"Another Monday in the Greek courts": 25 years in prison for nine refugees in Samos, alleged "smugglers" - TPP Mission - The Press Project - News, Analysis, Radio, Television

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"Another Monday in the Greek courts": 25 years in prison for nine refugees in Samos, alleged "smugglers" - TPP Mission - The Press Project - News, Analysis, Radio, Television

In just six hours, the Single-Member Criminal Appeals Court of Samos sent to prison with dozens of years in prison nine asylum seekers who were accused of being smugglers, simply because they were forced to be at the helm of the boat - either under threat or by paying a lower price - which primarily transported themselves, and other asylum seekers. Nine trials, each lasting half an hour, while in several cases, the refugees did not have the righ…