UN Expert Slams Greece Over Civil Society Curbs

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image Supporters of the 24 aid workers and volunteers arrested for participating in migrant rescue operations hold up a banner outside the court in Mytilene, on the northeastern Aegean island of Lesbos, Greece, January 10, 2023. © 2023 AP Photo/Panagiotis Balaskas Human rights defenders in Greece working to protect asylum seeker and migrant rights are facing threats and attacks from authorities, according to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders Mary Lawlor. Lawlor, who visited Greece in June 2022 to assess the situation for rights defenders in the…

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