From Amnesty International
"Persecution is not the solution to conscientious objection," Amnesty International said today, as five conscientious objectors await appeal hearings in Greece, and another conscientious objector faces the risk of arrest.
The international human rights organization wrote to the Greek Minister of National Defence this week, expressing concern about the continuing harassment and persecution [...]
There are many different versions of this quote from anti-nazi activist Pastor Martin Niemöller. The point remains the same:
First they came for the Jews
and I did not speak out
because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for the Communists
and I did not speak out
because I was not a Communist.
Then they came for the trade unionists
and [...]
More arrests in the baby selling cases.
From Kathimerini
Police in Attica yesterday arrested four people in connection with the sale of a 20-day-old baby girl. Those arrested were Greeks but officers said they were looking for six Bulgarian nationals in connection with the alleged sale of children. The four Greeks — three men and one woman [...]
Word has finally filtered from above, that from now on only EU citizens will granted licenses to sell their goods on the street. This will affect hundreds of non-European Union immigrants who currently make their living as vendors. They are people who have been trading this way for years, legally and with licenses. Yet another [...]
For more information about the Roma in Greece (written in 2002) click this link.
A short walk from the spectacularly wasted complex at Gazi, a hop skip and a jump from the trendy bars down those back streets, is a place I can guarantee you have never been to and probably do not know it exists. It is a Roma settlement in the centre of Athens. After the trendy [...]
Although it seems I haven’t posted anything new for a couple of days, I am working away behind the scenes. I am preparing a post about my visit yesterday to the Roma settlement in Votanikos. I am in shock. Hopefully, I will have something ready by this evening. Please bear with me. Thanks.
To all my wonderful Iranian friends a very happy No Ruz (New Year) to you. I am wishing you all the best for the coming year. With much love DD.
Today is International Day for Elimination of Racial Discrimination. It is also International Week of Solidarity with people struggling against Racism and Racial Discrimination. The following article is from the Council of Europe.
Europe should fight hidden racism and discrimination
Strasbourg, 20.03.2006 – Sometimes, racist people commit acts which are as stupid as they are outrageous. [...]
I wrote a post last month about the reasons why asylum seekers should avoid Greece.
The UNHCR United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees) is now launching a new campaign highlighting the difficulties of being an asylum seeker in Greece. The country had the lowest asylum recognition in Europe.
Except for two cases in 2005, [...]
From the Greek Helsinki Monitor
On 14 March 2006 Professor Takis Alexiou – academic, writer, artist, founder of the Greek Rumi Committee, and past president of the Panhellenic Historical and Philosophical Society (PANIFE) – was acquitted on appeal by the Three-Member Misdemeanors Appeals Court of Rhodes. He had been sentenced on 1 July 2005 by a [...]
I had a couple of messages from people having problems getting to this blog. Is anyone else having the same difficulty? If you are, could you please let me know (assuming that you can get here in the first place!)
Sometimes I really hate the internet…
UPDATE: Apparently, there have been some server problems for about three [...]
As you all know, the internet is a sad, sad place where many people hang out looking for obscure nonsense and porn. Here are a few searches that have led people here. I am sure I was not what they were looking for. Sigh.
"Women with their Legs open" (just plain sad)
"skinny clad girls" (what [...]
One of the men in the "baby selling" ring was due to testify in court yesterday. Hopefully, more details will be revealed as to who these traffickers are that are preying on vulnerable pregnant women and offering them money for their babies.
I will keep you posted.
More from ERT
The appeal against the sentencing of Professor Alexiou, founder of the Greek Rumi Committee, takes place today. The background on this story is here
From Amnesty International
Should the sentence be confirmed at the appeal hearing and Professor Alexiou imprisoned, Amnesty International would consider him to be a prisoner of conscience and would call for his immediate [...]
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