Appeal trial for the "Pogrom of Sappho Square" concluded

Appeal trial for the "Pogrom of Sappho Square" concluded

The night of the racist pogrom at Sappho Square remains etched in many people’s minds. Local residents launched attacks throughout the night on a crowd of migrants—mostly families—who were simply trying to protest the living conditions at the Moria detention centre and the extreme delays in asylum procedures at the time. The immediate cause of the protest was the death of one of their compatriots from medical issues—something many attributed to …