The signatories argue that the Judicial Council extended his detention by six months despite the absence of substantive evidence and despite the prosecutor’s proposal for release. They link the decision to wider political pressures and describe the case as part of a broader pattern of targeting individuals associated with resistance to state policies.
The statement compares the handling of Romanos’ case to high-profile failures in investigations such as Tempe, Pylos and the murder of journalist Giorgos Karaivaz. It argues that the judicial and police authorities have repeatedly failed to secure or preserve crucial evidence in cases involving state responsibility, while pursuing aggressive charges in cases involving activists.
The teachers say Romanos is being punished symbolically because of his public profile and past political stance, including the police killing of his friend Alexandros Grigoropoulos in 2008. They call his continued detention a form of political revanchism and state that they “defend his right to live freely”.
The announcement frames Romanos’ treatment as part of a structural attempt to criminalise dissent and urges solidarity with all those who, in their view, are unjustly
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