"Held for months in a dark, mouldy and dilapidated basement cell of a mere 5m²"
16/10/2014
A visit report by the Council of Europe΄s anti torture committee says conditions in Greek prisons are "totally unacceptable"
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George & Amal: Celebrity culture and human rights
13/10/2014
As human rights lawyer Amal Alamuddin Clooney, arrives in Athens to advise the government in its bid to repatriate the Parthenon Marbles from Britain, critics slam the couple΄s sense of…
Prolonged detention of migrants is not just inhumane and illegal, it is also futile
11/10/2014
On 4 October 2014 a 21-year old irregular migrant from Morocco walked free after having spent 24 months in a Greek detention center – much longer than the maximum allowed…
World Refugee Day: human rights groups denounce ‘criminal behavior’ of European forces on Greek-Turkish border
20/06/2014
Greek authorities systematically violate the rights of refugees on the Turkish border and the European Frontex force is an ‘accomplice’ in the abuses, according to human rights groups in a…
Irregular immigrants launch hunger strike in Corinth in protest of indefinite detention
11/06/2014
Refugees and irregular immigrants imprisoned in the Corinth detention center have launched a hunger strike in protest of government moves to extend their detention indefinitely, despite them having committed no…
Golden Dawn affair is ‘tip of the iceberg’ of Greek police violence according to Amnesty International
03/04/2014
Amnesty International today released a thoroughly damning report about policing in Greece, claiming that the security forces have an entrenched culture of racism and systematically use excessive force with impunity…
US State Department: unprovoked racist attacks are among the most serious human rights abuses in Greece
28/02/2014
The US State department has released its annual report into human rights practices for the year 2013. The report makes clear that by far the main victims of human rights…
The Korydallos blue cells: Mental health inmates held naked in solitary confinement for up to 5 days
23/01/2014
Inmates with mental health problems are routinely subjected to ‘medieval’ conditions in the psychiatric ward of Korydallos prison according to eyewitness accounts from a fact-finding team of MPs who visited…
Interview with HR Commissioner: “Member states did not want a strong mechanism protecting social and economic rights.”
05/12/2013
Following his report on austerity’s impact on human rights across Europe Nils Muiznieks, Human Rights Commissioner of the Council of Europe, says that “a lot of people are learning a…
Council of Europe report: 10 austerity imposed human rights abuses in Greece
04/12/2013
Commissioner Muiznieks of the Council of Europe presents a report detailing the ways that austerity and “reforms” imposed by the international lenders have caused human rights abuses across Europe. TPPI…