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Geo Barents regains freedom, MSF president elated
Geo Barents, MSF rescue ship has regained it’s freedom.
Italian authorities slammed GeoBarents with a detention order two weeks ago.
Announcing the suspension of the detention, MSF Sea wrote “The detention of the Geo Barents has been suspended by the court of #Salerno! The ship is free to rescue lives!
Elated by the development , International President of MSF, Christos Christou, also tweeted: “BREAKING: Geo Barents free to save lives again!
“I am in Salerno, Italy, where an Italian court has finally ended the detention of our rescue ship.
“The Mediterranean is a huge emergency room and there is no justification for obstructing humanitarian sea rescue.”
Click the link below to read our report on the detention order