Persecution

Twenty-five students have been hospitalized in the western Turkish province of Bursa after one of their peers dripped glue into their water bottles out of revenge for bullying. 

A new dossier published by the Humanitarian Law Centre NGO documents the role of the Serbian police, army and State Security in the forced displacement of Croats from Serbia during the 1991-95 war.

Whenever things get tough, the Greek government appears to start looking for phantom enemies to pin the blame on.

As bank shares plunged earlier this week, the leftist-led administration sought to put the blame on foreign news media and Greece's conservative opposition.

Amnesty International has called for a transparent and thorough investigation into the death last month of a 33-year-old LGBQT activist and the stance of police during the incident.

Zak Kostopoulos died after being assaulted and repeatedly kicked in the head outside a jewelry store in central Athens in what many have described as a homophobic attack.

Dacic underlined Serbia "strong support to the untiring work of the UNHCR" and said the international community must "redouble its efforts to promote human rights and demonstrate solidarity without prejudice and selectivity, with the aim of harmonizing different views and addressing the causes and effects of the (migrant) crisis."

Police in Attica are investigating claims that a 15-year-old boy found hanged on the balcony of his family home in Argyroupoli, southern Athens, on Sunday morning, had been a victim of bullying at school.

According to police sources, the boy left a note explaining that he could not face continuing with his life due to the bullying.

Israeli lawmakers on May 23 approved a motion to hold a plenary debate on "recognizing the Armenian genocide," as relations between Israel and Turkey continue their downward spiral. 

A 17-year-old student accused of fatally shooting 10 people at a Texas high school should be seen as a "victim" because he may have recently been bullied, causing him to lash out, his father said.

The situation with groups of rampaging anarchists smashing public and private property, with the senseless graffiti that seems to have left no building in the center of Athens untouched, and with the bullying tactics of sundry activists claiming to represent certain social causes has breached all limits of acceptability. 

Administrators at Greece's universities and technical colleges are being urged to speed up their reports on bullying for a special committee on campus violence that will convene next month under former justice minister Nikos Paraskevopoulos.