Greeks admit torture
Z Pre9» Ujn—Copyrt(jh.t) j ATHENS, August 8. | Four former Greek military policemen: pleaded guilty to charges of torturing prisoners during the military dictatorship! when the trial of 32 alleged torturers opened in Athens yesterday. The defendants, who include officers and lower ranks, face sentences ranging from five years im- 1 pnsonment to a death sen-i tence if convicted. Among the 128 witnesses! due to testify before the per-! manent military tribunal are Alexandres Panagoulis, who; was imprisoned for trying to' a-sassinate the leader of thei 1967 coup. George Papadopoulos. and Lady Amalia Fleming, exiled from Greece in 1971 for trying to help him escape. In his opening statement, the Public Prosecutor alleged 1 that the accused practised a variety of torture tech-, niques. including enforced: sleeplessness and forcing their victims to eat excrement and indulge in un-j natural sexual activities.
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Press, Volume CXV, Issue 33917, 9 August 1975, Page 15
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