Bashar Deeb

Bashar Deeb is an open source investigative journalist based in Greece.

Bashar works as an investigative journalist with a specialization in digital investigations at Lighthouse Reports. He has participated in different teams that have produced groundbreaking reports on various issues such as the violation of human rights of asylum seekers at EU’s borders, Europe’s secretive phosphates trade with Syria, and tracking EU arms in conflict zones. In the past he has collaborated with The Bureau of Investigative Journalism, Forensic Architecture, BBC and Channel 4.

Basic information

Name

Bashar Deeb

Title

Open Source Investigative Journalist

Expertise

Digital investigations

Country

Greece

City

Athens

Bashar Deeb

Website

lighthousereports.com

Links

Supported projects

Turkey’s Deportation Machine

Human Rights
Migration
Politics

ISTANBUL/PARIS/UTRECHT - The European Union has helped Turkey to deport Syrian and Afghan refugees to situations of hardship, danger and even death through a system of arrest, detention and removal that has developed over time, this investigation has found.

A worker repairs the fences in ARNAVUTKÖY removal centre in Istanbul on Sept. 27, 2024.

Mentor for

Inside Europe’s AI Border Fortress

Human Rights
Migration
Technology

ATHENS -The European Union is deploying AI-driven technologies along its borders in an to attempt to control migration flows, raising legal and ethical concerns about the impact on migrants' rights. While these systems are promoted as improving efficiency and security, they have raised concerns about privacy violations and restrictions on the right to asylum, concerns that this research confirms.