being investigated in connection to the infamous Golden Dawn trial, which began in 2015. “In Greece, there are political parties that believe only they have the right to live here... They [Golden Dawn] have targeted and attacked around 1,000 [migrant] workers,” Javied explained. Among the victims was Lateef Butt, a 49-year-old Pakistani migrant farm worker who was beaten unconscious by a group of armed men in a racially motivated attack in April 2017. Lateef lived alone in Aspropygos, Goritsa village, about a 30-minute drive from Athens, where several
attacks against migrants had been reported. Nick Paleologos, a Greek photographer who has been covering this issue for some time, knew Lateef well. He agreed to help us find the location and shoot some promotional stills for the documentary. Lateef lived in an improvised shack, held together with scrap wood and blue tarpaulin, and surrounded by guard dogs and a metal fence. Sitting on the edge of his bed, Lateef held up his phone and showed us an image of his bloody and battered face. “The first time I was beaten, the hospital did not admit me because I didn’t have any papers. Then the police officers took me to the police station and kept
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