The appeal by the magistrate court in Tuticorin, India, means that in the week the seafarers were expecting to return home they were told they now face continued detention in the country during the appeals process. Luggage and travel documents are being withheld from the men.
The crew were onboard the anti-piracy vessel Seaman Guard Ohio when it strayed into Indian waters during a typhoon in October last year, leading to their arrest.
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