"It is rare for citizens to try to take their government to court, and even more so for a Western European government to be taken to the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague. But
“It is rare for citizens to try to take their government to court, and even more so for a Western European government to be taken to the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague. But that is what one group based near the Greek capital is now attempting. And the charges are more drastic still. It is alleged that the austerity measures introduced by Greece’s government constitute peacetime genocide and crimes against humanity.”
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