Yusra Mardini

The trial of 24 aid workers and volunteers who participated in migrant rescue operations resumed Friday on an eastern Greek island, a prosecution that has drawn widespread criticism from international human rights groups.

A group of 24 aid workers and volunteers who participated in migrant rescue operations on an eastern Greek island went on trial Tuesday in a smuggling-related case widely criticized by human rights groups.

A Greek court was set to hear a smuggling-related criminal case Tuesday against a group of 24 aid workers and volunteers who participated in migrant rescue operations on an eastern Greek island.

Syrian Olympic swimmer Yusra Mardini was in Buenos Aires a few weeks ago, where she was named a role model in the 2018 Summer Youth Olympic Games.

The head of a Greek NGO involved in rescuing migrants at sea appeared before a prosecutor in Mytilene on Wednesday to face accusations of running a criminal network and aiding migrant smugglers.

The founder of Emergency Response Centre International (ERCI) arrived voluntarily by ferry in Lesvos and was detained on a pending arrest warrant.