Greece: Prisoner of conscience: Nikos Karanikas, conscientious objector

Index Number: EUR 25/011/1995
Date Published: 24 November 1995
Categories: Europe And Central Asia, Greece

On 19 December the appeal against the prison sentence of Nikos Karanikas will be heard. AI considers him, the first person in Greece since January 1993 to be imprisoned for refusing compulsary militray service on non-religious grounds, to be a prisoner of conscience who should be immediately released.