Episode 90: Saving lives under fire

In this episode we speak with Sea-Watch spokesperson Julia Winkler about the so-called Libyan Coastguard's shooting of the Sea-Watch 5 rescue ship in May.  She tells us how, following the horrific attack, the Italian authorities absurdly put the ship's captain under investigation.  Julia also tells us how the rescuers hope to put legal pressure on the German government to protect Sea-Watch's activists from the Libyan gunmen in the future.  ---Support The Civil Fleet Podcast--- ko-fi.com/civilfleet ---Get in touch--- Twitter: @FleetCivil Mastodon: @[email protected] Bluesky: @thecivilfleet.bsky.social Instagram: thecivilfleet YouTube: youtube.com/@thecivilfleet [email protected] civilfleet.com ---Show notes--- For more on Sea-Watch, visit: sea-watch.org/en Follow Sea-Watch on BlueSky: @en.sea-watch.org Instagram: seawatchcrew Also, check out episodes 70, 65, 43, 22, 7 and 1 of The Civil Fleet Podcast for more on Sea-Watch See the Justice Fleet's list of Libyan Coastguard attacks on activists rescuers here: https://justice-fleet.org/en/incidents  For more on Captain Support Network, see here: captainsupport.net Listen to episode 80 to hear about the Libyan Coastguard's attack on the SOS Mediterranee  Julia mentions a previous episode of The Civil Fleet Podcast with Mustafa, Bairbre and Louise from Mataris Sudan Solidarity Committee and 50 Out Of Many. Listen to episode 85 for that.  Check out episodes 53 and 35 to hear from people who faced criminal charges for allegedly captaining a refugee boat. For a deeper dive on the Libyan Coastguards, check out episode 86 with Frey Lindsay from State Watch For more on the Iuventa case, listen to episodes 54, 24, and 2 For more on Netflix's 23,000 Lives, see here: https://www.netflix.com/gb/title/81660283