Salam Aldeen, founder of Team Humanity is getting arrested and he is asking for help. He is now at Police station in Lesbos, Greece. This time the Greek authorities wants to…
(OMCT - World Prganisation against Torture - 29 November 2018) The International Secretariat of the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) requests your urgent intervention in the following situation in Greece. New information:…
(Ekathimerini.com) Non-governmental organizations that work with refugees and migrants in Greece were given 10 days on Tuesday to register with the Citizen Protection Ministry, or risk being banned from operating…
(The Guardian) About 100 people held after new prime minister vows to bring ‘order’ to Exarcheia area Greek police have arrested about 100 people in dawn raids on squats in…
(CIVICUS MONITOR) #Greece 🇬🇷: @CNN investigative journalist Mina Karamitrou's car was destroyed by a bomb attack in Athens. We and the Journalists' Union of the Athens Daily Newspapers condemn the…
(Liberties on CIVICUS Monitor) On 17th December 2018, a makeshift explosive device exploded near the headquarters of Greece’s SKAI TV and Kathimerini newspaper. The bomb went off at 2:37 a.m. local time following…
(Liberties on CIVICUS Monitor) On 6th and 7th December 2018 more than 100 people were detained in Athens and in Thessaloniki according to the authorities, following violent protests started by some of the protesters mobilised to commemorate…
(Liberties on CIVICUS Monitor) A new central database is to be created by anti-money laundering authorities in Greece, according to media reports in November 2018. The initiative is led by the Supreme…
(The European Federation of Journalists) On 20 January 2019, German journalist Thomas Jacobi, Greek photojournalist Kostis Ntantamis, as well as a cameraman for the public broadcaster ERT, have been attacked by members…
(Transnational Institute) How the European Union and Member States target and criminalize defenders of the rights of people on the move Europe’s “refugee crisis” triggered a wave of solidarity actions by…