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EU lawmakers aid Somali man fighting life sentence in Greece

Por: ABC News World January 09, 2023

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LESBOS, Greece -- A Somali migrant serving life in prison for people smuggling appeared in court Monday to appeal his sentence, in a case backed by a group of European Parliament members who say he was wrongfully convicted. Mohammad Hanad Abdi was sentenced to 142 years in prison in 2021 after being convicted following a deadly crossing in a dinghy from Turkey to the nearby Greek island of Lesbos the previous year. Abdi said he had only steered... + full article



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