Activists convicted of ‘falsely accusing’ Greek bishop of hate speech

Human rights groups said the verdict was part of a troubling trend in Greece's criminal justice system

An Athens court has handed two prominent human rights defenders prison sentences, suspended for three years, after finding the pair guilty of falsely accusing" a Greek Orthodox bishop of racist hate speech.

The three-member tribunal sentenced the activists to 12-month jail terms after acquitting the bishop, Seraphim, the Metropolitan of Piraeus, of antisemitic rhetoric.