“I began to doubt myself, to believe that I was doing something wrong.” On August 21, 2018, Sara Mardini was arrested on the Greek island of Lesbos with her colleague Seán Binder. They will remain in detention for 107 days before being released on bail and face up to twenty-five years in prison on charges of espionage and migrant smuggling, among other crimes. Sara, like Seán, was on the job of a Greek NGO helping refugees.
However, Sara was born in Damascus, Syria, and trained all her life to swim with her sister Yusra. In 2015, the athlete had to flee his country in the war and had to move to Lesbos. “ When the boat began to sink, I jumped into the water and my sister and I pushed for three hours to reach shore. Twenty people, including themselves, will be saved. A story that gave rise to The Swimmers movie and this poignant documentary on Netflix, the Kafkaesque lawsuit against him began in Greece in early January.
Sara Mardini: Swimming for Humanity, Wednesday 21 June at 23:30 at Arte
FREDERICK RAPILLY
Source: Programme Television
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