Greek court drops spying charges against refugee rescue activists

Ruling comes hours after the UN called for charges to be dropped in ‘largest case of criminalisation of solidarity in Europe’

A Greek court has dropped espionage charges against 24 activists involved in rescuing refugees, after a lengthy trial denounced by rights groups as a sham.

In the ruling read to the chamber, the court admitted procedural faults, including insufficient translation of prosecution documents, and a lack of access to interpreters for the defendants.