Tag Archives: racist attacks

An Athens court sentenced to life imprisonment and additional 32 months imprisonment Dionysis Liakopoulos and Christos for the cold-blooded murder of Sachzat Lokman, 27,  of Pakistani origin. The murder took place a year ago in Petralona suburb of Athens. The two men are also being defendants for the case of …

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A young migrant from Iran says he was the target of a racist attack about two months ago in central Athens. Describing how he was attacked, he also said that one of his attackers had bitten off his ear. The man, identified himself as Shaid, said he was walking on …

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A shocking racist attack took place on Easter Monday (May 6, 2013) in the centre of Athens. Victim is a 14-year-old boy from Afghanistan. the boy reported he was attacked by a group of men dressed in black outside the metro station of Attiki square. Greek media report that the group …

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Greek police arrested the three foremen suspected of shooting at immigrant workers demanding outstanding wages. Two of the suspects,  27 and 39 years old, were arrested at a lawyers’ office in Amaliada on Friday morning, just hours after the youngest suspect, 21, was arrested while on the street of the …

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The tolerance towards the incredible racism expressed by members of extreme-right party Golden Dawn was of very short duration. Hours after the video started to flood Greek media and internet sites, police intervened and sent the excerpts from the documentary broadcast on UK Channel 4 News to the prosecutor. The Department against …

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National Film and Television student Konstantinos Georgousis spent a month in summer 2012 filming members of extreme-right party Golden Dawn – wandering through the streets of Athens, harassing migrants. The result is shocking. So shocking that I refuse to display the video footage here. Speaking to UK Channel 4 News about …

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Greek police started a service where victims and concerned citizens can report incidents of racist attacks. Under telepone number <11414> any Greek or foreigner can report racism motivated attacks. Departments and Offices of Racial Violence Response went in effect on Monday, January 17th 2013. The assigned offices will  collect data …

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With central slogan “Athens, anti-fa city” members of migrants’ communities, students organisations, municipality unions and people from art and culture gather in central Athens on Saturday to protest the rising phenomena of violence against migrants. The mass protest is supported by several migrants and human rights organizations and city councils of …

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Police arrested two Greeks suspected of stabbing to death a Pakistani man a couple of hours earlier. One of the suspects is a firefighter, according to a statement issued by police on Thursday. The incident occurred at 3 o’clock in the morning, when the victim, 27, was riding his bicycle in …

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The latest racist attack occurred in the middle of the day in a crowded open market with the badly beaten victim to be hospitalized. The incident occurred in the open market of Kallithea, a suburb of south Athens. An Egyptian street vendor was beaten, while a probably the same perpetrators …

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There is no end to violence and attacks against migrants with the perpetrators being even younger. In the latest incident that occurred in the night from Sunday to Monday, Greek police arrested four Greeks with charges of attempted arson. The youngest of the perpetrators is 17 years old.  The four youngsters arrived at the …

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US Embassy in Athens updated its safety and security information on Friday raising the awareness of US citizens of African, Asian, Hispanic or Middle Eastern descent. The American diplomatic mission explained the update with ‘unprovoked harassment and violent attacks against person perceived as foreign migrants.’ US Embassy Excerpt: “Security Message …

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A shocking picture on Sunday morning:  a man tied with an iron chain on a tree. His beaten face was swollen, he was in a stage of shock. Passers by alarmed the police that needed a special tool to cut the chain and free the unlucky victim of a brutal assault. The man, of Egyptian origin …

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The district of Agios Panteleimon turned into a “battlefield” during the last days after the attack against a local hairdresser that sparked a storm of reactions by residents and provided opportunity to right-wing extremists to start violent actions against migrant vendors, with the pictures of the damages to remind one of …

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What is the purpose of adding oil to the fire when there is already tension anyway? Head of Muslim Association in Greece labeled Prime Minister Antonis Samaras as Greece’s “biggest racist.” Naim El-Ghandour was speaking at a press conference in Athens, where writers, journalists and academics criticized the provocative film The Innocence …

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The raiding incidents against foreigners are shocking – especially when they are led by elected members of the Greek Parliament. Men in black raid the stands of foreign street vendors, no police is around to hinder them. They do it once, twice, a third time maybe… The incidents cause uproar, …

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A 19-year-old Iraqi immigrant died in the hospital after he was stabbed with knives by five unknown assailants riding on motorcycles. The attack took place late Saturday night in the centre of Athens. The assailants had earlier targeted two other foreigners, one from Romania and one from Morocco who managed to escape. Greek …

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Three more most probably racism-motivated attacks took place in Greece in the last 24 hours. In Crete, a migrant, 25, from Egypt was attacked in the early morning hours of Tuesday at Talos Square in the old city of Chania. Two attackers beat the man with wood and iron sticks. The attackers …

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An organized racist attack took place in the early morning hours of Tuesday, when a group of 20 people,  armed with iron bars, wooden sticks and batons stormed the home where migrants from Egypt have been living. The incident took place in the industrial suburb of Perama, in the southwest of Piraeus. …

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Two more incidents of racists attacks took place on Friday evening in Athens just a couple of kilometers away where unknown motorcyclists stabbed a man from Albania  and two men from Poland a day earlier. Greek media report that a convoy of some 50 people on motorcycles was moving around …

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