March 28, 2023
FEATURED, Social, Society
A digital application for mobile phones to support women facing violence at home, called ‘Panic Button’, has been introduced in Athens and Thessaloniki. The free app is downloaded on a smartphone and activates the service by pressing on a button which sends a text message (sms) to the operational center …
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March 8, 2023
Greece, Politics
A draft bill on “prevention and management of violence and bullying phenomena in schools” was approved by the Greek Parliament plenary on Wednesday. Ruling New Democracy and opposition PASOK-KINAL voted for it, while all other parties voted against it, except Greek Solution, which voted “present”. Main opposition SYRIZA-Progressive Alliance does …
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July 29, 2022
Greece, Politics
Riot police was filmed and pictured using extensive violence against protesters in downtown Athens on Thursday evening.Officers were seen brutally beating demonstrators, photo-reporters and journalists and did not hesitate to fire tear gas even against a man on wheelchair. Χημικό των #ΜΑΤ σε ανάπηρο διαδηλωτή. Ασχολίαστο… #ΕΛΑΣ #Αστυνομια #MAT @kmitsotakis …
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February 2, 2022
Society, Very Mix
One more incident of soccer fans violence took place in Thessaloniki and this time the victim was a 14=year-old boy. The teenager escaped the attackers’ rage thanks to the intervention of employees at a hotel nearby. According to a lawsuit filed by the victim’s father, the boy was in the …
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October 27, 2021
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
Video footage show an riot police officer in full gear running into a shop’s window and smashing the glass with his fist and his club. He throws a baton with what it seems an ‘anarchists’ flag.”. Inside the shop are the terrified staff and customers who shout in fear calling …
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May 22, 2021
Sports
Greek Police has banned any public outdoor gathering as of 21:00 on Friday (May 21) to 06:00 on Sunday (May 23) in central Athens, particularly around Omonia Square and Patission and Akadimias Streets, over concerns of football fan violence after a final Greek Cup match. “This particular ban is imposed …
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May 21, 2021
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
“If a man beats his wife or abuse her and yet be a good father,” said MP from the ruling party ND, Yiannis Loverdos adding that “a child has the right to be raised by both parents” even in such a case. Loverdos made this incredible statement during a debate …
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March 9, 2021
Greece
One policeman was seriously injured on the head and another two suffered slight injuries when riot police clashed with angry protesters in Nea Smyrni suburb of south Athens on Tuesday evening. The rally against police violence started from the main square and thousands marched to the local police station. According …
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March 9, 2021
Greece, Politics
A committee representing Greece’s bar associations issued a public statement on Tuesday calling for the exemplary suspension of all the police officers involved in Sunday’s violence at a public square in the Athens suburb of Nea Smyrni. Relieving the officers of their duties would be “the smallest indication of the …
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February 23, 2021
Greece
Greek police on Monday stripped a protesting student, forced him to lie on the ground, stepped on his chest and then tear gassed him. The footage below was taken at the campus of the University of Thessaloniki on Monday afternoon, where students gathered to protest the new Education law allowing …
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February 12, 2021
Greece, Politics
The Public Prosecutor of Thessaloniki ordered investigation by the internal affairs department of Greek Police after riot policemen were filmed to hit a citizen in the face with the elbow and kick him, while they moved with baton against another one. The incident took place in the center of the …
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December 9, 2020
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
Amnesty International is calling for the end of police violence and officers’ impunity in Greece following the recent excessive use of force or the use of illegal force. In its call the Greek chapter of AI urges people raise their voices and to sign a petition that will be sent …
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November 25, 2020
FEATURED, Social, Society
A businessman in Mani took a hunting rifle on Monday and shot his wife in front of their teenager daughter. It was the 9th murder of a woman in 2020 and the fourth in lockdown conditions. Speaking to media, a relative said that the 44-year-old woman was often beaten by …
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November 2, 2020
Very Mix
Greek Police admitted on Monday that it fired teargas in an area where children and families were hanging around in a neighborhood of Galatsi suburb of Athens on Sunday. Following persistent denouncements on social media since Sunday afternoon that a “5-year-old child was beaten by riot police,” the Police was …
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July 14, 2020
Very Mix
A young man was found dead in his home by his mother in the city of Volos on Monday afternoon. The death of 27-year-old Vassilis Maggos comes exactly one month, after he was severely beaten by police in his hometown during a demonstration. Maggos was hospitalized for seven broken ribs …
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May 6, 2020
CORONAVIRUS
Domestic violence in Greece sharply increased during the 43 days of lockdown in March and April and victims did not hesitate to call the SOS hotline 15900 to seek help. According to data collected from the General Secretariat for Family Policy and Gender Equality, calls to the SOS hotline quadrupled …
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February 27, 2020
Greece, Politics
Eight riot police squads departed from the island of Lesvos on Thursday morning after an unprecedented use of violence against people and …parked cars. The squads embarked ferry “Nisos Rodos” at 9 o’ clock in the morning. Loaded were also police buses, machinery and equipment that was transferred to the …
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June 27, 2019
Social
They are upset and scared. And they urgently demand measures to protect them from the violent attacks by patients and their relatives. Doctors in Greek public hospital feel they are left alone and unprotected. On Tuesday, a gynecologists was beaten by the husband of a pregnant woman at the public …
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September 27, 2018
Social
LGBT rights activist Zak Kostopoulos may had managed to escape the worst from the fierce kicks by a jeweler and his friend last Friday, but he did not escape further abuse in the hands of policemen. The Ministry of Public Order and the Greek Police ordered on Friday disciplinary investigation …
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April 23, 2018
Politics, Refugees
The Hellenic League for Human Rights condemns the racist violent attacks against refugees and migrants on the island of Lesvos on Sunday. Expressing its particular concern, the HLHR said in a statement issued on Monday, the attacks ’cause dismay’, the ‘no arrests of perpetrators pose serious questions and requite further …
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