Twenty-one Italian Neo-fascists were detained at the Athens airport “Eleftherios Venizelos” and were taken to Police headquarters late on Tuesday. They were denied entry to Greece for “reasons of national security.” They had flown to Athens to participate to events marking the anniversary of the killing of two neo-Nazi Golden …
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17-year-old boy physically & sexually abused in detention center
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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Turkey detains 10 ex admirals over statement on Bosporus Straits Treaty
Turkish authorities on Monday detained 10 former admirals after a group of more than 100 retired top navy officers issued a midnight statement that government officials tied to Turkey’s history of military coups. Among the detainees is reportedly also Cem Gurdeniz, the mastermind of Turkey’s controversial “Blue Homeland” doctrine. The …
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Police detains 60 people protesting in solidarity with “17 Nov” convict Koufontinas
Greek police detained 60 people who staged a protest outside the Ministry of Health in solidarity with “17 November” convict Dimitris Koufontinas, currently in ICU due to hunger strike. The anti-authoritarian group gathered outside the Ministry on Thursday morning and threw leaflets and raised a banner in support with Koufontinas. …
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“Migrants must be released from detention,” says CoE Human Rights Commissioner
Dunja Mijatovic, the Council of Europe’s Commissioner for Human Rights, is demanding that the national governments of the European Union release migrants from detention and back into the general population as a coronavirus (COVID-19) prevention measure. In a statement last week, Mijatovic said that EC member states should “review the …
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75% of the islands migrants population is from Afghanistan, says Greek Migration Minister
75% of the islands migrants population is from Afghanistan, Greece’s Migration Minister Notis Mitarakis said on Tuesday adding that if the Afghan migrants are transferred to the mainland they will have no right to be returned to Turkey. In a meeting with EU Migration Commissioner Yiva Johansson, Mitarakis pointed out …
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3 Greek Journalists detained following lawsuit by Defense Minister Kammenos
Three journalists spent the night in the cells of a police station in Athens, after Defense Minister and Tsipras’ coalition partner Panos Kammenos filed a lawsuit against them for slander. The publisher of Fileleftheros newspaper, the editor in chief and one journalist were detained on Saturday over the frontage story …
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Risk in Maries averted, local authorities speak of “arson mafia” behind the fires on Zakynthos
“I estimate that 10,000 stremmata has been burned down in the last three days,” mayor of Zakynthos Pavlos Kolokotsas told media on Monday, as the wildfires on the island continue to rage for third consecutive day. “It is a major ecological disaster, a perennial pine forest is on fire right …
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Huge rise in detention of migrant children in Greece, says Human Rights Watch
The number of unaccompanied migrant children held in unsuitable police cells and detention centers in Greece has increased alarmingly, Human Rights Watch said today in a letter to Migration Policy Minister Yiannis Mouzalas. According to the National Center for Social Solidarity, a government body, as of July 19, 2017, an …
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AI voices concern over inmate on 34th day of hunger strike; Costas Sakkas in 2.5-year detention without trial
Amnesty International’s Greek branch has expressed concern about the continued detainment of 29-year-old student Costas Sakkas, who was on the 34th day of a hunger strike on Monday in protest at his continued detention without trial. Sakkas, who is being treated at Nikaia General Hospital near Piraeus, is accused of …
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Athens: one detention ahead the National Day parade
The students’ parade had not started yet and Greek police already detained one man for trying to break the police cordon and watch the parade. According to Greek media, the man is member of Spitha movement of famous musician Mikis Theodorakis. The group wanted to protest for the draconian security …
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Kalavryta: Old man detained for feeding stray cats
It’s not a secret that we live in a country with a rather schizophrenic attitude towards stray animals. While laws against animal abusers mostly are not applying and municipalities neglect their duty to feed and care for the strays with the EU available funds, an old man finds himself in …
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