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A Greek soccer match was delayed on Friday when players staged a sit-down protest in a moving tribute to refugees who have lost their lives trying to reach Greece's Aegean islands.
The show of solidarity took place before the kickoff of the second-tier football league match between home side AEL Larissa and Acharnaikos in the Thessalian city of Larissa.
As the match kicked off all 22 outfield players - as well as coaches, officials and substitutes - sat down for two minutes in respect of the hundreds of refugees who have lost their lives trying to escape conflict or persecution in countries like Syria and Iraq.
An announcement over the stadium PA system stated: "The administration of AEL, the coaches and the players will observe two minutes of silence just after the start of the match in memory of the hundreds of children who continue to lose their lives every day in the Aegean due to the brutal indifference of the EU and Turkey.
"The players of AEL will protest by sitting down for two minutes in an effort to drive the authorities to mobilise all those who seem to have been desensitised to the heinous crimes that are being perpetrated in the Aegean."......
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-01-30/players-at-greek-soccer-match-stage-protest-in-support-of-refug/7126908
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T-UNIT
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Meanwhile their own human rights record goes ignored. Fucking Greek hypocrites!!
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GDeathe
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Stupid traitorous Greeks supporting jihadi invasion of Europe
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lukerobinho
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Economy fucked. And letting the hoards walk in right over them. If I was a neighbouring country I'd be building a wall
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lukerobinho wrote:
Economy fucked. And letting the hoards walk in right over them. If I was a neighbouring country I'd be building a wall
We're building statues instead. ](*,) ](*,)
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