Human rights abuses
ECHR condemns Greece for naming HIV-positive sex workers in 2012
The Strasbourg-based European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ordered Greece to pay 8,000 euros to an unaccompanied child refugee, who in 2018 was left without accommodation for six months.
The court ruled, unanimously, that there had been a violation of Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights on the prohibition of inhuman or degrading treatment.
Cyprus is sending Syrian migrants back to Lebanon. The UN is concerned but Cypriots say it’s lawful
The United Nations refugee agency said Friday it was "extremely concerned" over the return of more than 100 Syrian nationals from Cyprus to Lebanon without being screened to determine whether they need legal protection and who may be deported back to their war-wracked homeland.
Impunity and abuses
Chronic impunity fosters and multiplies abuses of the law. There are many examples everywhere in the country.
Even when the law is enforced on paper, inaction in the execution of any decisions is interpreted as a blank check to continue with business as usual.
- Read more about Impunity and abuses
- Log in to post comments
Europol asked to help smash ring behind deadly migrant boat sinking
The same human trafficking ring responsible for Wednesday's shipwreck off Pylos in southern Greece had ferried people from Libya to Italy 18 times in two months, according to reports.
Europol's assistance has already been sought to dismantle the ring.
Replacing the invisibility of genocide remembrance with indivisibility
Greece should advocate a new approach to genocide remembrance. Currently genocides are memorialized on a parochial basis.
Explosion: Russia attacked VIDEO
The attack was carried out with the help of drones that dropped ammunition on the administrative building and caused an explosion.
Fortunately, there were no casualties.
- Read more about Explosion: Russia attacked VIDEO
- Log in to post comments
Bulgarian Political Parties marked 108 Years since the Armenian Genocide
With declarations from the parliamentary rostrum, the political formations in the 49th National Assembly marked the 108th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide.
The leader of "Vazrazhdane" (Revival) Kostadin Kostadinov reminded:
Greek FM commemorates Armenian Genocide
Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias has issued a message to mark the 108th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide.
"Preserving the memory of the victims of the Armenian Genocide is the minimum duty of all humanity. Our thoughts today are with the Armenians of our homeland and with the entire world," Dendias tweeted.
- Read more about Greek FM commemorates Armenian Genocide
- Log in to post comments
Sakellaropoulou marks Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day
Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou marked Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day on April 24 by calling for the fight against all forms of hatred.
Dendias: Greece, Turkey to re-examine relations after elections
Greece and Turkey will have the opportunity to reassess what unites them after the elections that are scheduled to take place in both countries in May, Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias said on Friday, during a visit to the island of Imvros in Turkey.