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Lesvos: One-member Censorship Committee to ban theater plays with gays

November 1, 2019 Arts, Culture Comments Off on Lesvos: One-member Censorship Committee to ban theater plays with gays

The deputy mayor of Lesvos plans to establish a one-member Censorship Committee in order to hinder gays on stage of local theaters. According to local media reports, the deputy mayor, who is in charge of Culture, wants to safeguard the “good morals” on the island. Deputy mayor, Panagiotis Tsakiris, revealed …

Bishop Amvrosios sentenced to 7 months imprisonment for hate speech against gays

January 28, 2019 Greece, Politics 4

A three-member Misdemeanor court in Aigio, Peloponnese, sentenced hard-core Metropolit Amvrosios to seven months imprisonment for “misuse of ecclesiastic office, hate speech and incitement to violence. The Bishop of Aegialeia and Kalavryta had called his followers to “spit on homosexuals and “stone gays.” The sentence is suspended for three years …

Prosecutor appeals court decision to acquit Bishop Amvrosios of homophobic rant

March 26, 2018 Lifestyle Comments Off on Prosecutor appeals court decision to acquit Bishop Amvrosios of homophobic rant

A prosecutor of the misdemeanors court in Aigio, western Greece, has appealed an earlier court decision to acquit bishop Amvrosios, on the charge of inciting hatred against homosexuals. The controversial bishop of Kalavryta most likely will find himself back to the court room. That decision had cleared Amvrosios of violating …

Local court acquits Metropolit Amvrosios over hate speech against gays

March 16, 2018 Lifestyle Comments Off on Local court acquits Metropolit Amvrosios over hate speech against gays

A court in Aigio acquitted Metropolit of Aigialia and Kalavryta Amvrosios of hate speech and opened the Pandoras’s box with some media to describe the decision as “shame” and many Greeks in social media to speak of “impunity” and a “parody” of a trial. In his testimony at the court, …

Powerful Metropolit Amvrosios to stand trial for incite hate against gays

November 16, 2017 Greece, Politics 4

The Metropolit of Kalavryta and Aegialeia, Amvrosios, is to stand trial in March next year for inciting hate and violence against the gay community. A prosecutor accepted the lawsuit filed against Amvrosios by nine citizens who are reportedly gay. In 2015, Metropolit Amvrosios lashed out at homosexuals writing on his …

Prosecutor to investigate Bishop of Chios over “hate speech”

August 19, 2016 Politics 7

Greece’s General Secretary for Human Rights made an unprecedented move: Kostis Papaioannou He collected the recent “hate” statements made by Bishop of Chios Markos and forwarded them to the prosecutor in charge of Racism Crimes. The prosecutor should investigate whether the Bishop has committed any offenses. The General Secretary allegedly …

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