I received this very disturbing press release from the Greek Helsinki Monitor (GHM) about the Municipality of Aspropyrgos. Official complaints have been made to the European Committee of Social Rights and the European Court of Human Rights regarding their treatment of Roma families including illegal evictions and the segregation of Roma children in school. In [...]
I have no words…
From the Associated Press
ATHENS, Greece: Greek police say they have charged 25 people including a priest and a neurosurgeon for allegedly downloading child pornography from the internet.
Police say they acted on a tip from Interpol to detain the suspects in Athens, Thessaloniki and another three Greek cities, as well as on the [...]
A few months ago, I posted an article about the makeshift shantytown in Patras that is “home” to over a thousand refugees, mainly from Afghanistan. On Wednesday last week, a large part of the camp was burned down, leaving more than four hundred people homeless. Fortunately, no-one was hurt in the fire. The Red Cross [...]
I have been humbled in the past few days. A reader of this blog pointed out my utter failure to write anything about the situation in Gaza. I cited my ridiculously busy life as a feeble excuse but the truth is, I don’t know what to say. I am overwhelmingly saddened and angry about the [...]
There have been several anti-Semitic attacks in Greece over the past few weeks. These attacks have involved the desecration of the Jewish cemetery in Athens, defacing a Holocaust monument in Corfu, attacks on synagogues and anti-Semitic articles in the Greek media. The latest outrage occurred a few days ago in Ioannina with another desecration of [...]
UPDATE: Barack Obama is the 44th President of the United States. I wish him all the best.
Barack Obama will be sworn in as the 44th President of the United States at 7pm today (local time). There’s coverage of the events all over the Internet, so pick your place and enjoy this day of hope. Tomorrow [...]
Those charming little neo-nazis chose Martin Luther King day to have an anti-immigration protest in downtown Athens. As usual, it all turned ugly and violent when the so-called “anarchists” engaged in running battles with them.
Anyone reading the reports of the clashes is not going to find out anything about what the issues are. The voices [...]
From someone I really like…
It’s called 40 things…
1. My uncle once: Talked to me and I didn’t know who he was
2. Never in my life: Have I hit someone even though I have felt the urge.
3. When I was five: I was very silly
4. High school was: A nightmare
5. I will never [...]
I still find it surprising but not shocking that this article passes for journalism. The “Non-Greek recruits” that they are talking about will be Greek citizens. You have to be Greek to get into the police force here right ? What I think they mean is that they might be people of colour or that [...]
As you might have noticed, there have been quite a few changes here over the past few days. I have a new theme called “Amazing Grace” and I have been delving into php and css code. I am finally beginning to get it.
You can see my efforts at design with the rotating images at [...]
I thought you might be interested to know that THIS IS NOT MY COUNTRY has been included in the Top 50 Human Rights Blogs on the e-Justice. The list is a good resource for other human rights bloggers and organisations. Just to point out a few that I know and some that are new to [...]
My great blogging buddy and friend, Teacher Dude, has posted some very sad news on his blog. His mother has just died, very suddenly on Saturday. He has had to make the one journey back to England that I think all “us foreigners” dread. Although I have never met TD, he has been a constant [...]
Hussein Jahankir is dead.
He was found in almost the same spot as another man (I have not been able to find his name) died a short while ago near the Aliens Bureau in Athens.
[Aside: Can’t we change the name of this institution? How about the Registration Bureau?
There are mixed up reports on both [...]
You might have noticed some changes on this blog in the past few days. I really liked the look of the last version but was forced to change because of incompatibility with the new version of Wordpress. I found this simple, clean looking template that suits my needs fairly well. It’s a bit boring at [...]
Via Pink News
Gay rights advocates in Greece have appealed for help in fighting a lawsuit against activist Leo Kalovyrnas and non-governmental organisation Synthesis HIV/AIDS Awareness.
The Greek Orthodox Metropolitan of Piraeus, Seraphim, is bringing the suit.
He made a series of homophobic statements in a newspaper article, claiming gay people are “morally corrupt, obsessed with satisfying their [...]
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