GREEK HELSINKI MONITOR (GHM)
(Greek National Committee of the International Helsinki Federation)
& MINORITY RIGHTS GROUP - GREECE (MRG - G)
(Greek Affiliate of Minority Rights Group International)
P.O. Box 51393, GR - 14510 Kifisia, Greece
Tel. 30 - 1 - 620.01.20; Fax: 30 - 1 - 807.57.67; E - mail: office@greekhelsinki.gr

1998  ACTIVITY REPORT

Trial Monitoring

· 14 and 15 January: Appeals trial of the extreme left group OAKKE for insulting authorities, inciting citizens to commit acts of violence upon each other and illegally posting bills. Testimony of a GHM member as witness for the defense. Defendants acquitted.

· 19 February: Monitoring by Abdulhalim Dede of the trial of Ms. Eva Androutsopoulos for «proselytism». The trial was postponed for 18 June 1998

· 18 June: Monitoring by Panayote Dimitras of the trial of Mrs. Eva Androutsopoulos for «proselytism». She was found innocent.

· 15 September: Panayote Dimitras and Nafsika Papanikolatos monitored the trial of four ethnic Macedonians, members of «Rainbow», who were accused for «inciting citizens to commit acts of violence» because they hung a sign on their offices, in Greek and in Macedonian stating «Rainbow – Florina Committee». The party was prosecuted for using the Macedonian language on the sign, a clear violation of the right of free expression. They were finally acquitted.

· 5 November: Monitoring by Mehmet Dukkanci and Aysel Zeybek of the trial of Mehmet Emin Aga, the elected Mufti of Xanthi, who was accused of usurping the title of the Mufti. The Court of Appeals was held in Thessaloniki. His sentence was reduced from 12 to 8 months, which he bought off.

· 6 November: Mehmet Dukkanci and Aysel Zeybek monitored the case of the dissolution of the Turkish Union of Xanthi, following the request of the Nomarch of Xanthi. The Nomarch requested the dissolution because the Union used the word «Turkish» on its title. The hearings took place at the Court of Appeals of Komotini and the trial was postponed for the 4th December 1998

· 4 December: Aysel Zeybek monitored the hearings at the Court of Appeals of Komotini where the Nomarch of Xanthi requested the dissolution of the Turkish Union of Xanthi because it used the word «Turkish» on its title. The trial, once again, was postponed for January 1999.

· 14-15 December: Aysel Zeybek monitored the trial against Mehmet Emin Aga, the elected Mufti of Xanthi, who was accused for usurping the tile of the Mufti. The trial took place in the Single Member Criminal Court of Larisa. He was sentenced to 8 months, which he bought off.

Conferences, Workshops, Seminars, Public Lectures [with participation and sometimes presentations by our members]

· 16-31 January 1998 (Washington D.C. and other cities, USA): Study tour of GHM Thrace Office Coordinator Abdulhalim Dede. Meetings and discussions with several governmental and non-governmental representatives. Study tour sponsored by the United State Information Agency (U.S.I.A) office in Greece.

· 6-8 February (Izmir, Turkey): Conference organized by «Journalists for Peace in the Aegean Sea and Thrace»; participation of Vassilis Sakellariou, Sofia Nikolaidou and Lola Kalandrakis.

· 6-7 February (Budapest, Hungary): Conference on «Euro-Balkans and Balkan Literatures», organized by the OSI-CEU Institute on Southeastern Europe and the Hungarian Lettre Internationale; participation of Panayote Dimitras and Nafsika Papanikolatos.

· 11 February (Athens, Greece): General Assembly of the European Forum on Immigrants; participation of Nassos Theodoridis

· 11-15 February (Budapest, Hungary): «The Popper Project 1998 Winter Workshop,» Central European University. Participation of Nafsika Papanikolatos.

· 14-15 February (Salonica, Greece): General Assembly of the «Forum of Social and Youth Organizations for Human Rights»; participation of Nasos Theodoridis and Lola Kalandrakis

· 26-28 February (Utrecht, The Netherlands): Conference on «A code of good practice: Political parties and non-discrimination»; participation of Panayote Dimitras.

· 3-8 March (Istanbul, Turkey): Young Leaders Study Group Meeting on «The Future of the Balkans», organized by the Aspen Institute Berlin. Participation of Panayote Dimitras and Nafsika Papanikolatos, who were coordinators of the workshops on education and minority rights.

· 6 March (Istanbul, Turkey): Press Conference by GHM and the Western Thrace Turks Solidarity Association.

· 14 March (Montpellier, France): Workshop on «Minorities in the Balkans» co-organized by University of Paul Valery at Montpellier and Greek Helsinki Monitor. Panayote Dimitras chaired the session on «Minorities and Human Rights in the Balkans». Presentations were made by Mariana Lenkova on «The Image of the Roma in the Balkan Media» and Nafsika Papanikolatos on «Minorities and Minority Rights»

· 19-21 March (Ohrid, Macedonia): International Conference on «Balkan Cooperation: Necessity or Illusion?» co-organized by The Open Society Institute Macedonia, Aspen Institute Berlin, Council of Europe, European Cultural Foundation, King Baudouin Foundation. Participation of Panayote Dimitras, Mariana Lenkova and Nafsika Papanikolatos.

· 2-4 April (Vienna, Austria): Workshop on «The Human Rights and Security Situation in Kosovo and Neighboring Regions» organized by the International Helsinki Federation. Participation of Panayote Dimitras.

· 8-9 April (Sofia, Bulgaria): Conference concerning the problems of the ethnic minorities in Balkans organized by the Bulgarian Helsinki Committee and the International Institute of Sofia. Participation of Nassos Theodoridis and Mariana Lenkova

· 23-25 April (Amsterdam, the Netherlands): Workshop on «Cultural ‘Rights’ and their Implications for Cultural Policy» organized by the Gulliver Network and Felix Meritis Foundation. Participation of Panayote Dimitras and Nafsika Papanikolatos.

· 13-15 May (Paris, France): 1998 Annual meeting of the International Freedom of Expression Exchange (IFEX). Participation of Panayote Dimitras and Nafsika Papanikolatos.

· 22-24 May (Belgrade, FRY): An international meeting on «Interculturality and Tolerance», supported by the Council of Europe and Westminster Foundation for Democracy. Participation of Panayote Dimitras.

· 29-31 May (Athens, Greece): Conference on «Nationalism and Democracy in face of the 21st century,» organized by the Initiative of the Citizens for the Protection of the Constitution, of the Democratic Institutions and of Human Rights. Presentation by Nassos Theodoridis on «Indicative Cases of Human Rights Violations in Greece».

· 30 May-7 June (Canada): Study tour of GHM representatives Panayote Dimitras and Nafsika Papanikolatos in Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal (Canada). Meetings and discussions with several governmental and non-governmental representatives on the protection of human and minority rights in multicultural societies. Study tour sponsored by the Canadian Embassy in Greece.

· 12-14 June (Flensburg, Germany): International Conference of the European Centre for Minority Issues on: «Implementing the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities». Participation of Panayote Dimitras.

· 13-14 June (Athens, Greece): Founding Conference of the Panhellenic Federation of Roma Associations. Participation of Sofia Nikolaidou.

· 19-20 June (Budapest, Hungary): Special Meeting of the European Foundation Center’s Minorities Interest Group on «Europe’s Changing Profile: Minorities and Multiculturalism». Participation of Maria Koynova and Maria Spirova.

· 19-20 June (Athens, Greece): International Symposium of the Doctors of the World on «Health and Social Exclusion: The European Dimension». Participation of Sofia Nikolaidou in a panel on «Roma Populations Throughout Europe. Similarities and Differences».

· 27 June (Budapest, Hungary): Colloquium on «The Helsinki Human Rights Movement: Looking Back and Looking Ahead,» organized by the International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights, on the occasion of its 15th anniversary, and The Open Society Archives. Participation of Irina Gigova, Maria Koynova and Maria Spirova.

· 10-11 July (Thessaloniki, Greece): Conference on «Promoting Cooperation in South-Eastern Europe» within the framework of the Royaumont process for stability and good neighborliness, organized by Lambrakis Foundation. Participation of Gregory Vallianatos.

· 14-15 July (Elefsina, Greece): Conference on the «Roma and Society of Western Attica», organized by the Greek Institute for Solidarity and Cooperation and the Prefecture of Western Attica. Participation of Sofia Nikolaidou.

· 19 July (Florina, Greece): Round-table on «Ethnic Cleansing in the Balkans from the Beginning of the Century until Today and Political Refugees. Proposals for the Prevention of such Phenomena in the Present and the Future.» Organized by the Rainbow party of the Macedonian minority in Greece. Participation in the round table of Panayote Dimitras.

· 6-13 September (Palanga, Lithuania): International seminar on «Cooperation Towards Integration: European Integration and the Role of Minority Youth Lithuania.» Minorities of Europe, «One Europe for All», Concordia Lithuania, organized the seminar with the support of the European Youth Foundation. Participation of Mehmet Dukkanci.

· 1-3 October (Budapest, Hungary): A multilateral meeting on «The legal status of Non-Governmental Organizations and their role in a pluralist democracy» organized by the Council of Europe in the framework of the Royuamont Process on Stability and Good Neighborliness in South-Eastern Europe. Participation of Panayote Dimitras and Nafsika Papanikolatos.

· 8-11 October (Vienna, Austria): Gulliver meeting on the «Cultural Rights in a Changing Multinational Environment» organized by Culture Contact and Felix Meritis. Participation by Panayote Dimitras and Nafsika Papanikolatos.

· 9-10 October (Vienna, Austria): Conference on «The EU and Human Rights: toward an Agenda for the year 2000», organized by the European Union and the Austrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Participation of Panayote Dimitras.

· 14-16 October (Warsaw, Poland): «The International Human Rights Conference» organized by the Polish Senate and the Human Rights Committee. Participation by Panayote Dimitras and Nafsika Papanikolatos.

· 25 October (Komotini, Western Thrace,) Participation of Mehmet Dukkanci as an invitee in the General Assembly of the Minority Graduate Association of Western Thrace. The Association met to change its status and to add the word «Turkish» on its title, to emphasize the members’ national identity.

· 2-4 November (Warsaw, Poland): OSCE Implementation meeting. Reports and presentations made by GHM and MRG-Greece. Participation of Panayote Dimitras and Nafsika Papanikolatos.

· 5-8 October (Vienna, Austria): International Helsinki Federation General Assembly. Participation by Panayote Dimitras and Nafsika Papanikolatos.

· 14-15 November (Sofia, Bulgaria) Balkan Neighbours Conference organized by ACCESS. Final reporting on the project. Participation and presentation by Dimitris Angelidis.

· 8-11 December (Paris, France): The Human Rights Defenders Summit organized by Amnesty International, Association Quart Monde, FIDH, France-Libertés. Participation by Panayote Dimitras and Nafsika Papanikolatos. Panayote Dimitras was elected as the representative of the European Defenders to the Enlarged Steering Committee.

· 10-13 December (Amsterdam, Holland): A Gulliver Network meeting to establish the charter for Essay International. Participation of Nafsika Papanikolatos, a founding member of Essay International.

Fact - Finding Missions

· 18-23 March (Ohrid and Skopje, Macedonia): GHM meetings with representatives of the Albanian and the Bulgarian minorities of Macedonia. Also working meetings with Macedonian NGOs.

· 1-10 May (Roma Settlements in Greece): Joint mission of GHM and the European Roma Rights Center (Budapest) in 26 Roma settlements in various regions of Greece.

· 18-20 June (Thrace, Greece): GHM meetings with representatives of the Turkish minority in Thrace.

· 19 July (Florina, Greece): Monitoring at the Greek-Macedonian borders the visit for the 50th anniversary reunion of ethnic Macedonians who fled Greece as a result of the 1946-49 civil war. Some were denied entrance because their passports mentioned their birthplace in Macedonian, or because they were in the «red list» of undesirables.

· 24-27 August (Thrace, Greece) GHM Thrace Office coordinators’ meetings with representatives of Turkish minority.

· 1-18 October: (Thrace, Greece): Monitoring the Local Elections. Meetings with the candidates for provincial governor, mayor and local government boards. Monitoring also the local Turkish and Greek press covering the elections.

Public statements and publications

Press releases of GHM (most of them are also signed by MRG - G; some by other NGOs too)
[They can all be found usually in both Greek and English in the web site http://www.greekhelsinki.gr ]

· 14/1/1998 Violent Confrontation between the Para-state Mechanisms of Greece and Turkey

· 21/1/1998 Inadmissible Turkish Position on the Stateless of Thrace

· 23/1/1998 Abolition of Article 19 is a Positive Step. A Multitude of Inadmissible Trials Follow.

· 29/1/1998 Illegal Deportations Amid Legalization

· 10/2/1998 Letter to the Minister of Justice Mr. Evangelos Yiannopoulos about the Phenomenon of the Continuing Enforcement of the Sentence of Judicial Deportations of Immigrants.

· 24/2/1998 Human Rights Groups Criticize Macedonian Court

· 24/2/1998 Greece Condemned Again for Violation of Religious Freedom by European Court of Human Rights.

· 6/3/1998 Governmental Violence Against Albanians in Kosovo

· 9/3/1998 Unacceptable Continuation of the Persecution of Conscientious Objector Nikos Karanikas

· 10/3/1998 Illiberal Decision of a Parliamentary Committee About the Candidacy of Professor Oikonomidis.

· 16/3/1998 The Return of «Avrianism» in the Form of Extreme Racism.

· 19/3/1998 Necessary Remarks about Orhan Haciibrahm

· 20/3/1998 Racism is Persistent

· 27/3/1998 Racist President of Local Commune in Pieria Violates the Constitution.

· 30/3/1998 How Greek Mass Media Support with Passion a Contributor to «Stohos»

· 31/3/1998 Unpleasant But Necessary Remarks about Orhan Haciibrahm

· 3/4/1998 Kosovo Needs International Protective Force, and OSCE Long Term Presence

· 10/4/1998 Gaps in Legislation Cause Problems for Conscientious Objectors

· 10/4/1998 An Epilogue on Orhan Haciimbrahm

· 28/4/1998 Racist Murder of a Nigerian Immigrant

· 7/5/1998 A Different Approach to Archbishop Christodoulos

· 11/5/1998 Incident of Ill-Treatment of Underage Roma by Police Officers

· 19/5/1998 Outrageously Lenient Sanctions for the Illegal Behavior of Thessaloniki Policemen

· 20/5/1998 Attempted Arrest of Conscientious Objector Thanassis Makris

· 27/5/1998 Injunction Banning Sale of Book; Teacher Charged with Proselytism

· 28/5/1998 Conscientious Objector Lazaros Petromelidis Arrested and Detained in Violation of Ministerial Decision #420/81/563696208-11

· 14/6/1997 Recommendations on the Implementation of the Framework Convention on Minorities

· 19/6/1998 Alleged Ill-Treatment of Lazaros Bekos and Lefteris Kotropoulos by Police Officers

· 19/6/1998 Open Letter to the Greek Parliament and the OLME

· 24/6/1998 Teacher Found Innocent of Proselytism Charges

· 2/7/1998 Topic: 13 IFEX Members Sign WAJA Statement on Developments in Nigeria

· 13/7/1998 New Conviction of Greece by the European Court on Minority Issues. Inadmissible Attitude of the (Greek State - Owned) Macedonian News Agency

· 14/7/1998 Topic: Fine of 2,000,000 drs. Threatens a Kindergarden of Immigrants in Greece

· 16/7/1998 Declaration of the Royaumont Process NGO Conference in Salonica

· 23/7/1998 Appeal Against to the Bill on «Public Defence»

· 22/7/1998 Open Letter to Minister of Public Order Mr. Romeos for the Case of Torture of the Roma Lazaros Bekos and Lefteris Koutropoulos by Police Officers of the Messolongi Police Office (GR)

· 27/7/1998 Greek NGOs Request an Inquiry on the Murder of a Roma by Police

· 29/7/1998 Issues Related to the Macedonian Minority in Greece. The Visit of Macedonian «Children Refugees.» Monitoring Government, Media and NGO Attitudes.

· 30/7/1998 Court Censors Dictionary

· 12/8/1998 Unacceptable Behavior of Police Officer

· 15/8/1998 International Award to Turkish Minority Journalist

· 14/8/1998 Open Letter to the Ministry of Public Order on Delays in Police Investigations

· 18/8/1998 In Memoriam: Phaedon Vegleris (1903-1998)

· 20/8/1998 Probable Cover-Up of Murder and Other Violence Against Roma from the Ministry of Public Order

· 24/8/1998 Proposed Amendments Violate Freedom of Speech

· 22/9/1998 Greece: A State of Law or a parastate of outlaws.

· 23/9/1998 Appeal to the party leaders of PASOK, New Democracy and Synaspismos to withdraw their support to the racist candidates for mayors

· 27/9/1998 Shame to the Prefect Kostas Papadopoulos! Don’t delude your electors! Don’t play with the life and dignity of the Roma

· 28/9/1998 An open letter to the Minister of Education about the urgent issues concerning the minority’s education

· 28/9/1998 «Backwards at full speed!» The candidates for the town hall of Athens and human rights

· 6/10/1998 30 NGOs’ Resolution in Royaumont/Council of Europe meeting

· 19/10/1998 NGO walkout from the Warsaw Human Rights Conference to protest non-democratic procedures

· 29/10/1998 Appeal to withdraw state participation in the organization of a conference on the Roma by an unacceptable institution

· 30/10/1998 GHM and MRG-G Appeal to the Greek government for the Stateless endorsed by 70 deputies, elected or nominees prefects, municipal and communal representatives of the counties of Xanthi and Rodope

· 4/11/1998 Formal if not encouragingly positive reaction of Greece to countless references at the OSCE implementation meeting about violations of human rights.

· 9/11/1998 Kristallnacht 60 Years After: Disturbing Greek Xenophobia encouraged by the Government

· 23/11/1998 Open Letter to Mr. Branko Crvenkovski – Prime Minister of the Republic of Macedonia – About the Harassment of Greek Journalist

· 23/11/1998 A letter to the newspaper «Avghi» about the Konstantinidis case

· 23/11/1998 A letter to the newspaper «Elephtherotypia» about the Konstantinidis case

· 26/11/1998 The Ocalan issue and the related attitude of minority Turks

· 1/12/1998 Inadmissible attempt at seizing an «Old Calendrist» Church by «New Calendrists» and the Municipality of Galatsi

· 6/12/1998 Greece runs the risk of being denounced in the forthcoming international celebration of the 50th anniversary of the universal declaration of human rights because of a provocative, revengeful, illegal and inhuman attempt to deport a Syrian refugee

· 21/12/1998 Public Appeal for an immediate modification of an inadmissible circular concerning naturalization in Greece

· 23/12/1998 Government, Parties and Human Rights Organizations must condemn intolerant statements by Foreign Minister Pangalos

Articles by GHM/MRG - G members (and other publications)
[They can all be found in the web site http://www.greekhelsinki.gr ]

· Panayote Dimitras and Nafsika Papanikolatos, «Two Years of Traditionalist Modernism in Greece’s Human Rights Policy», in Alternative Information Media, January 199

· Mariana Lenkova, «Violating minorities’ rights threatens stability», in The Sofia Independent, February 20-26, 1998, issue 43

· Panayote Dimitras, «Greece’s ‘Hate Media’ Breed Popular ‘Hate Culture’» in Alternative Information Media, February 1998

· Nafsika Papanikolatos, «Minorities and Minority Rights in the Balkans», in Alternative Information Media, March 1998

· Panayote Dimitras, «The Minority Rights Paradox» in War Report, number 58, February-March 1998.

· Christina Rougheri, «The Apotheosis of Roma In A Record-Breaking Greek TV Series», in Alternative Information Media Network, April 1998.

· Florian Bieber, «Comparing Ethnic Conflicts in Kosovo and Turkish Kurdistan» in Alternative Information Media Network, April 1998.

· Christina Rougheri, «Positive and Negative Stereotypes of Internal Minorities and Neighboring Peoples in the Greek Press» in Balkan Neighbours, 1998/7

· Maria Koynova, «Kosovo Albanians And The Solidarity Of Their Ethnic Brethren» in Alternative Information Media Network, May 1998.

· Mariana Lenkova, ed. «Hate Speech» in the Balkans, (ETEPE:1998)

· Christina Rougheri, «Traditional Greek Nationalism Breeds New Display of Intolerance» in Alternative Information Media Network, June 1998.

· Panayote Elias Dimitras, «Efforts to Rationalize Greece’s Balkan Policy: the Kosovo Case» in Alternative Information Media Network, July 1998.

· Panayote Elias Dimitras «Digging their own hole?» in Avghi, 18 August 1998

· Panayote Elias Dimitras «Mono-Cultural Festival in Xanthi» in Avghi, 21 August 1998

· Greek Helsinki Monitor & Minority Rights Group-Greece Greece Against its Macedonian Minority: The «Rainbow» Trial (ETEPE: 1998)

· Panayote Elias Dimitras «La Grèce» in Droits de l’ Homme Sans Frontières, September 1998

· Panayote Elias Dimitras, «Persistent Harsh Persecutions of Journalists in Greece», Alternative Information Media Network, September 1998

· Panayote Elias Dimitras, «Greece’s Albanian Nightmare», Alternative Information Media Network, September 1998

· Nafsika Papanikolatos, «Celebrating Words That Have Become Meaningless? 1948-1998: 50th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights», in Alternative Information Media Network, October 1998

· Panayote Elias Dimitras, «From «Modernism» to «Populism?» The Wrong Reply to the Greek Voters’ Messages», Alternative Information Media Network, October 1998

· Mariana Lenkova, «Thriving Human Rights Violation in the Balkans», in Alternative Information Media Network, November 1998

· Panayote Elias Dimitras, «On the Astonishing Improvement of Greek-Macedonian Relations», in Alternative Information Media Network, November 1998

· Panayote Elias Dimitras, «ÓöÜëìá! Äåí Ý÷åé ïñéóôåß óåëéäïäåßêôçò. in Index on Censorship, November 1998

· Nafsika Papanikolatos, «Ocalan, the Kurds of Turkey and the Turks of Greece», in Alternative Information Media Network, December 1998

· Panayote Elias Dimitras, «Pangalos, the Torchbearer of the Greek Consensus Against National Minorities», in Alternative Information Media Network, December 1998

· Mariana Lenkova, «Bulgaria», in Jean-Yves Camus ed. Extremism in Europe, 1998 Survey, (L’aube essay and C.E.R.A: 1998) pp.98-102

· Panayote Elias Dimitras, «Greece», in Jean-Yves Camus ed. Extremism in Europe, 1998 Survey, (L’aube essay and C.E.R.A: 1998) pp.178-182

· Maria Koinova, «Courting Minorities: The Bulgarian government’s new activism could signal a passing fancy or a long-term trend», in Transitions, December, 1998, pp. 12-13

· Dimitris Angelidis, «Positive and Negative Stereotypes of Internal Minorities and Neighboring Peoples in the Greek Press» in Balkan Neighbours, 1998/8

Human rights reports
[They can all be found in the web site http://www.greekhelsinki.gr ]

· Bulgarians of Macedonia: A First Approach (February 1998)

· Report on Greece to the 1998 OSCE Implementation Meeting – Roma Rights (29/10/1998)

· Report on Greece to the 1998 OSCE Implementation Meeting – Minority Rights (28/10/1998)

· Report on Greece to the 1998 OSCE Implementation Meeting – Freedom of Expression (27/10/1998)

Media Monitoring

· 13/3/1998 Greek Helsinki Monitor reports on the various dimensions of the Kosovo crisis given by the Greek press.

· Monitoring of five daily Greek newspapers about the image of minorities in Greece, as well as the peoples of Albania, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Romania, Turkey, and Yugoslavia. GHM’s media monitoring involves the participation from Greece in the Cross - Border Information Exchange on Balkan Ethnic and National Prejudices Project. Each month through this project, which ended in September 1998, GHM staff members produced a report on the stereotypes and the hate speech present in the Greek media.

Roma Office Reports

· 31/1/98 Report on the Coverage of Roma by the Greek Press, January 98

· 15/2/98 Presenting Roma Issues to a US Congress Delegation

· 22/2/98 1997 Activity Report of the GHM Roma Office

· 22/2/98 TV Series «Whispers of the Heart» Featuring Roma Breaks Audience Rating Records in Greece

· 30/3/98 Report on the Coverage of Roma by the Greek Press, February 98

· 30/3/98 January 1998 Activity Report of the GHM Roma Office

· 30/3/98 February 1998 Roma Problems Around Greece

· 5/4/98 Report on the Coverage of Roma by the Greek Press, March 98

· 22/4/98 March 1998 Activity Report of the GHM Roma Office

· 20/5/1998 April 1998 Activity Report of the GHM Roma Office

· 27/5/1998 Report on the Coverage of Roma by the Greek Press, April 1998

· 17/6/1998 Report on the Coverage of Roma by the Greek Press, May 1998

· 6/6/1998 May 1998 Activity Report of the GHM Roma Office

· 31/7/1998 June 1998 Activity Report of the GHM Roma Office

· 31/7/1998 Report on the Coverage of Roma by the Greek Press, June 1998

· 7/8/1998 Report on the Coverage of Roma by the Greek Press, July 1998

· 26/9/1998 August Activity Report of GHM Roma Office

· 26/9/1998 Report on the Coverage of Roma by the Greek Press, August 1998

· 29/10/1998 September Activity Report of GHM Roma Office

· 31/10/1998 Report on the Coverage of Roma by the Greek Press, September 1998

· 27/11/1998 Report on the Coverage of Roma by the Greek Press, October 1998

· 30/11/1998 October Activity Report of GHM Roma Office

· 6/12/1998 Report on the Coverage of Roma by the Greek Press, November 1998

· 26/12/1998 November Activity Report of GHM Roma Office

Web Site
[ http://www.greekhelsinki.gr ]

Since December 1997, GHM and MRG-G have developed a web site which includes all their 1997 and 1998 reports, news releases, articles etc. It has also hosted statements and reports from other Helsinki Committees or NGOs on Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Macedonia, Slovenia, and FR Yugoslavia. In its first eight months it has registered over 4,000 visits.

Electronic Mailing List

GHM and MRG-G also maintain a 1,000+ address electronic mailing list to which they send all their releases, reports, articles, etc. as well as similar publications with related interest. Most of these postings are re-posted in other lists with additional 1,000 subscribers on average.

Greek Helsinki Monitor and Minority Rights Group - Greece would like to acknowledge the sponsorship of the Open Society Institute (Budapest), the Austrian Government - Federal Chancellery, Nikos Dimou, the European Roma Rights Center, the International Helsinki Federation, the Berghof Foundation for Conflict Research, the Aspen Institute, and the Communication and Political Research Society.