deviousdiva on May 28th, 2008

I am so sorry. I completely missed the fact that May 25th was International Day for Missing Children.
From Missing Kids Greece
The day reminds everyone around the world that the thousands of children missing have not been forgotten and that we, as a community, part of the global village will continue to search for them. May [...]

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deviousdiva on May 27th, 2008

I posted a password-protected post 2 weeks ago about a photography exhibition I was participating in. My regular readers know why I didn’t make it public. Anyway, the exhibition is over and was a great success. If you would like to view my photographs, you can do so by clicking “Images” at the top of [...]

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deviousdiva on May 26th, 2008

Via the BBC News from Athens based reporter Malcolm Brabant
Last week I posted about the children at a detention centre in Leros who went on a hunger strike to protest conditions there. The good news is that
Their action embarrassed the Greek government, which is under increasing pressure from its European Union partners to improve [...]

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deviousdiva on May 23rd, 2008

This is going to be a seriously busy weekend ! Thank you, my friends, for all the information
The African Embassies in Athens: Algeria, Angola, Botswana, Burundi, DR Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Morocco, Nigeria, South Africa, Tunisia and Uganda … invite you to the 7th African Food, Music and [...]

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deviousdiva on May 23rd, 2008

Via Abravanel
A while back, I wrote an angry post about the racist attacks against the Pakistani community in Rendi.

Right now I am so angry that people are still denying racism in Greece. Why aren’t more people outraged that this is going on ? How long are we going to ignore this hatred ? How many [...]

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deviousdiva on May 22nd, 2008

From Kathimerini
Mental healthcare an embarrassment
Many years have passed since Greece faced the shame of the horrifying conditions at the Leros mental hospital.
The images that made their way around the world embarrassed and shocked us. We had hoped that the conditions of care for mental patients would only get better and better and that the first [...]

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deviousdiva on May 21st, 2008

I have posted on the subject of birth certificates for children of immigrants born in Greece several times and the posts prompted some difficult and long discussions that I do not want to revisit. I am not going to link to them but if you are new or interested, you can use the search facility [...]

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deviousdiva on May 20th, 2008

Friday 23rd to Saturday 24th May 2008
The Educational Program for the Muslim Minority hosts a conference on “Cultural Diversity and Human Rights,” at the University of Athens (30 Panepistimiou Street.)
Friday from 6 pm
A Τen Year Project concerning the Education of the Minority Population in Thrace: Identities, Conflicts, Reforms
Ideology and the Political in Teacher Training [...]

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deviousdiva on May 20th, 2008

Via the Southeast European Times
SKOPJE, Macedonia — Around a dozen of peace organisations from Macedonia and Greece held a joint rally in Skopje on Saturday (May 17th), criticising the rise of nationalism in both countries. They also urged the members of the public in both countries to show more tolerance and co-operation. One of the [...]

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deviousdiva on May 19th, 2008

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deviousdiva on May 17th, 2008

From the International Herald Tribune
Greece should improve conditions at an island detention center for scores of children who arrived as illegal immigrants this year, an aid group said Friday.
A total 121 children aged 10 to 16 are being held in cramped conditions on the small eastern Aegean Sea island of Leros, the France-based group Medecins [...]

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deviousdiva on May 15th, 2008

It’s Thursday again so don’t forget it’s DD Live tonight.
All the details are at the top of the page as usual.
See you later. I hope more of you will be able to make it today. I miss you all.
A Short Border Handbook on June 9th, 2009Mice on the Metro on June 26th, 2008Hijab/Mandila on April [...]

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deviousdiva on May 15th, 2008

i am just one person.
i am just one small voice
i am just one mum
i am just one daughter
i am just one sister
i am just one blogger
i am just one woman
i am just one human being
but i speak to another single person
i join a chorus of other small voices
i speak with hundreds of other mums
i stand [...]

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deviousdiva on May 14th, 2008

Don’t forget Bloggers Unite Human Rights is tomorrow, Thursday 15th May 2008. Write a post and link it here. Spread the word by putting a badge on your blog. Make a donation to a local Human Rights organisation. Write your thoughts in a comment on a participating blog. If you don’t have a blog, you [...]

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deviousdiva on May 13th, 2008

Myanmar
China
Tens of thousands of people who had nothing to begin with are (yet again) victims of natural disasters.
We don’t have words for this.
There are no words.

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