Natalie Gruber, the Austrian founder of Josoor, a grassroots organisation which supported refugees and pushback survivors in Turkey, has been accused by Greece of espionage and violating state secrets. The charges, laid on her and numerous others in three separate cases, have been described by Human Rights Watch as a way for Greece to “intimidate their critics”.
Just one of these criminal cases could have brought her and her organisation to their knees, Gruber said. But they were not the principal reason for Josoor’s closure in October. It was Turkey.
“In Turkey, it’s been made very clear since early this year by the ruling government, that foreigners are no longer welcome,” Gruber said.
