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Sarah & Seán: Facing jail for saving lives


Dear John,

Sarah Mardini and Seán Binder met as trained volunteer rescue workers in Lesvos,
Greece. Their job was to spot boats in distress at sea and help refugees fleeing
abuses in their home countries.

Sarah, 24, is a refugee from Syria. Her journey to Europe made international
news when she and her sister saved 18 people by dragging their drowning boat to
safety. Seán, 25, is a son of a Vietnamese refugee. They couldn’t watch refugees
drown and do nothing.

Instead of being celebrated, they were imprisoned for 100 days – charged with spying, people smuggling and belonging to a criminal
organization. If found guilty, they could be jailed for 25 years.

Solidarity is not a crime. Watch the video and tell Greece to drop the charges
against Sarah and Seán.
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Sarah and Seán’s humanitarian work saved lives, but like many others across
Europe, they are being criminalized for helping refugees.

Rather than jailing people for saving lives, Greece should be doing more to
protect the rights of refugees to find a safe place to live. As Seán says:

"Humanitarian work isn’t criminal, nor is it heroic. Helping others should be
normal. The real people who are suffering and dying are those already fleeing
persecution."

When people need to escape conflict, torture or other abuses in their countries,
they often have no option but to make highly dangerous journeys to reach safety.
Criminalizing humanitarian workers and abandoning refugees at sea won’t stop
refugees crossing the sea, but it will cause many more deaths.

Helping people is not a crime. Thank you for supporting Sarah, Seán and other humanitarian workers under
attack for their life-saving work.
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Sincerely,



Alex Neve
Secretary General
Amnesty International Canada


P.S. December 10th is International Human Rights Day, and Amnesty's biggest
global day of action, Write for Rights! Sarah and Seán are one of this year's
cases focused on young people pushing for a better world. You can warm up for Human Rights Day by supporting their life-saving work
today.
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