Support trade union leaders in Greece arrested following protests

On Thursday 24 November 2011, the Greek police arrested Nikos Photopoulos, president of the power workers' union GENOP/DEI, along with more than a dozen of his fellow trade unionists. They will be back in court on 20 January 2012 to face charges that could see them jailed for up to five years.

They were protesting against part of the Greek austerity measures - the cutting off of power to people unable or unwilling to pay a new, swingeing property tax, levied regardless of income or wealth. Greek trade union confederation GSEE, is calling for the charges to be dropped.