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.

Bashar Deeb

Basic information

Name
Bashar Deeb
Title
Open Source Investigative Journalist
Expertise
Digital investigations
Country
Greece
City
Athens

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.