📢 "In the early morning of.. 15/01 Quayum Khan died in.. Amygdaleza. He had asked multiple times the night before to be transferred to hospital.. Quayum had been living in #Greece for the last 20 years". #Immigrants via "Assembly Against #Detention Centres" www.facebook.com/share/p/1ATA...

"Rights groups hail acquittal after seven years of aid workers prosecuted during #Greece refugee crisis Lesbos court clears aid workers of people smuggling, a move Human Rights Watch called a vindication of their lifesaving activities at sea" #RefugeesGr www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

VICTORY: All 24 aid workers in Lesbos have been ACQUITTED of all felony charges! ⚖️ While this is a vindication for the defendants, it is also bittersweet. This 7-year ordeal has shut down life-saving work while people continue to drown. Our full reaction for @hrw.org 👇

🚨 Update from Greece: The trial of 24 humanitarians resumes today on Lesbos, #Greece ⚖️ The @europarl.europa.eu has branded this the “largest case of criminalization of solidarity in Europe.” My colleague @billvanesveld.bsky.social is there to monitor for @hrw.org Saving lives is not a crime

One defendant's testimony today cut through the "empty" legal arguments: "If you have ever taken a child out of a small boat so cold you don’t know if it’s alive or not, you don’t want the boat to be on the water any longer than necessary." Saving lives is a human reflex. #FreeHumanitarians

I guess we are part of a social experiment (as @brunotersago.bsky.social pointed out) and that is we are laughing our way to global fascism. (Enki Bilal has partly predicted characters like this e.g. Warhole and others).

"German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has strongly criticised the U.S. foreign policy under President Donald Trump and urged the world not to let the world order disintegrate into a "den of robbers" where the unscrupulous take what they want." www.reuters.com/world/americ...

New case in the #ECtHR: "Akin İSLAM İBRAM against #Greece: The application concerns access to court in the proceedings concerning the suspension of operation of a #minority school in Western Thrace." #MinorityRights hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng/?i=001-2...

"On 29/12/25, the Supreme Administrative Court of #Greece found the Ministry of Education & Religion in violation of its obligations for having failed to provide by 9/23 an ethics course to the pupils exempted from religious education, #ReligiousFreedom 1/ humanist-tracker.uwazi.io/en/entity/3w...

Everyone should know that #Greece is a failed state that has put itself at the forefront of those undermining int'l law & #HumanRights, starting w the Geneva Conventions. The PM’s comment on the #VenezuelaInvasion should surprise no one: “not the time to comment on legality”... x.com/i/status/200...

📢 #Greece: The 🇬🇷 League for Human Rights condemns the gov’t’s attempt—via an outrageous new Defense Ministry bill—to silence whistleblowers and sharply restrict #FreeSpeech. If passed, it could unconstitutionally strip citizens of their citizenship‼️ www.efsyn.gr/ellada/dikai...

"Greek authorities in Lerin [Florina] prevented a band from performing a song in #Macedonian" #FreeSpeech is allowed to this extent in #Greece, when it comes to national #minorities... english.republika.mk/culture/gree...

📢 @commissionerhr.coe.int: "We must resist the attempt to recognize fewer rights for the group of #migrants. If a precedent is established for recognizing fewer rights for certain groups, such as migrants, we are entering a dangerous, slippery path for everyone." www.facebook.com/share/p/1ADw...

"We need leaders to speak up for our values. This is a battle of narratives. Mainstream politicians who attempt to court voters by imitating the language of those who seek to undermine our rights and democratic norms are destined to fail; voters will always prefer the original to the copy"

#Greece’s Broken Democracy Is a Warning for Europe jacobin.com/2025/12/gree...

"In #Greece in February 2025, almost 430,000 ppl attended a rally.. marking the 2nd anniversary of a train crash that killed 57 ppl, expressing anger at the gov't’s failure to properly investigate.. or take responsibility.. police.. detain[ed] over 100 protesters" #RightToProtest #Corruption

As we mark #HumanRightsDay 2025, we confront a risk to the very future of the human rights protection system. Our most urgent task in Europe is supporting a free #Ukraine and ensuring human dignity is at the heart of pathways to peace. We must anchor peace-making in #HumanRights. #StandWithUkraine

#Greece: ‼️All 1,061 defendants accused of issuing or using ‘false medical reports’ for #RefugeesGr in Lesvos, were found innocent. All media making this a high-profile 2019 ‘NGO scandal’, as gov't mouthpieces, forgot to report this collapsed in court... www.facebook.com/share/p/1A2d...

Όταν προοδευτικό μέσο ξεπλένει κανονικοποιώντας μιαν ακροδεξιά ρατσίστρια δειυκολύνοντάς τη να μπει στην επόμενη Βουλή...

📢 #Greece: Police raid with drones at a #Roma camp in Riganokampos, Peloponnese‼️20 detentions. 24/7 police units and drone surveillance, only for the Roma, is anti-constitutional. How will the police use this data, including pictures of minors? #RomaLivesMatter www.facebook.com/share/17UaCE...

Russian neo-Nazi group 'Rusich' regularly posts images of war crimes Rusich, a Russian neo-Nazi paramilitary group, posts graphic war crimes on Telegram to intimidate opponents and promote its extremist identity while operating with backing from Russian military networks.

Two dozen humanitarian workers face trial on the Greek island of Lesbos this week on baseless felony charges. This case sends a dangerous message that helping people on the move is a legal offense. Learn more: https://bit.ly/3Mj4FOr

Amnesty has said “humanity is on trial” as proceedings are due to get underway in Greece against Irishman Seán Binder. In 2023, lesser misdemeanour charges against Binder and 23 others relating to the smuggling of migrants were dropped but more serious charges remained pending. jrnl.ie/6892792

People with #disabilities in #Greece: Lack of services, support, insecurity, and anger www.keeptalkinggreece.com/2025/12/03/d...

#Greece: "This trial should set off alarms.. for any person’s ability to act according to their conscience.. on trial here, it’s solidarity itself. The criminalization of people showing compassion for those compelled to leave their homes because of war, violence.. must stop." #HumanRightsDefenders

Pathetic. For seventeen years national governments have been blocking the European anti-discrimination directive. It tells you all you need to know about their commitment (none) to common European values (the ones they expect immigrants to embrace)

@commissionerhr.coe.int @marylawlorhrds.bsky.social Greek courts refuse taking any action against her (who has made a dozen such statements) claiming that antiracism law does not apply. Can you take the most aprpopriate action? www.ekathimerini.com/politics/128...

EU Right-Wing Lawmakers Target Civil Society www.hrw.org/news/2025/12...

Countries that have abortion access, DEI policies or protection for LGBTQ+ people will be considered “human rights violators“ by the Trump regime We’re in the upside down. www.forbes.com/sites/maryro...

I have now received a reply to this communication. I thank the gov for their engagement, but am concerned that, in their response, they continue to conflate the work of human rights organisations with people smuggling. The State has a responsibility to reverse this false narrative, not perpetuate it

Instead of finding those who murdered #Karaivaz, a reporter investigating 🇬🇷mafia, #Greece’s intel service spied on the police officials, & some of their own colleagues‼️, who were investigating the murder, even using #Predator. #FreePress Check thread in 🇬🇷 by @reportersunited.gr x.com/reporters_gr...

New testimony from Sudan: survivors say Rapid Support Forces executed scores of unarmed men & raped dozens of women & girls as they captured El Fasher. This persistent, widespread violence against civilians constitutes war crimes. All those responsible must be held accountable.

🎈 Great news for #MarriageEquality in all #EU ‼️ @eucourtofjustice.bsky.social: a Member State has the obligation to recognise a marriage between two Union citizens of the same sex that has been lawfully concluded in another Member State" #lgbtqi+ curia.europa.eu/jcms/upload/...

📢 #Greece: According to testimonies, there is a heavy police presence on public transport across West Athens, targeting all #Roma passengers, e.g. asking them to sit in the same side of the bus. #Antigypsyism is becoming more & more systemic in 🇬🇷 ‼️ www.facebook.com/share/p/17UF...

Peace for #Ukraine must be anchored in human rights Core issues to address: 🔹Accountability & reparations 🔹Protection of affected persons 🔹Reconstruction & recovery 🔹Inclusion #HumanRights is the only universally agreed and the most reliable framework for #peace. www.coe.int/en/web/commi...

Trump’s Ukraine peace plan is a gift to Putin | Kenneth Roth

#Greece: Government officials said that the leader of the Coast Guard has their confidence, despite the fact he is accused of felonies for his role in the #PulosShipwreck, costing more than 600 lives. They were #RefugeesGr & he was following their policy, so why should they care?

📣 #Greece While the delayed case against Coast Guard officials for the Pylos shipwreck opens, we see this video showing what we know is a daily reality: Coast Guard thugs trying to drown #RefugeesGr by repeatedly ramming their boat. These are government orders. Not in our name‼️ x.com/ABoatReport/...

Now public: I wrote to the Government of #Greece concerning public statements by Govt officials against human rights organisations working in the field of migration as well as recent restrictions on the right to seek asylum. Regrettably, the Government did not reply. srdefenders.org/greece-publi...

#Greece: A Court acquitted a Sudanese refugee accused of "smuggling" & represented by the @gcrefugees.bsky.social, yesterday. ‼️BUT: He had been separated from his family & jailed for 8 months, for steering a sinking, adrift boat, to save all #RefugeesGr on board... www.facebook.com/share/p/14Pi...

#Greece: The Hellenic League for Human Rights said in a statement today that banning public assemblies at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Athens, violates the Constitution & the #ECHR. Anarchists were recently arrested only for protesting at the spot #FreedomOfAssembly www.hlhr.gr/agnostos-str...

"Αν σε πιάσουν μπροστά στον Άγνωστο Στρατιώτη με δύο γραμμάρια κόκα στο χέρι θα έχεις μικρότερη ποινή από το αν σταθείς στο ίδιο σημείο με ένα πλακάτ στα χέρια. Κι αυτό είναι ότι χρειάζεται να ξέρετε για το #ΚράτοςΔικαίου στην #Ελλάδα σήμερα." x.com/MoscholiouGi...

Get Inside, the Cops are Coming: #Roma Families in #Greece are Under Threat | 📢 “Why a [police] team only for Roma? We are scapegoats for the far-right, so the neighborhood can see ‘checks are being done" 📢 "Why should everyone pay? #Antigypsyism unicornriot.ninja/2025/get-ins...

Another homophobic attack in #Greece: 2 lesbians/queers, the founders of @OrlandoLGBT_gr, were splashed with water from a passing car in Thessaloniki. “In 2025 Greece [a brief hug].. was enough for them to laugh, curse, and throw water at us." #homophobia avmag.gr/nea-omofovik...

Interesting read: Internal documents obtained by Solomon reveal the EU urged Greece to launch a vaccination campaign against sheeppox. Athens refused — and now the country faces one of its worst livestock crises in decades. wearesolomon.com/mag/format/i...

#Greece's Ombudsman on the 2023 deadly #PylosShipwreck: "while criminal charges for several felonies have been brought against the 🇬🇷Coast Guard officers, the competent Ministry insists on abstaining from any disciplinary action, disregarding what the law dictates” #RefugeesGr 1/

"🇬🇷authorities have always denied any wrongdoing.. Prosecutors.. decided.. that 17members of the 🇬🇷coastguard should face charges.. However, they cleared T. Kontizas.. of blame.. [He] had been appointed coastguard chief a few weeks before.. That decision.. was then challenged by lawyers for survivors"