara's lawyer.    For more on the criminalisation of people on the move, see episodes 53, 48, 35, 29, 28, 26 and more.    Ben mentions Sean Binder & Sara Mandini, Check out episode 16 for more on them.