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Refugee & Migrant Rights
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BBC: Greek coastguard caused the deaths of dozens of migrants
LGBTQI Rights
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Verbal and physical assault on LGBTQ+ individuals in Thessaloniki
Refugee & Migrant Rights
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Shipwreck in Pylos: Greece’s responsibilities against the background of the European Ombudsman’s report and the…
Rights of Ethnic Minorities & Vulnerable Groups
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PRAB report: allegations of 50 pushback incidents from Greece involving 2,157 refugees and migrants
Refugee & Migrant Rights
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Aegean Boat Report denounces the refoulement of 11 refugees
Refugee & Migrant Rights
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Aegean Boat Report denounces the refoulement of 12 refugees
Refugee & Migrant Rights
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Aegean Boat Report denounces the refoulement of 16 refugees
Refugee & Migrant Rights
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Investigation reports 2,010 incidences of refoulement with 55,445 victims in the Aegean Sea
Refugee & Migrant Rights
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Aegean Boat Report denounces the refoulement of 22 refugees
Refugee & Migrant Rights
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GCR: Unsuitable living conditions for refugees in Kos
Refugee & Migrant Rights
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Greek National Human Rights Commission collects testimonies alleging the informal forced return of thousands of…
Refugee & Migrant Rights
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Case D.S. v. Greece – Greece condemned for violating Articles 3 and 13 ECHR
Refugee & Migrant Rights
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Case of Mirzai and Others v Greece – Conviction of Greece for violation of Articles…
Refugee & Migrant Rights
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Case M.B. v. Greece – Greece condemned for violating Article 3 ECHR
Refugee & Migrant Rights
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Case M.L. v. Greece – European Court condemns Greece for violation of Article 3 ECHR
Refugee & Migrant Rights
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European Court of Human Rights finds Greece to be in violation of Articles 3 and…
Police Violence & Arbitrariness
Freedom of Speech & Expression
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Alleged incident of police violence against journalist Giorgos Fakis
Penal System
Refugee & Migrant Rights
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Lawyer arrested during the performance of his duties
Refugee & Migrant Rights
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Refoulement and confiscation of the personal belongings of refugees by the Greek authorities
Refugee & Migrant Rights
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Case H.A. and Others v. Greece – Greece condemned for violating Articles 3 and 13…
Refugee & Migrant Rights
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Unlawful refoulement of 12 refugees from Lesvos to Turkey
Refugee & Migrant Rights
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Alleged refoulement of 10 refugees from Samos to Turkey
Refugee & Migrant Rights
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Case A.D. v. Greece – Greece condemned for violating Article 3 ECHR
Refugee & Migrant Rights
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Hellenic League for Human Rights denounces the use of the term ‘illegal immigrant’ by the…
Refugee & Migrant Rights
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Frontex official recommended agency shutdown in Greece due to illegal refoulement practices
Refugee & Migrant Rights
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Athens Administrative Court of First Instance: Detention of two Afghan asylum seekers was unlawful
Freedom of Speech & Expression
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Writer Petros Tatsopoulos arrested after a libel complaint
Rights of Ethnic Minorities & Vulnerable Groups
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The content of teacher training seminars criticised as ‘racist’
Refugee & Migrant Rights
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Investigation reveals illegal refoulements in makeshift prisons on ferries
Refugee & Migrant Rights
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EU Commissioner Johansson: Greece violates EU law on refugees
Refugee & Migrant Rights
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Administrative Court of First Instance of Kavala: detention of an Afghan asylum seeker was unlawful
Concentration & Abuse of Power
Refugee & Migrant Rights
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Incorrect transposition of the Reception Conditions Directive – infringement: INFR(2022)2156
Concentration & Abuse of Power
Refugee & Migrant Rights
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Incomplete application of the Regulation on terrorist content on the internet – infringement: INFR(2022)2118
Concentration & Abuse of Power
Refugee & Migrant Rights
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Incorrect transposition of the Directive on the requirements for the recognition of beneficiaries of international…
Penal System
Refugee & Migrant Rights
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Case B.Y. v. Greece – Greece found to be in violation of Article 3 of…
Refugee & Migrant Rights
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The Criminalisation of Humanitarianism
LGBTQI Rights
Refugee & Migrant Rights
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Negative references to sexual orientation and migrant backgrounds in a school textbook
Penal System
Refugee & Migrant Rights
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Prosecution of human rights defenders attracts criticism
Police Violence & Arbitrariness
Refugee & Migrant Rights
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Safi v. Greece: European Court of Human Rights finds Greece to be in violation of…
Freedom of Speech & Expression
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Lyparis v. Greece – Greece convicted for violation of Article 10 of the ECHR
Police Violence & Arbitrariness
Rights of Ethnic Minorities & Vulnerable Groups
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Allegations of the excessive use of police force against a patient who was being transferred…
LGBTQI Rights
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The case of Barmaxizoglou et al. v. Greece – Conviction for violation of Articles 14…
Police Violence & Arbitrariness
Refugee & Migrant Rights
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Complaint alleges that a migrant was subjected to torture by police officers
LGBTQI Rights
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Allegations of discrimination against a trans woman in a public vocational training institute
Refugee & Migrant Rights
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8 Turkish dissidents in search of asylum allegedly illegally repatriated by Greek authorities
Concentration & Abuse of Power
Rights of Ethnic Minorities & Vulnerable Groups
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Disabled student unlawfully charged tuition fees
Freedom of Speech & Expression
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European Court of Human Rights finds Greece to be in violation of Article 10 of…
Refugee & Migrant Rights
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Human Rights advocates slam new governmental procedure to investigate refoulement allegations as lacking independence and…
Refugee & Migrant Rights
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Refoulement of asylum seekers despite interim measures issued by the European Court of Human Rights
Police Violence & Arbitrariness
Refugee & Migrant Rights
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Torosian v. Greece: European Court of Human Rights finds Greece to be in violation of…
Refugee & Migrant Rights
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Investigation records 1,018 incidents of `drift-backs’ of refugees by the Greek authorities
Refugee & Migrant Rights
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BVMN report: 206 pushbacks in Evros in May-June 2022
Refugee & Migrant Rights
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Allegations that immigrants were forced by Greek police to participate in the illegal push back…
LGBTQI Rights
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Unlawful exclusion of transgender people from recruitment to the Hellenic Police Force
Rights of Ethnic Minorities & Vulnerable Groups
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Complaints of excessive violence and the racist targeting of Roma by the Hellenic Police
Rights of Ethnic Minorities & Vulnerable Groups
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Complaint of racist targeting of Roma community by a municipal councillor in Salamina
Penal System
Rights of Ethnic Minorities & Vulnerable Groups
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Education in prisons – The Dimakis case, 2022
Refugee & Migrant Rights
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UNHCR statement on human rights violations in Greece
Refugee & Migrant Rights
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Investigation presents evidence of the illegal pushback of three people from Greece to Turkey
LGBTQI Rights
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Discrimination against a gender-diverse child in high school on the basis of gender expression
Police Violence & Arbitrariness
Rights of Ethnic Minorities & Vulnerable Groups
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Shooting at Roma minors following a car chase
Freedom of Thought, Conscience & Religion
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UN decision demonstrates that Greece continues to violate rights to conscientious objection
Refugee & Migrant Rights
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Ban placed on Afghan asylum seeker from leaving Reception Centre ruled unlawful
Refugee & Migrant Rights
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The Ombudsman investigates an illegal deportation to Turkey
Refugee & Migrant Rights
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Lack of access, and/or significant obstacles to access to the asylum procedure due to the…
Refugee & Migrant Rights
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Greece called upon to revoke Ministerial Decision designating Turkey a safe third country for asylum…
Refugee & Migrant Rights
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Asylum seekers’ access to financial aid suspended for months, and permanently denied to those not…
Freedom of the Press
Penal System
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Changes to Article 191 of the penal code risk endangering the right to freedom of…
Refugee & Migrant Rights
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Refugee children living in Ritsona reception center denied access to education in 2020 and 2021
Freedom of Assembly
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“Freedom of Assembly at Risk”: Amnesty International report denounces unlawful use of force in the…
Refugee & Migrant Rights
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LIBE Committee and Commissioner Johansson urge investigation of illegal pushbacks and expulsions from Greek territory
Refugee & Migrant Rights
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Moroccan citizen lodges complaint that he was unlawfully returned to Turkey on two occasions, along…
Refugee & Migrant Rights
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European Court of Human Rights finds Greece to be in violation of Article 5, paragraph…
Refugee & Migrant Rights
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Refoulement (illegal return) of a political refugee with recognized refugee status
Freedom of Thought, Conscience & Religion
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Ministry of Education’s procedure to exempt students from religious education in schools fails to comply…
Police Violence & Arbitrariness
Rights of Ethnic Minorities & Vulnerable Groups
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Police killing of Nikos Sampanis: Racial profiling and violation of the rules of police engagement
Freedom of Speech & Expression
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European Court of Human Rights finds Greece to be in violation of Article 10 of…
Freedom of Speech & Expression
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European Court of Human Rights finds Greece to be in violation of Article 10 of…
Penal System
Police Violence & Arbitrariness
Refugee & Migrant Rights
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Excessive police violence against defendants in a courtroom
Police Violence & Arbitrariness
Rights of Ethnic Minorities & Vulnerable Groups
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Verbal and physical abuse by a police officer towards a citizen that was being taken…
Refugee & Migrant Rights
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New naturalisation process creates legal uncertainty and excludes many from the acquisition of Greek citizenship
Concentration & Abuse of Power
Penal System
Freedom of Assembly
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Incorrect transposition of the Framework Decision on combating racism and xenophobia by Greece: INFR(2021)2063
Refugee & Migrant Rights
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Six humanitarian organisations present evidence of illegal pushbacks by Greece
Freedom of Assembly
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Third ban in three months is placed on public gatherings
Police Violence & Arbitrariness
Freedom of Assembly
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December 6, 2020: Arbitrary and excessive use of force by police on anniversary of police…
Freedom of Assembly
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Restrictions placed on the right to assembly by law 4703/2020
Freedom of the Press
Freedom of Speech & Expression
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Balaskas v. Greece – Greece found to be in violation of Article 10 of the…
Freedom of Thought, Conscience & Religion
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Stavropoulos and Others v. Greece – Greece condemned for violating Article 9 of the ECHR
Penal System
Rights of Ethnic Minorities & Vulnerable Groups
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Prisoners’ rights: The Dimakis case, 2020
Penal System
Rights of Ethnic Minorities & Vulnerable Groups
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Education in prisons – The Anagnopoulos case
Freedom of Thought, Conscience & Religion
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Papageorgiou and Others v. Greece – ECtHR condemns Greece for violating the right to education
Penal System
Rights of Ethnic Minorities & Vulnerable Groups
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Education in prisons – The Dimakis case, 2018
Freedom of Thought, Conscience & Religion
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Papavasilakis v. Greece – ECtHR condemns Greece for violating Article 9 of the ECHR
Freedom of the Press
Freedom of Speech & Expression
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Υπόθεση Κουτσολιόντος και Πανταζής κατά Ελλάδας- Καταδίκη της Ελλάδας για παραβίαση του άρθρου 10 της…
