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Greece attacked by UNHCR over asylum seeker and refugee treatment
GHM
28/10/2004

Vindication for Olga B., Trafficking Victim - Indictment of Bailiffs Who Served Her Summons to Inapposite Address (1/10/2004)
GHM
20/10/2004

Greece Exposed on Segregation of Roma
ERRC/COHRE/GHM
12/10/2004

"I Am A Victim But I Am Treated Like A Suspect" - "I Am In Fear For My Life": Cries In Agony Of Recognized But Unprotected Victims Of Human Trafficking (25/9/2004)
GHM
06/10/2004

120 NGOs stress that the Draft European Convention against Trafficking in Human Beings must be strengthened
GHM
28/09/2004

Greek Weekly on the Generalized Absence of Reaction to Mikis Theodorakis' New Anti-Semitic Remarks
GHM
27/09/2004

Residence and Work Permits Not Issued to Trafficking Victims in Greece! (8/9/2004)
GHM
25/09/2004

One Conviction for Injury and Two Acquittals for Abuse of Albanian at Greek-Albanian Border Crossing in 2002
GHM
18/09/2004

Does "IOC" Stand for “Intolerant Olympic Committee” Following Award to Intolerant Mikis Theodorakis and Tolerance of Roma Evictions?
GHM
29/08/2004

Remarkable Statement by Athens Mayor Dora Bakoyannis on the Plights of Greece's Roma
GHM
28/08/2004

NY Newsday, Agence France Presse and Voice of America Report on Roma Around Athens
GHM
28/08/2004

Desecration of a Komotini Holocaust Memorial Amidst the Usual Widespread Indifference in Greece
GHM
28/08/2004

:"Athens' Gypsies say they're being hidden": Associated Press Visit to Roma Settlements in Spata and Aspropyrgos
GHM
24/08/2004

Neo-Nazis' "Olympic Welcome" to Jews in Greece: "Juden Raus! Hitler Was Right."
GHM
15/08/2004

Statements to "Avghi" by Livia Jaroka, Claude Chan, and Vasilis Paiteris Following Visits to Roma Settlements Near Athens' Olympic Stadium [in greek]
GHM
10/08/2004

Pioneer Hellenic Police Circular Showing Sensitivity to Roma. "Open Channel of Communication" Between Greek Ministry of Education and European Roma Rights Center. [in greek]
GHM
09/08/2004

Forging an Alliance for the Effective Defense of Roma Rights in Greece [in greek]
Jaroka/Paiteris/ERRC/GHM
02/08/2004

Racial Profiling of Muslim Migrants by Hellenic Police
GHM
09/07/2004

Greece's Archbishop Congratulates and Praises Extreme Right Leader who Repeats that "Jewish-Zionists Dominate US Media"
GHM
27/06/2004

Freedom of expression organisations condemn media freedom and freedom of expression violations in eight African countries
IFEX/GHM
25/06/2004

Freedom of expression organisations call on African governments to implement a number of legal reforms and end the criminalisation of expression
IFEX/GHM
25/06/2004

Freedom of expression organisations call on Azeri president to dismiss criminal libel case against journalist Irada Huseynova and cancel the warrant for her arrest
IFEX/GHM
25/06/2004

Freedom of expression organisations voice concern over harassment of Bobomurod Abdullayev in Uzbekistan
IFEX/GHM
25/06/2004

Greece's Top Minister and Public Opinion Accept or Approve of Nationalist, Xenophobic and Anti-Semitic's Party Sucess!
GHM
25/06/2004

Ahern's and Sharon's Fellow-Traveler in Greece Wonders Why Jews Sweep Noble Prizes and Chess Championships!
GHM
19/06/2004

Greek Courts Set Free Traffickers of Minor!
GHM
18/06/2004

Letter to Greek Minister of Education and Ambassadors of Ireland, Italy and Portugal for Unacceptable Legitimization of Greek Xenophobic and Anti-Semitic Party [in greek]
GHM
14/06/2004

EU President Bertie Ahern and Other Governing Parties Confirm "Unreserved Support" and Praise Greek Anti-Semitic Party Despite NGO Appeals to Dissociate Themselves!
GHM
12/06/2004

Greek Anti-Semitic Party Allied with Sharon, Ahern and other European Government Parties! [in greek]
GHM
07/06/2004

14 Greek NGO's Appeal to Minister of Justice for Legal Aid to Trafficking Victims and Sanctions Against Court Officers Responsible for Irregularities [in greek]
GHM
02/06/2004

GHM Activity Report for 2003
GHM
01/06/2004

Greek Minister of Interior Urged to Have Disciplinary Sanctions Imposed on Thessaloniki Prefect for Intolerant Statement on Minority Party "Rainbow" [in greek]
GHM
28/05/2004

Greek Courts Postpone Trial, Drop Charges Due to Statutory Limitation, Refer Case to Court of Non-Competent Jurisdiction and Maintain Restrictions against Gina M., an Underage Victim of Trafficking and Forced Prostitution [in greek]
GHM
18/05/2004

Greek State TV Censorship at the Request of Prime Minister's Office Amidst Generalized Accomplice Silence [in greek]
GHM
06/05/2004

Greek State TV "Honors" World Press Freedom Day by Censoring Award Winning Documentary [in greek]
GHM
04/05/2004

UN CESCR and UN CAT Review Greece's Record on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and Fight against Torture
GHM
24/04/2004

OMCT appeal: Update on the case of Olga B., a trafficking and rape victim (GRC 020703.3.VAW)
OMCT
08/04/2004

International Roma Day: "Uprooted" - Award Winning Documentary On Evicted Athens Olympic Stadium Roma- Now Available On Line
GHM
08/04/2004

Open Letter to COE Secretary General, Walter Schwimmer, on COE Use of the Name of Macedonia
IHF/HCHRRM/GHM
25/03/2004

Another Romani Shed Burned Down! The Tragedy of the Aspropyrgos Roma Representative
GHM
23/03/2004

Sad Thoughts on the Occasion of the International Day Against Racism in Greece [in greek]
GHM
21/03/2004

EUMC and Underreporting Anti-Semitism in Greece [in greek]
GHM
21/02/2004

Critical Presentation of U.S. Congressional Praise of Greece's Attitude Towards Anti-Semitism
GHM
21/02/2004

Request to Suspend Police Director of Achaia over Racist Circular Targeting Roma [in greek]
GHM
20/02/2004

Open Letter to Greek Prime Minister on Attack by Greek Pontics on Aspropyrgos Roma Settlement
OMCT/GHM
19/02/2004

A History of Failed Promises to Roma
OMCT
18/02/2004

Spata Roma Still 'Under the Weather:' Fourth Day in a Row with no Water, amidst General Municipal and Ministry Indifference! [in greek]
GHM
16/02/2004

Highly Irregular Greek Police Investigation into the Ill-Treatment of Romani Men by Police Officers
GHM
13/02/2004

New Inadmissible Rejection of Macedonian Association's Registration Despite Previous Condemnation of Greece by the European Court of Human Rights [in greek]
GHM
21/01/2004

"Valse Hesitation" (One Step Forward, Two Steps Back) for Olga B., Victim of Forced Prostitution and Rape [in greek]
GHM
20/01/2004

On Those Who Were Shot Dead by Police in Greece, Still Forgotten, Still Seeking Justice... [in greek]
GHM
03/01/2004

Interior Deputy Minister Nikos Bistis Intervenes on Behalf of Olympic Stadium Roma and Reaffirms Commitments on Aspropyrgos and Spata Roma [in greek]
GHM
29/12/2003

Greek State Television Withdraws Funding of Documentary on Nazi War Criminal and Holocaust Perpetrator Max Merten
GHM
29/12/2003

Deputy Minister Bistis on Spata, Marousi and Aspropyrgos Roma [in greek]
GHM
09/12/2003

OMCT urgent appeal: Athens prosecutor rejects Olga B.'s request to suspend her deportation (GRE 020703.2 VAW)
OMCT/GHM
05/12/2003

Acquittal of a policeman who killed an Albanian man
OMCT/GHM
04/12/2003

Acquittal of Policeman Who Killed Albanian Proves Albanians Lives Have No Value for Greek Authorities
GHM
02/12/2003

Greece Admits to Anti-Semitism and Announces Holocaust Remembrance Day
GHM
22/11/2003

Updated Info on November 24 Trials: Police Officer for Killing an Albanian and Journalist for Insulting A Police Officer over the Phone (!) [in greek]
GHM
20/11/2003

National Radio and Television Council fines television station for showing two men kissing
IFEX/GHM
19/11/2003

Appeal to Condemn Institutionalized Homophobia in Greece
GHM
16/11/2003

Renaming Square in Halandri after Mardohaios Frizis is a "Jewish-Masonic Demand of the Almighty KIS" [in greek]
GHM
10/11/2003

Anti-Semitism and Racism in Greece: Op-Ed in WSJ on the Occasion of Kristalnacht Commemoration [in greek]
GHM
07/11/2003

When Consolidated GHM "Anti-Greek" Positions on Racism in Greece Are Finally Widely Adopted... [in greek]
GHM
28/10/2003

Case GRC 161003 - severe beatings, injuries and/or killings of Albanian citizens at border areas in Greece [in greek]
OMCT/GHM
16/10/2003

Third Desecration of Jewish Monument in Ioannina in Eighteen Months [in greek], [photo]
GHM
10/10/2003

ERRC/GHM Legal Action in Greek Police Killing of Romani Man
ERRC/GHM
14/10/2003

Olga B. again not summoned to a hearing concerning her case (OMCT Appeal GRE 020703.1 VAW) [in greek]
OMCT/GHM
13/10/2003

Arbitrary detention of unaccompanied minors seeking asylum continues - Case GRC 091003 [in greek]
OMCT/GHM
10/10/2003

Even the Supreme Court "Forgot" to Summon Olga B. in the Hearing on the Cassation of the Acquittal Verdict of Her Alleged Rapist... [in greek]
GHM
09/10/2003

Open letter to mr. Constantine Simitis, prime minister of Greece, on Spata Roma [in greek]
OMCT/GHM
29/09/2003

Greek Massacre of Turks, Albanians and Jews in Major Independence Battle Omitted by Mass Historical Insert
GHM
26/09/2003

"[Jewish] Murderers Deserved Such an Executioner [Hitler] Because they Are not Human Beings and Must Swallow their Tongues" ("Criticism of Sharon" in Greek daily "Eleftherotypia") [in greek]
GHM
25/09/2003

Open Letter to Prime Minister Simitis to Assure Neo-Nazi Anti-Semitic and Xenophobic Graffiti on Major Corinth - Tripoli Highway Is Erased [photo 1], [photo 2], [in greek]
GHM
25/09/2003

Abuses against Albanians in Greek-Albanian Border among Prevailing Impunity in Greece and Indifference of Albanian Government [in greek]
GHM
25/09/2003

Criminal Charges against 27 Roma and Destitute Living Conditions in the Roma Settlement of Glykeia [photo]
OMCT/GHM
18/09/2003

How Greece Does (Not) Respect the Roma of Spata (and their Rights). A GHM Report to State Authorities, the Greek Ombudsman and the Council of Europe [in greek]
GHM
16/09/2003

When Greece's Largest Daily "Eleftherotypia" Discovers the Skopjan Language [in greek]
GHM
16/09/2003

Urgent Appeal to the Minister of Justice and the Greek Ombudsman for the Protection of Juvenile Suspects [in greek]
GHM
14/09/2003

Reunification of a sudani child asylum seeker with his sister [in greek]
OMCT
12/09/2003

School Year Begins with a Deception of the Roma of Spata [in greek]
GHM
11/09/2003

New Case of Unaccompanied Minor Asylum Seeker from Sudan Illegally Detained with Adults by Rhodes Police in Greece [in greek]
GHM
09/09/2003

Open Letter to Greek Minister of Justice on Judicial System's Lack of Will to Deal with Incitement to Hatred and Discrimination
IHF/GHM
04/09/2003

Greek Newspapers on Trial in September 2003 for Incitement to Racial Hatred and Discrimination [in greek]
GHM
30/08/2003

Amnesty International calls for re-trial of police officer acquitted of alleged rape of a Ukrainian woman
AI
28/08/2003

100-days delay in the reunification of 2 Somali children asylum seekers with their mother (Case GRC 260803.CC) [in greek]
OMCT
27/08/2003

Criminal Charges against 27 Roma and Destitute Living Conditions in the Roma Settlement of Glykeia (Case GRE-FE 130803) [photo]
OMCT
14/08/2003

Anti-Semitism in Greece (July 2003)
GHM
14/08/2003

Desecration of Synagogue (August 2003) and Jewish Cemetary (April 2002) of Ioannina (Greece)
GHM
14/08/2003

Macedonian Political Refugees Once Again Denied Democratic Rights by Greek Authorities
GHM/MRG-G
10/08/2003

Commemoration of Romani Holocaust. In Greece of Apartheid, Judicial "Pogrom" Against Roma of Nea Tiryntha for Living on Land They Were Relocated to by the Prefecture! [photo], [in greek]
SOKADRE
02/08/2003

Evangelos Kroustallakis Term in Office - Selective Sensitivities of the Supreme Court Prosecutor's Office
GHM
24/07/2003

ERRC/GHM Joint Letter on Greek Hate Speech Case (concerning Roma)
ERRC/GHM
24/07/2003

Restored Democracy Celebrates 29th Anniversary but Civil Society Still Under Construction
GHM
23/07/2003

Unacceptable Two-Day Detention of 24 Aliens (and a Seven-Month Old Baby!) in an Open Area at Mytilini Port [in greek]
GHM
21/07/2003

Tribulation of Unaccompanied Somali Children Asylum Seekers at the Hands of Greek and Swedish Authorities and Some Media [in greek]
[The Somali Children asylum seekers (photo)]
GHM
17/07/2003

Greek court allows rape to go unpunished, sets dangerous precedent [in greek]
IHF/GHM
14/07/2003

Concern over Case of Olga B., Victim of Trafficking and Rape by a Police Officer [in greek]
OMCT
02/07/2003

Follow-up on (asylum seeker) Child concern/Arbitrary detention/Fair trial [in greek]
OMCT
26/06/2003

Rape Victim Thanks Minister of Justice for his Intervention in Favor of Motion for Cassation. Need for Effective Protection of Witnesses and Punishment of Those Responsible [in greek]
GHM
14/06/2003

Let's Not Make Olga's Rape Continuous or Institutional! Appeal to Prime Minister, Minister of Justice and Prosecutor of the Supreme Court Following Rejection of Request for Cassation of the Acquittal Verdict [in greek]
GHM
12/06/2003

Police Officer Who Killed Rom in Zefyri Still on Duty Despite His Announced, Even Internationally, Dismissal! Had Caused Two More Serious Incidents in the Past but Remained in Service Carrying Firearms! [in greek]
GHM
07/06/2003

Appeal to Supreme Court Prosecutor to Appeal the Acquittal of a Police Officer Accused of Raping a Foreign Woman, Who Was Not Summoned to the Trial! [in greek]
GHM
25/05/2003

The Continuing Plight of Roma in Greece [in greek]
Hon. C. Smith in Congressional Record
20/05/2003

Threat of eviction of a Roma community (Case GRE 290403.1 ESCR) [in greek]
OMCT
20/05/2003

Harassment of Roma in Greece [in greek]
ERRC/IHF
19/05/2003

Albanian journalist threatened with deportation
IFEX/GHM
06/05/2003

Greece "Celebrates" World Press Freedom Day With Threat of Deportation of Leading Albanian Journalist and Activist Gazmend Kapllani! Urgent Appeals Requested! [in greek]
GHM
03/05/2003

Threat of Unlawful Eviction of a Roma Community/Denied Access to Basic Services [in greek]
OMCT
29/04/2003

Easter Stories of Church-State Interweaving in Greece [in greek]
GHM
24/04/2003

Aspropyrgos Roma Were Looking Forward to Having Water and Electricity. Instead Police Attempted to Evict Them Just Before Easter! [in greek]
SOKADRE
24/04/2003

Case GRC 160403 - the prosecutor fails to act concerning cases of torture [in greek]
OMCT
16/04/2003

Two Socialist Dutch MEPs Write to Greek Authorities on Plight of Roma Resettled by the State Far Away from Inhabited Areas [in greek]
MRG-G/GHM
14/04/2003

Gays and Lesbians in Greece Speak Up [in greek]
GHM
14/04/2003

REPORT - Cleaning Operations: Excluding Roma in Greece
ERRC/GHM
06/04/2003

Cleaning Operations: Excluding Roma in Greece (Country Report on Roma in Greece) [in greek]
ERRC/GHM
06/04/2003

18 Freedom of Expression Groups Sign Appeal on Iraq Crisis [in greek]
IFJ/GHM
21/03/2003

1 February 2003 Desecration of Holocaust Memorial in Thessaloniki and Feeble Reactions Indicative of Prevailing Anti-Semitism in Greece (International Day Against Discrimination Statement)
GHM
21/03/2003

Hellenic Police - Psychiatric Hospitals Collaboration: Injections of Sedative Drugs and Electric Shocks on Aliens. Impunity of Perpetrators and Cover-Up. Appeal to the Supreme Court Prosecutor. [in greek]
GHM
20/03/2003

No to the War on Iraq, no to UN's Devaluation [in greek]
GHM
17/03/2003

Greek Helsinki Monitor's Activity Report for 2002
GHM
11/03/2003

Violations of Asylum Seekers' Rights 2001-2003
GHM
08/03/2003

Death in Detention of Mr. Alexandros Kallias (Case GRC 280203) [in greek]
OMCT
28/02/2003

Detainee Commits Suicide In Attica Police Holding Facilities that Were to Be "Withdrawn Entirely from Active Service" in December 2002 [in greek]
GHM
25/02/2003

Illegal proceedings and arbitrary detention of a child seeking asylum (GRC 190203.CC) [in greek]
OMCT
19/02/2003

UNHCR Supports NGO Allegations on Greek Agencies Being Inaccessible to Asylum-Seekers [in greek]
SAPE/GHM
15/02/2003

After Stray Dogs, Isn't it About Time that the Athens 2004 Organizing Committee Dealt with Roma as Well? [in greek]
GHM
11/02/2003

Appeals Trial on Monday for Grave Injury of Civilian by Policeman with Prior Record Withheld from the First Instance Court [in greek]
GHM
06/02/2003

Right to Adequate Housing of Racial Discrimination against Roma [in greek]
OMCT
05/02/2003

Why Does the Greek Government Keep Silent on the Desecration of the Holocaust Memorial in Thessaloniki? [in greek]
GHM
05/02/2003

Greek Newspapers on Trial in September 2003 for Incitement to Racial Hatred and Discrimination [in greek]
GHM
30/01/2003

Case GRC 200103 / GRC 200103.CC - Arbitrary and illegal detention / ill-treatment [in greek]
OMCT
20/01/2003

The First Homeless People of 2003, 9 Asylum-Seekers from Rhodes Thrown Out in the Streets by the Hellenic Police Headquarters with the Coming of the New Year! Is this How the Greek EU Presidency Is Going to Handle the Asylum-Seekers Issue?
GHM
02/01/2003

GHM Denounces to Public Prosecutors, the Greek Ombudsman and the Minister of Public Order the Unlawful Detention and Unlawful or Irregular Treatment of Asylum Seekers by the Hellenic Police
GHM
30/12/2002

Report on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in Greece Presented at the UN today [in greek]
GHM/MRG-G
02/12/2002

Presentation of the Parallel Report on Greece and its Addendum to the UN Committee on Economic, Cultural and Social Rights
GHM/MRG-G
02/12/2002

State Institutions Acknowledge the Demands of the Turkish Minority in Thrace [in greek]
GHM
28/11/2002

Deputy Minister of Public Order Should Retract Slander or Be Removed from the Government [in greek]
GHM
26/11/2002

GHM Criticizes Israeli Embassy's Re-Distribution of GHM & MRG-G's Report on Anti-Semitism [in greek]
GHM
24/11/2002

Timely Testimony on Anti-Semitism in Greece [in greek]
GHM
22/11/2002

Policemen Killing or Incapacitating Albanians? So What, Who Cares? One Year After the Murder of Gentjan Celniku. [in greek]
GHM
21/11/2002

Very Strict Report on Greece by the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture Confirms GHM Positions [in greek]
GHM
20/11/2002

The Shortest Joke: Journalistic Ethics of the Daily "Ta Nea" [in greek]
GHM
19/11/2002

"Dialogue" Between Eleftherotypia and GHM on Freedom of Speech and Stathis' Cartoons [in greek]
GHM
19/11/2002

Claims by Lawyers Defending "17 November" Suspects and Insufficient Answer by Ministry of Justice [in greek]
GHM
16/11/2002

Ministry of Education and Hellenic Pedagogical Institute Call Jehovah's Witnesses an "Antinational Mechanism", Protestants and Mormons "CIA Instruments", "the 'Papal' Church Devious", Islam "Bellicose"! [in greek]
GHM
16/11/2002

Unfortunate Statement of Greek Government Spokesman. Freedom of the Press Does Not Mean Irresponsibility! [in greek]
GHM
11/11/2002

Commemoration of "Kristallnacht". Release of the Report "Anti-Semitism in Greece - A Current Picture: 2001-2002" [in greek]
- Report rtf file (650KB)
- Report zip file (138KB)
GHM/MRG-G
08/11/2002

Multiple Media Stories on the New but Inadequate Mosque for (but not in) Athens
GHM
02/11/2002

"Ethnically Skewed" Rulings for Policemen who Killed a Greek, a Rom and an Albanian Harm Greek Justice's Reputation [in greek]
GHM
30/10/2002

ECHR Convicted Greece for Violation of Religious Freedom in the Case of Elected Mufti of Xanthi M. Agga. Release of New GHM - MRG-G Report on Religious Freedom in Greece [in greek]
MRG-G/GHM
17/10/2002

Religious Freedom in Greece
GHM/MRG-G
15/10/2002

Five-Year Old Suspicions Confirmed: Programs for Roma Benefit Non-Roma, with Bipartisan Involvement! [in greek]
GHM
09/10/2002

Candidate Mayors and Prefect with Racist Activity and Supporters from Almost All Political Parties
GHM
09/10/2002

"Something's Going On at the Gyps'!" Athens-Piraeus Superprefecture Candidates Have No Stance on Roma! [in greek]
GHM
08/10/2002

Policeman Who Killed a Rom Under Dismissal. Clarifications on the AI-IHF Report [in greek]
MRG-G/GHM
03/10/2002

Three Candidates for Athens Mayor in Favor of Mosques and Muslim Cemetery [in greek]
- Little room for Islam inside makeshift temples. Should Muslims move out of the basements? [K. Tzilivakis, 11-10-02]
GHM
01/10/2002

In the shadow of impunity - Ill-treatment and the misuse of firearms [click here for the document with photos]

- Misconduct in the shadow of impunity - Quotes from victims of human rights violations - Human rights violations in figures

AI/IHF
24/09/2002

Daily "Eleftherotypia" Slanders Minority Macedonian Priest and Homosexuals but Does Not Publish Critical Letter [in greek]
MRG-G/GHM
01/09/2002

Church Racism against Homosexuals with Alleged Encouragement from Justice Minister [in greek]
MRG-G/GHM
26/08/2002

Unacceptable Coverage by NET State TV of Refuted "Disclosures" by Savvas Xiros [in greek]
GHM
23/08/2002

Appeal for Control and Sanctions for Unacceptable Reporting by "Alter" Television [in greek]
GHM
22/08/2002

GHM/MRG-G Join INGO Protest Against Efforts to Close Down Arab NGO in Israel
MRG-G/GHM
21/08/2002

"Annoy the Police? They'll shock you with a stun-gun (or abuse you or kill you)" [in greek]
GHM
17/08/2002

GHM Joins 33 Media or Media Freedom Organizations to File Amici Curiae to ICTY for Journalist Jonathan Randal
GHM
17/08/2002

Council of Europe Confirms Suppression of Specialist Group's Report on Roma in Greece and Announces the Group's "Castration"!
GHM
15/08/2002

Indictment of Major Greek Newspapers and Magazines for Incitement to Racial Hatred and Discrimination [in greek]
GHM
13/08/2002

Letter to Special Prosecutor on Criticisms and Answers Concerning Possible Violations of the Rights of Savvas Xiros [in greek]
GHM
11/08/2002

OMCT, GHM and MRG-G Express Concern Regarding Gender Discrimination and Violence Against Women in Greece Before UN CEDAW [in greek]
GHM
05/08/2002

Council of Europe Report Does Not Legitimze All Restrictions to Detention Conditions! [in greek]
GHM
04/08/2002

"Two Types of Detainees?" GHM's Statement to "Avghi" on the Detention Condition of 17N Defendants [in greek]
GHM
03/08/2002

Roma Holocaust Remembered. Council of Europe "Liquidates" Specialist Group's Report on Roma in Greece!
GHM
02/08/2002

Highlights Violation of the Rights of Suspected "17 November" Members in Letters to Police Chief and Supreme Court Prosecutor [in greek]
GHM
29/07/2002

Dismantling of 17N, Rights Violations and Legitimization of the Extreme Right in Greece [in greek]
GHM
23/07/2002

Left-wing (Former) Deputies Legitimize Karatzaferis' Extreme Right-Wing [in greek]
GHM
05/07/2002

When the Problems of Non-Implementation of Police Chief's Order on Good Behavior Start from His Office [in greek]
GHM
04/07/2002

Torture / Threats and harassment
OMCT
01/07/2002

Appeal for the Immediate Implementation of Police Chief Order on Correct Behavior of Policemen in Contacts with Relatives and Representatives of Detainees [in greek]
GHM
30/06/2002

Allegations About Electroshock Torture Were Followed by Intimidation of Victim and Witness by Policemen
GHM
28/06/2002

Urgent Appeal for a Sworn Administrative Inquiry at a High Level for the Investigation of a Terrible Allegation of Electroshock Torture [in greek]
[drawing by Joseph Emeka Okeke of the electrocution instrument 26-6-02]
GHM
27/06/2002

Statement to the Helsinki Commission Hearing on "Human Rights in Greece: a Snapshot of the Cradle of Democracy" (Washington, D.C. 20 June 2002)
GHM
21/06/2002

Human Rights, Democracy, Development, Stability, and Counter-Terrorism. GHM Address to the EMHRN General Assembly
GHM
15/06/2002

45 Rights Groups from 21 Euro-Mediterranean Countries Decry Frequent and Grave Violations of Foreign Detainees' Rights in Greece
GHM
15/06/2002

Urgent Complaint of 18 Alien Detainees Whose Human Rights Have Been Extensively Violated in Greece [in greek]
GHM
12/06/2002

Serious Allegations about Burning of Books at the Book Exhibition of Thessaloniki by Extreme Rights-Wingers Following Incitation by a Television Program [in greek]
GHM
30/05/2002

On the Sudden Death of Pericles Pangalos, Distinguished Human Rights Defender [in greek]
GHM
25/05/2002

GREECE - 'No foreigners' wiped from most housing ads (after GHM lobbying) [K. Tzilivakis, 3-5-02]
(typical "racist add")
Athens News
09/05/2002

World Press Freedom Day (3 May). Greece Still Scores Last on Press Freedom [in greek]
GHM
02/05/2002

Contribution to the Council of Europe's Meeting of Government Offices for National Minorities
MRG-G/GHM
28/04/2002

Politics and "Inter-Channel" Journalism: A Case Only for Men [in greek]
GHM
09/04/2002

International Roma Day. Greece's Roma Seek Justice Before European and Greek Courts [in greek]
MRG-G/GHM
08/04/2002

Greek Police Recommends Dismissal of Police Officer Who Killed Rom Christopoulos in Zefyri on 24/10/2001 [in greek]
MRG-G/GHM
04/04/2002

Proceedings of Roundtable Discussion: "International Context: Standards and Processes for Minority Rights" (Athens, Greece, 30-31 March 2001) [in greek]
MRG-G
30/03/2002

Widespread Attempts to Cover Up Use of Violence by Policemen and Coast Guardsmen [in greek]
GHM
21/03/2002

A Citizen Reports Incidents of Everyday Police Violence Against Foreigners Tolerated by the Minister [in greek]
GHM
20/03/2002

IHF Criticizes to the Council of Europe the Detention as Criminals of Asylum Seekers Awaiting Deportation in Austria, Germany and Greece and Submits a Note on Greece [in greek]
GHM
19/03/2002

Comments on US Department of State Report on Greece
MRG-G/GHM
18/03/2002

EBLUL and Eurolang Drop References to "Slavo-Macedonian Language" in Favor of "Macedonian Language" Following Criticism by Macedonian Diaspora and Minority Rights NGOs
MRG-G/GHM
13/03/2002

Stop the Anachronistic Application of Islamic Law to the Muslim Women of Thrace! [in greek]
MRG-G/GHM
07/03/2002

Greece's National Human Rights Commission on the Problems of Roma in Aspropyrgos and Nea Kios
MRG-G/GHM
04/03/2002

International Olympic Committee Tolerates Evictions of Roma Ahead of 2004 Olympic Games in Athens
OMCT
28/02/2002

The National Human Rights Commission Subscribes to the Views of GHM and MRG-G on the Situation of Roma in Greece [in greek]
MRG-G/GHM
27/02/2002

Trans-European Roma Federation Protests Against Frequent Human Rights Abuses Carried Out in Greece Against Roma [in greek]
MRG-G/GHM
25/02/2002

Violent Attack and Destruction of Roma Settlement [in greek]
OMCT
19/02/2002

Honoring the memory of Evangelos Marselos, Greece's foremost and pioneer Romani linguist
GHM
18/02/2002

Eurolang's response and GHM's rejoinder on EBLUL Greece
Eurolang/GHM
13/02/2002

Police attacks, property destruction and arbitrary arrests during a raid on a Roma settlement [in greek]
OMCT
05/02/2002

"A Good School Year", but Not for the Roma Children (11/9/01 - and nothing changed since!) [in greek]
SOKADRE
22/01/2002

Sweep Operation: The alleged ill-treatment and torture of 16-year-old Refat Tafili, an Albanian citizen
AI/GHM
07/01/2002

Special Web Page: Macedonians in Greece
GHM/MRG-G
30/12/2001

Greece: Last in Civil Liberties in the Free World According to Freedom House [in greek]
GHM
30/12/2001

"Sounds of Silence": the Macedonian Minority in Greece in 2001
GHM/MRG-G
30/12/2001

Statement on the Situation of Roma in Greece by International Romani Union Secretary General Hristo Kyuchukov
IRU
20/12/2001

Panhellenic Federation of Greek Roma Associations Admits Sad State of Roma Education [in greek]
MRG-G/GHM
13/12/2001

CoE Visits Greece's Roma. Positive and Racist Related Developments in Patras [in greek]
GHM
13/12/2001

OMCT and Amnesty International Urge Greece to Respect Refugees. Appeal to UNHCR-Greece and Hellenic Red Cross not to Facilitate Greek Government's Inhumane and Authoritarian Practices [in greek]
GHM
12/12/2001

Illegal deportation of asylum seekers from Greece to Turkey and fear of further deportation to Iraq
OMCT
11/12/2001

- World Children's Day. The Tampere Declaration on Children. The Related GHM Contribution. [in greek]
- The Declaration of Tampere [in greek]
GHM
11/12/2001

Appeal for Minority Rights in Greece, 10 December 2001 (International Human Rights Day) [in greek]
GHM
10/12/2001

Deportation from Greece of Kurd Who Had Been Skinned Alive! [in greek]
GHM
09/12/2001

Greece "Honors" Council of Europe's New Recommendation on Subsidiary Protection to Potential Refugees with a Provocative Violation [in greek]
GHM
07/12/2001

Continuing detention of 12 British and 2 Dutch plane spotters charged of espionage [in greek]
OMCT
30/11/2001

Arbitrary arrest and detention of 12 British and two Dutch plane-spotters
OMCT
26/11/2001

Report on Filed Visits to Roma Communities in Greece: August 2001
GHM/MRG-G
24/11/2001

Media freedoms and minorities in Greece and the Balkans
GHM/IFEX
22/11/2001

Urgent Complaint to the Greek Ombudsman on Refugees in Zante [in greek]
GHM
20/11/2001

Police Abuse in Greece
ERRC
20/11/2001

Children Unprotected Victims of Sexual Abuse and Public Abuse by State Authorities and Media [in greek]
GHM
19/11/2001

In Greece Trafficking 1.5 Grams of Hasgish Is a Worse Crime Than Killing a Rom! [in greek]
MRG-G/GHM
16/11/2001

Unaccepatble and Illegal Decision by Greek Police not to Suspend Officer Who Killed a Rom [in greek]
MRG-G/GHM
15/11/2001

International Romani Activists Harassed at Greek-Bulgarian Border
GHM
14/11/2001

Notes and Comments on AI Greece Seminar on Torture (16-17/10/2001)
MRG-G/GHM
14/11/2001

Greek Journalists' Union Misinforms IFJ on Greek Media Coverage of September 11 Attacks and Strikes On Afghanistan
MRG-G/GHM
11/11/2001

Second Appeal Against Forcible Return of Refugees by Greece [in greek]
AI
09/11/2001

Commemoration of "Krystallnacht". Anti-Semitism Is Diffused and Tolerated in Greece [in greek]
MRG-G/GHM
09/11/2001

Appeal Against Forcible Return of 1,000 Refugees by Greece [in greek]
AI
06/11/2001

Greece An International Outlaw Threatening to Deport 1200 Refugees from Zakynthos [in greek]
MRG-G/GHM
06/11/2001

Greek Parliamentary Question on the Rights of the Greek Minority in Albania, Based (Inter Alia) on GHM Reports [in greek]
GHM
29/10/2001

Greek Police and Justice Should not Cover up Another Killing of a Rom by a Police Officer! [in greek]
GHM/MRG-G
25/10/2001

Media Freedoms and Minorities in Greece and in the Balkans
GHM
19/10/2001

Aromanian activist's appeals trial postponed again
GHM/IFEX
02/10/2001

Roma a 'Health Hazard' Victim of Institutionalized Apartheid (Statement to the OSCE) [in greek]
GHM/MRG-G
20/09/2001

Tolerating Intolerance (Statement to the OSCE) [in greek]
GHM
19/09/2001

A Model Ombudsman Institution (Statement to the OSCE) [in greek]
GHM/MRG-G
19/09/2001

Widespread Ill-Treatment (Especially of Roma and Migrants) and Impunity (Statement to the OSCE) [in greek]
GHM
18/09/2001

Unfair Treatment of Migrants and Minorities (Statement to the OSCE) [in greek]
GHM
18/09/2001

Greek Government's Cover-Up of June 2001 Torture of Migrants in Hania (Releases of 14&22/8/2001)
- Release of 14/08/2001
- Release of 22/08/2001
GHM
15/09/2001

Law of the Wild West Applied Against Roma in Aspropyrgos [in greek]
MRG-G/GHM
13/09/2001

"A Good School Year", but Not for the Roma Children [in greek]
SOKADRE
11/09/2001

Greek Government's Cover-Up of May 1998 Torture of Roma Youth in Mesolonghi [in greek]
GHM
11/09/2001

New 'Cells of Illegality': Athens Regional Secretary and Greek Police Leadership Defy the Law [in greek]
GHM
05/09/2001

Illegal and Blackmailing Attempts of Eviction of Roma from Rhodes [in greek]
SOKADRE
05/09/2001

Photos from the Riganokampos Romani Settlement with Destroyed Sheds
GHM/MRG-G
01/09/2001

Illegal Actual or Attempted Evictions of Patras Roma with One Death from the Tension [in greek]
SOKADRE
30/08/2001

A third view comparing Greek and Hungarian laws on ethnic Greeks and Hungarians abroad
GHM
29/08/2001

Alarming Complaints About Hellenikon Holding Center. GHM Denied Access Twice. [in greek]
GHM
26/08/2001

Harsh Attack Against Council of Europe and NGOs by Greek Roma Federation [in greek]
GHM/MRG-G
08/08/2001

Complaint on Recurring Police Raids on Roma Settlements (in Crete, Greece) [in greek]
SOKADRE
03/08/2001

Creation of Coordination Body and Statement of Demands for Roma in Greece [in greek]
SOKADRE
01/08/2001

70 Illegally Detained Deportees Released from "Cells of Illegality" [in greek]
GHM
30/07/2001

Electric Power of Roma in Model Settlement Cut and Related Problems [in greek]
GHM/MRG-G
25/07/2001

Barrage of Criticism in 2001 from IGO's on Democractic Deficit in Greece [in greek]
MRG-G/GHM
23/07/2001

Complaint of Rom to Greek Omudsman on Ill-Treatment that Triggered OMCT Appeal [in greek]
GHM
16/07/2001

Illegal Request to Buy Social Security Stamps to Secure Legalization from Migrants with Proven Long Stay in Greece [in greek]
GHM
11/07/2001

Aromanian activist's appeals trial postponed [in greek]
GHM/IFEX
04/07/2001

Urgent Complaint to Ombudsman on Illegal Detention of Aliens Awaiting Deportation
[in greek]
GHM
28/06/2001

Council of Europe's Top Roma Specialist Decounces Greece's Institutionalised Apartheid Policy for Roma [in greek]
MRG-G/GHM
13/06/2001

Date set for appeals' trial of Aromanian activist
GHM/IFEX
01/06/2001

GHM/MRG-G Statement to UN WGM: Unrecognized National Minorities in Albania, Bulgaria, France, Greece, Macedonia, Slovenia and Turkey
GHM/MRG-G
14/05/2001

UN Committee Highlights Greek Violations of Convention Against Torture [in greek]
GHM
10/05/2001

Assimilationist Greek Roma Self-Identification [in greek]
GHM
09/05/2001

Greece Scores Last on Freedom of the Press (World Press Freedom Day - 3 May) [in greek]
GHM
02/05/2001

Addendum (to GHM Report to UN CAT) on Greece's Juvenile Detention Facilities
GHM
01/05/2001

Minister of Public Order's Cynical Description of State Racist Response to Increasing Racism
GHM/MRG-G
21/03/2001

IHF/GHM/HMC/MRG-G/Rainbow Report to CERD
IHF/GHM/HMC/MRG-G/Rainbow
14/03/2001

New Publications on Human and Minority Rights Available in the Internet
GHM/MRG-G
20/02/2001

Excerpt on Freedom of Expression from 2000 annual report on human rights in Greece
GHM/IFEX
19/02/2001

How the daily "Ethnos" reacted to the IFEX/GHM appeal against the conviction of the Aromanian activist
Ethnos
07/02/2001

Aromanian activist convicted for distributing EU leaflet on minority languages [in greek]
GHM/IFEX
05/02/2001

Greek editor denied US visa [in greek]
GHM/IFEX
30/01/2001

18,144 Greek Mines Containing DU Contradict Unfortunate Defense Ministry "Disclaimers" [in greek]
GHM
16/01/2001

Maria Damanaki's Parliamentary Question on Munitions Containing Depleted Uranium in Greece Based on GHM Press Release [in greek]
GHM
11/01/2001

Leaving Statement of Alan Phillips, Director, MRG
GHM
10/01/2001

Weapons of Depleted Uranium in Greece (too) [in greek]
GHM
08/01/2001

Open Letter to FM Cem and Papandreou on "Reciprocal" Violation of Minority Rights (in Istanbul and Thrace) [in greek]
GHM & MRG-G
02/01/2001

THROUGH 2000