Footage shared by residents and passers-by on social media shows police officers storming bars and using unnecessary force on people in the area, in Exarchia, Athens.
Nikos Karageorgis, president of the Greek Actors’ Union (SEI), has taken to social media to condemn an incident of police misconduct that occurred on 10 May involving members of the…
Government spokesman Pavlos Marinakis has admitted that the “university police” initiative has failed. He also suggested that students who take part in criminal acts should be removed from university, disregarding…
Earlier today, 30 April, Greek police entered the grounds of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH) to remove students who had occupied a university building earlier that morning. The operation, which…
Amnesty International’s latest annual report on the world’s state of human rights places a harsh spotlight on Greece. The collapse of the country’s public health system, widespread allegations of police…
A fresh incident of extreme, unprovoked violence by a member of the Motorcycle Patrol Police Unit (DIAS) against a 20-year-old motorcyclist on Holy Thursday came to light last week following…
In the early hours of Saturday, police forces stormed the “Exostrefis” occupation in Exarchia, Athens, only hours after Minister Michalis Chrysochoidis announced the ban on an event planned to mark…
Greece’s Minister for Citizen Protection, Michalis Chrysochoidis, has announced two highly provocative new measures: a ban on public concerts in the Exarchia neighbourhood of Athens, and the creation of a…
Tear gas and police batons marked the visit of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis to Kozani, as riot police cracked down on protesters demonstrating against the region’s ongoing decline.
Police officers previously convicted dangerous bodily harm for the violent assault on Vasilis Maggos are being referred for charges of torture, according to a recent ruling by the Council of…