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Stéphan Pélissier

Biography

Stéphan Pélissier

Stéphan Pélissier is a French legal expert. He lives in the north of France with his wife and their two daughters.

Stéphan Pélissier

Books by Stéphan Pélissier

written by Stéphan Pélissier, translated by Adriana Hunter - Memoir, Nonfiction

For trying to save his in-laws, who were fleeing certain death in Syria, Stéphan Pélissier was threatened with 15 years in prison by the Greek justice system, which accused him of human smuggling. His crime? Having gone to search for the parents, brother and sister of his wife, Zéna, in Greece rather than leaving them to undertake a treacherous journey by boat to Italy. Their joy on finding each other quickly turned into a nightmare: Pélissier was arrested as a result of a missing car registration and thrown into prison. Although his relatives were ultimately able to seek asylum --- legally --- in France, Pélissier had to fight to prove his innocence, and to uphold the values of common humanity and solidarity in which he so strongly believes.