Refugee aid workers to go on trial in Greece

Human rights groups have heavily criticised Greek authorities over the case [File: Louiza Vradi/Reuters]

Athens, Greece – Twenty-four defendants are expected to go on trial on the Greek island of Lesbos on Tuesday in relation to their work with refugees, in what has been described by experts as “the largest case of criminalisation of solidarity” in Europe.

Rights groups have also decried the legal proceedings as chaotic, confusing and farcical.