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The far-right and Italian spooks spied on our rescue missions
DARIUSH BEIGUI and HENDRIK SIMON, former members of the NGO rescue ship Iuventa, tell Ben Cowles how Matteo Salvini and the Italian secret services tried to criminalise them for saving lives at sea
Hendrik Simon (left) and Dariush Beiui (right) on both sides the Iuventa
[Paul Louis Wagner and Moritz Richter] 
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