Al-Malik in Alkamenou st., will be the fifth consecutive ‘mosque’ to shut down following up orders by the state attorney. Muslims are waiting for 37 years the mosque the Greek polity has promised. In 2011, the Parliament voted for an amendment that would give the ‘green light’ to construct a mosque in Votanikos, Athens. As … Continue reading
Greece’s conviction by the European Court of Human Rights paves the way for the legal recognition of homosexual relationships. Greece was convicted for excluding homosexual couples from the 2008 Cohabitation Agreement. By Dimitris Angelidis A decision of the European Court of Human Rights that is of historical importance for the Greek gay rights movement: Greece … Continue reading
“Tighter controls at the border between Greece and Turkey are forcing many people fleeing conflict to use increasingly dangerous routes.” By Yannis Elafros The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), the Hellenic League for Human Rights (HLHR), and the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network (EMHRN) published yesterday a joint communication in Paris expressing their concern about the … Continue reading
The lack of Administrative Committee jeopardizes the asylum-seekers’ unit in Lavrio Lina Giannarou Meat has not been available for months. Bread has not been available for approximately 15 days. It is a month since any hygiene-related supplies arrived. Recently, medication, too, has been cut off. During the last few months, all the suppliers have interrupted … Continue reading
Newly built prison wings remain empty because state won’t hire required staff Thessaloniki’s chief prosecutor says people are being kept for months in police cells during which they never see any sunlight A senior prosecutor sent to inspect a prisons in northern Greece has reported to the justice minister that the conditions he found made … Continue reading
Golden Dawn cadres now aim to make political hay out of the two young men murdered outside the organisation’s Neo Irakleio offices, in an effort to reverse the negative public sentiment regarding the organisation. As far as they are concerned, their murder is a first-class opportunity for Golden Dawn to regain its influence. The blood … Continue reading
Migrants claim they were beaten on uninhabited island before being cast adrift in Turkish waters In one incident, refugees say there were detained incommunicado and subjected to severe beatings on an uninhabited island after being apprehended by the Greek authorities before being set adrift in Turkish waters Refugees attempting to enter Greece are being systematically, illegally … Continue reading
Torture for fun Unfortunately, Pavlos Fyssas was not the first victim of fascist / neonazi violence festering in neighbourhoods after Golden Dawn’s rise. “Both wore black t-shirts with ‘Golden Dawn’ printed on them. They were tall, like bouncers.” For several years now, immigrants, gay people, leftists and other dissidents have been the victims of an … Continue reading
A ‘certificate specialist’ A prominent figure in the party that claims the ‘mentally ill’ should not have the same rights as the ‘healthy’ ones is a public hospital psychiatrist. Costas Paraschakis, Golden Dawn candidate for Lasithi is also treating Themis Skordeli, to whom in fact he had given a certification with which she has been … Continue reading
[See pictures of the findings after the text] By Giannis Souliotis, Tasos Teloglou New findings in the shipowner’s home in Voula – A Canadian antiaircraft gun from the 1940s was found in a container that was addressed to the wanted shipowner Anastasios Pallis. Non-operational, according to sources. The Public Prosecutor has charged the foreman of … Continue reading
I can't relax in Greece 