You cannot sleep quietly, when others sleep near braziers
Press Release
Sarah Plecas, 13, high school student from Thessaloniki. She died after inhaling fumes from a makeshift stove (brazier) on December 1st, 2013.
In todayfs Greece, an increasing number of people are deprived from the right to live in a warm home. Four out of ten live below the poverty threshold. Six out of ten suffer from energy poverty. And eight out of ten use less heating than what they actually need.
In todayfs Greece, central heating is used by half of those that used to have access to it in the past. More and more people try desperately to warm themselves with unsuitable and dangerous means.
In todayfs Greece, poverty threatens lives. And sometimes, it kills people. In their sleep.
You cannot sleep quietly, when others sleep near braziers.
Hellenic League for Human Rights
