The Rescue Workers Facing Prison Time for Helping Refugees at Sea
“We are on trial because we saved lives.” Pieter Wittenberg is a Dutch rescue worker on trial in Greece for rescuing stranded refugees in the Aegean Sea.
Dutch rescue worker and retired banker, Pieter Wittenberg is one of 24 aid workers on trial and facing 12 years in prison in Greece. Their “crime?” Rescuing stranded refugees in the Aegean Sea.
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