Bohemia Interactive developers Ivan Buchta and Martin Pezlar were arrested three weeks ago in Greece when they were accused of spying, due to footage they were taking of military facilities on the island of Limnos. For these accusations, they face up to 20 years in prison. As it stands right now, however, that stay could very well end up being indefinite.
At this time, the Greek legal system is on strike. According to the Czech developers’ lawyer, Panagiotis Eleftherioy, the earliest this strike will end is on October 20, though that is an optimistic figure at best. One ray of hope may be the fact that, by Greek law, a case must be tried within 120 days of an arrest. That is a period of four months, though, and if the Greek justice system hasn’t gone back into action by then, or processed the developers’ case, it seems possible that they could very well be trapped longer.
Their lawyer suggests that those who would like to help would be best served by writing to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs or to your closest Greek embassy (visit if you can). More information on the situation, as well as updates and contact information for Greek embassies and political figures, can be found at helpivanmartin.org.