Tag Archives: abuse

Outrage for the torturous death of a pregnant donkey in Koropi, village in eastern Attica: the poor animal was found laying on the ground, tied to a tree, its legs tangled to the ropes. ATTENTION: GRAPHIC IMAGES Traces on the soil showed that she was trying for hours to get …

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A 17-year-old boy fell victim of repeated beating and rape in a juvenile detention center where he was sentenced to stay behind bars for six months. A disciplinary investigation into the beating and rape of the boy in the detention center has been launched, even if with 1.5 month delay. …

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A Tae Kwon Do coach has been arrested in Athens on charges of serial rape of at least five underage female athletes in his gym in Ilioupolis, eastern Athens, from 2009 until 2020. The victims, now adults, filed against the 44-year-old coach, emphasizing that the man continues his actions even today …

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A 38-year-old man is accused of repeatedly raping his 4-year-old son and filming the acts with the help of the boy’s grandmother in a new case of sexual assault against a minor. The suspect is also facing charges of sexual acts with a minor under the age of 12, sexual …

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One of the well-known and most respectable children’s charities in Greece is under investigation for the sexual and physical abuse of at least a minor in one of its facilities. The children’s charity is an non-governmental organization that has helped thousands of Greek and migrant children since it was established …

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The prosecutor of Greece’s supreme Court intervened after a First Instance court in Halkida acquitted a 30-year-old man who kicked a cat into the sea in last May. Prosecutor Isidoros Dogiakos intervened to examine the correctness of the court on the island of Evia. The court’s reasoning for the acquittal …

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Child abuse in Greece has reached unrepresented levels during the pandemic and the sexual abuse of girls has doubled when compared to the previous years, data of the Forensic Department of Thessaloniki has shown. Media reports about the sexual abuse of children pop up now almost on a daily basis …

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A 67-year-old man was arrested on the island of Crete and fined with 15,600 euros for the torture of his dog with an electroshock collar. It was another resident of the area near Heraklio who filmed the dog’s abuse and denounced the incident to police. A video posted on social …

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The donkey that was brutally abused being dragged by a pick-up truck for about one kilometer in Zitsa was euthanized late on Tuesday night. The decision was taken and performed by two equine veterinarians sent to the abuser’s farm by the Panhellenic Animal Welfare Federation and the Animal Welfare Society …

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The young donkey, a victim of brutal abuse, has been located by a local animal welfare society and will be transferred to Attica for treatment. The animal was tied to a pick-up truck of the deputy mayor of the area and was dragged over 700 meters through the village of …

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A 63-year-old man, the deputy mayor of Zitsa municipality in Epirus, was arrested on Sunday over unprecedented  abuse of a donkey. The man dragged the donkey tied with a rope to the bed of his pick-up truck for almost one kilometer as the heavily injured young animal was bleeding and …

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A total of 308 reported incidents of abusive targeting of young people and other vulnerable groups by officers of the law due to their national, ethnic or racial origin are noted in the Greek Ombudsman’s 2021 report that was released on Thursday. The independent authority, which also operates as the …

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A 17-year-old boy stabbed no less than ten times his stepfather because the 36-year-old man was abusing the boy’s mother. The incident took place in the area of Pylaia suburb of Thessaloniki, northern Greece, on Saturday night. The stepfather had once again beaten his wife and this had the boy …

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Α priest was arrested in Athens for the sexual abuse of a minor and possession on child pornography. The 37-year-old father of three was arrested after the victim revealed to her parents the torture she was exposed to for a period of six months and her parents went to police. …

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Deputy Minister for Sports Lefteris Avgenakis submitted to the public prosecutor’s officer the complaints filed by 26 athletes of the Greek Gymnastics Federation who fell victims of sexual harassment. A clever move before the crimes would be written off due to time statute, if only the names of the victims …

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Former artistic director of the National Theater of Greece and actor Dimitris Lignadis accused of raping four teenage or young adult males, was on Friday indicted to stand trial before a Mixed Jury Court by a Misdemeanours Court of the  Justice Council. It also ordered that he remains in custody …

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Greece’s Justice Minister announced tougher sentences for crimes of sexual violence against minors and turning incest into a felony. As part of changes to the state’s treatment of sexual violence against minors, Justice Minister Kostas Tsiaras on Monday announced a far tougher approach, which includes making incest a felony after …

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The Greek government has set up a #MeToo website where citizens can submit complaints get information on sexual harassment and abuse as well as power-based violence, actions taken against abusers and links where victims can seek help. The website metoogreece.gr will soon host announcements concerning initiatives designed to help people …

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The MeToo movement in Greece has moved from the world of Sports to the world of Arts and Entertainment with female and male actors denouncing sexual harassment and abuse but also bulling by directors in theater and the film industry. Actresses Jenny Botsi, Angeliki Lambri and Loukia Michala joined their …

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Seven out of ten Greek women have been victim of sexual harassment or abuse and the overwhelming majority believes that it is not easy for the victim to find justice, a nationwide survey has found. According to the survey conducted by Prorata between January 22-24 in a sample of 1,115 …

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