The mom of one of many youngsters who suffered degrading and brutal therapy in Ark of the World testified on the trial of father Antonio and 7 former workers of the NGO.
The lady, an immigrant, instructed the court docket that she sought the Ark’s assist in 2008 for her 2.5-year-old son.
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The witness testified that she labored for a very long time on the NGO, with out insurance coverage, with 150 euros, in order that her son may dwell within the buildings of the Ark.
In response to the witness, the kid was transferred from the construction of Athens to the construction of Kalamata, by resolution of the protagonist of the clergy case, the place they have been promised that the boy would examine and he or she would have insurance coverage protection.
Because the witness described, her minor baby didn’t go to high school day by day, because the managers of the construction made him work, whereas she noticed indicators of beating on his face.
“I’ve additionally seen youngsters hit, I’ve had a battle with P…, I noticed a baby with a black eye. I instructed him “I’ll report you” and he replied that the kid did it on his personal. In Athens I’ve seen three youngsters with scars, one was my son. They blamed the kids for one thing that was taking place and punished them. At evening I used to be afraid that they’d soar from the window, it was the 2nd ground. The day I had a battle with P… they knowledgeable the elder as a result of I mentioned I’d file a criticism. The elder referred to as me and P was subsequent to her… I anticipated to listen to good phrases, however I did not. He instructed me that the kids had “carried out one thing in Kalamata” and “I’ll ship them to a juvenile jail,” mentioned the witness, who emphasised that that they had modified the kids’s residence from Kalamata to Athens as a punishment and that they have been placing them in isolation. She additionally mentioned that her baby instructed her that he had been overwhelmed with an iron.
The lady acknowledged in questions that father Antonios knew what was taking place, whereas she referred to “threats” that she and her son obtain even as we speak from a defendant within the trial.
Protection: 11.5 thousand youngsters have handed via the Ark. Why ought to these youngsters beat your son? Why have been they suspended from college? What did they win?
Witness: They put them in and so they labored exhausting, they did not wish to convey common employees and pay.
Protection: There are statements from three youngsters who say that your son was promoting medication and stealing in Kalamata. Why would they lie?
Witness: They most likely threatened them, like A threatened me and my son….
Protection: What’s your son afraid of and never testifying right here in court docket?
Witness: He fears for his life. And I’m afraid even now that one thing will occur to me and my baby and you might be on the lookout for me someplace else.
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