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 Former Minister for Citizens’ Protection and aspiring PASOK leader Christos Papoutsis defended his work at the ministry and the (often extensive) use of tear gas during protests in Athens and other Greek cities. He said that chemicals are better than water and that he never gave orders to police to dissolve …

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After two days of excessive use of violence, tear gas and suffocation, we finally saw Greece Citizens’ Protection Minister. Christos Papoutsis stood up and spoke and cleared the misunderstandings and “Oh, all these claims about huge clouds of tear gas. Papoutsis made his point and said: “The huge cloud of tear gas …

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