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Migrant From Bangladesh Reported Dead in Omonia Police Station
To Vima- In the early morning Tuesday, a man was reported dead in the Athens Omonia Police Department. This comes just days after the news that a man named Mohammad Kamran Ashiq, originally from Pakistan, was found dead in the nearby Agios Panteleimonas police station.
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Greek Unions Want Paid Time Off When It’s Too Hot to Work
Jacobin– Greece’s latest heat wave in July highlighted the danger of 100°F-plus temperatures for workers toiling in the sun. Trade unions are proposing a sensible solution: mandatory, paid stoppages on outdoor work when temperatures reach dangerous levels.
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A family yearns for answers years after Turkish refugee’s torture, death
Al Jazeera– In 2022, the Turkish coastguard found Baris Buyuksu barely alive with signs of torture, in the Aegean Sea.
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Stop Blaming Migrants for Deaths at Sea
Jacobin– After over 600 people died in a shipwreck last June, Greek police sought to incriminate the survivors. Last week they were finally acquitted, after a case that illustrated a worrying trend to cast ordinary migrants as members of human-smuggling networks.
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Nine Egyptians to go on trial in Greece over deadly Pylos shipwreck
Al Jazeera– In mid-June 2023, more than 500 people died after the fishing boat they boarded capsized.
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