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The Agora => Greek News => Topic started by: Maik on Friday, 01 August, 2014 @ 01:33:30
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Greek farmers who shot 28 Bangladeshi strawberry pickers for demanding pay walk free from court in 'scandalous, racist' verdict
A Greek court has sparked an "unprecedented racist scandal" after it cleared farmers who shot and wounded 28 Bangladeshi strawberry pickers when they asked to be paid.
In a verdict described as "an outrage and a disgrace" and which led to protests outside the court in the southern city of Patras, the owner of the farm and head foreman were cleared of all charges - which included human trafficking.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/greek-farmers-who-shot-28-bangladeshi-strawberry-pickers-for-demanding-pay-walk-free-from-court-in-scandalous-racist-verdict-9639273.html
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Strewth!!! :rant:
Tony
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Greece's migrant fruit pickers: 'They kept firing. There was blood everywhere'
Last year, Greek farm guards shot at illegal migrant strawberry pickers, wounding 35. When a court acquitted them this summer, there was outrage. At the camp, where they continue to live like slaves, the workers share their stories
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/01/greece-migrant-fruit-pickers-shot-they-kept-firing