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Panayote Dimitras

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Sophie in't Veld @sophieintveld.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I have signed up to the formal complaint filed by @albertoaleman.bsky.social about the failure of the Commission to uphold the Schengen rules and our right to free movement. We cannot stand by idly as the EU is being slowly dismantled
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Panayote Dimitras @panayote.bsky.social · 14h
www.amnesty.org/en/latest/pr...
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Greece: Human rights defenders Tommy Olsen and Panayote Dimitras on trial for their work supporting refugees and migrants
Ahead of the trial of human rights defenders Tommy Olsen and Panayote Dimitras on 6 October in Rhodes on charges relating to their work in support of refugees and migrants Dinushika Dissanayake, Amnes...
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Panayote Dimitras @panayote.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Meta and X silenced dozens of LGBT+ groups the moment Türkiye's government asked – part of a crackdown where 110+ people now face legal action. Sign demanding they restore the accounts. a.allout.org/s/P8DJd/
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Meta and X: Stop blocking Turkish LGBT+ groups
Türkiye ordered Meta and X to block dozens of LGBT+ groups,Meta and X blocked dozens of Turkish LGBT+ groups the moment Türkiye asked – part of a crackdown where 110+ people now face legal action. Sign demanding they restore the accounts:
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Vas Panagiotopoulos @vaspanagiotopoulos.com · 28/09/2026
Fmr MEP Stelios Kouloglou has filed a criminal complaint vs NSO Group over the use of #Pegasus against him. Filed w. the Athens Prosecutor’s Office, it alleges breach of communications privacy, unlawful access to information systems & violations of data protection law. www.news247.gr/ellada/ipokl...
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Υποκλοπές: Μήνυση του Στέλιου Κούλογλου για το λογισμικό Pegasus
Νέα μήνυση για το σκάνδαλο των υποκλοπών κατέθεσε ο Στέλιος Κούλογλου, στρεφόμενος αυτή τη φορά κατά της NSO για παρακολούθηση του κινητού του μέσω του λογισμικού Pegasus.
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Sophie in't Veld @sophieintveld.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Ce ne sont pas les chefs d’État qui feront les États-Unis d’Europe. La proposition d’Attal remet le fédéralisme au coeur du débat. Mais pas un fédéralisme partiel. C’est le moment pour une vraie vie politique européenne. Ma tribune avec @sachacourtial.bsky.social www.telos-eu.com/fr/politique...
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Ce ne sont pas les chefs d’État qui feront les États-Unis d’Europe
par Par Sophie in ’t Veld et Sacha Courtial
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Vassilis Tsarnas @vassilistsarnas.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"European Court of Human Rights Condemns #Greece for Violating Rights of HIV-Positive Asylum Seeker" #RefugeesGr #ECtHR hias.org/statements/e...
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European Court of Human Rights Condemns Greece for Violating Rights of HIV-Positive Asylum Seeker
The European Court of Human Rights has found that Greece violated the rights of an HIV-positive asylum seeker.
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Vassilis Tsarnas @vassilistsarnas.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
#Greece #Karaivaz "Giorgos was murdered in broad daylight 5 years ago (...) The lack of justice exposes #journalists to further crimes. The unspoken truth about the crimes traumatises our societies. And that feeds more lies and creates more injustice." x.com/RSF_inter/st...
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RSF (@RSF_inter) on X
“The corrupt and powerful continue to get away with murder.” In media across the EU, RSF and the families of journalists assassinated in Malta, Slovakia & Greece call on member states to do their ...
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Vassilis Tsarnas @vassilistsarnas.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Athens #Greece: The police are obstructing a demo organised by #LGBTQI+ groups in solidarity with the community in #Turkey, preventing it from taking place in front of the 🇹🇷 Embassy. Apparently, @hellenicpolice.bsky.social thinks the threat is not #homophobia & #transphobia, but opposing them...
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Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Committee @libe.europarl.europa.eu · 23/09/2026
🇪🇺⚖️🇭🇺Parliament's Hungary rapporteur @tinekestrik.bsky.social reacts to Commission proposal to unlock funds Read the statement: link.europa.eu/WXRyPY
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Parliament's Hungary rapporteur reacts to Commission proposal to unlock funds | News | European Parliament
Tineke Strik, rapporteur for the Article 7 procedure, has issued the following statement in reaction to today’s proposal by the Commission to lift budgetary conditionality measures.
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LawNewsIndex.com @thelawmap.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
#Greece Mourns Margarita Papandreou, Pioneering Feminist balkaninsight.com/2026/09/18/m...
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Greece Mourns Margarita Papandreou, Pioneering Feminist
American-born wife of former Prime Minister Andreas Papandreou who played pivotal role in supporting women's rights in her adopted country, dies just before turning 103.
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Panayote Dimitras @panayote.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
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Panayote Dimitras @panayote.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
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Ο ευρωβουλευτής της ΝΔ Φρέντι Μπελέρης εκθειάζει τον Κασιδιάρη - Θύελλα αντιδράσεων
Αντιδράσεις προκαλούν δηλώσεις του ευρωβουλευτή της ΝΔ Φρέντι Μπελέρη για τον Ηλία Κασιδιάρη. Το ΠΑΣΟΚ ζητά από τον κυβερνητικό εκπρόσωπο να αποδοκιμάσει τον ευρωβουλευτή.
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omniatv @omniatv.com · 17/09/2026
Μια νέα καταγγελία για ακραία συμπεριφορά αστυνομικών του Α.Τ. Κολωνού, αυτή τη φορά εναντίον των μικρότερων αδερφιών της επιζώσας από τη γνωστή υπόθεση τράφικινγκ με πρωταγωνιστή τον Ηλία Μίχο, δημοσιοποιεί η Επιτροπή Αλληλεγγύης: omniatv.com/85352250...
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Panayote Dimitras @panayote.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
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Δικαίωση στο ΣτΕ - Μητρώο ΜΚΟ: Αντισυνταγματικό στις βασικές του διατάξεις, παραπομπή στο Δικαστήριο της Ευρωπαϊκής Ένωσης - R.S.A.
ΣτΕ - Μητρώο ΜΚΟ: Αντισυνταγματικό στις βασικές του διατάξεις, παραπομπή στο Δικαστήριο της Ευρωπαϊκής Ένωσης
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Sumar @movimientosumar.es · 16/09/2026
Las personas migrantes tienen derechos. Las denuncias de palizas y malos tratos por parte de militares son gravísimas. Exigimos a la ministra Robles que se investigue lo ocurrido hasta el final y se depuren responsabilidades.
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Sumar exige "explicaciones" a Robles por las palizas de militares denunciadas por migrantes en Ceuta
El ala minoritaria del Gobierno pide a la ministra de Defensa "depurar responsabilidades" en el Ejército tras los testimonios de una veintena de migrantes recogidos por elDiario.es sobre maltrato por ...
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Sophie in't Veld @sophieintveld.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The ambitions set out in #SOTEU are laudable but not new. Most EU grand plans ended in paralysis. Not the objectives are wrong, but the current intergovernmental EU is unable to deliver. Without reform, ambitious words remain hollow. My blog sophieintveld.substack.com/p/soteu-need...
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SOTEU: need for speed, hit the brakes!
Why SOTEU is silent on why the EU is not advancing
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Sotiropoulos @sotiropoulos.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
H αλήθεια για την απόφαση της Αρχής Προστασίας Προσωπικών Δεδομένων σχετικά με το SMS του Υπουργείου Μεταφορών του τριημέρου της 28ΗΣ - πέρα από τις διαρροές του Υπουργείου, διαπιστώθηκαν παραβάσεις. elawyer.blogspot.com/2026/09/sms....
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Η απόφαση της Αρχής Προστασίας Δεδομένων για το SMS του Υπουργείου Μεταφορών
Η απόφαση 17/2026 της Αρχής Προστασίας Δεδομένων Προσωπικού Χαρακτήρα για το SMS του Υπουργείου Μεταφορών που αφορούσε το τριήμερο της 28η...
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Commissioner for Human Rights @commissionerhr.coe.int · 15/09/2026
In Thessaloniki, Greece, to discuss the human rights of Roma & other human rights issues with the President of the National Commission for Human Rights, the Ombudsman of Greece & the mayors of Thermaikos & Thermi. Met with Roma communities in the Tsairia settlement to hear their lived experiences.
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Commissioner for Human Rights @commissionerhr.coe.int · 15/09/2026
Concerned by reports of a series of arrests, raids and blocking of websites and social media accounts targeting #LGBTI civil society in #Türkiye. I call on the Turkish authorities to release anyone detained for engaging in #HumanRights or civil society work.
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Saskia Bricmont @saskiabricmont.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
🌡️ Incendies, sécheresses, canicules, récoltes perdues… L’Europe subit déjà le dérèglement climatique 🔥 L’écologie n’est pas une contrainte : c’est notre assurance vie, notre sécurité et notre souveraineté L’inaction n’est plus une option !
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Sophie in't Veld @sophieintveld.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
How @europarl.europa.eu went from being a democratic watchdog to the lapdog of government leaders. Decline set in in 2019 as Parliament gave up its power to appoint the EC President. EUCO has filled the void and is now all-powerful with zero checks&balances. Good piece by @davidcarretta.bsky.social
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Estrella Galán @estrellagalan.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Ceuta necesita solidaridad, corresponsabilidad, tanto de las CCAA como de otros países europeos. Necesitan urgentemente traslados a la Península, empezando por los niños y niñas.
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European Greens @europeangreens.eu · 14/09/2026
162 arrested this weekend, in police raids. 70+ activist social accounts blocked. This is a big escalation of the repression of the LGBTQI+ community in Turkey. We cannot let this go unnoticed, the orchestrators must be held accountable. These are violations of human rights.
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Panayote Dimitras @panayote.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
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Parliamentary Question by the New Left on the Racist Targeting of Roma by the Hellenic Police
We thank the New Left for tabling this question following our request. The translation from the Greek original was done by Greek Helsinki Monitor. “Racist Targeting of Roma by the Hellenic Po…
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Panayote Dimitras @panayote.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
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Ερώτηση Νέας Αριστεράς για Ρατσιστική στοχοποίηση Ρομά από την Ελληνική Αστυνομία
Ευχαριστούμε τη Νέα Αριστερά για την κατάθεση αυτής της ερώτησης μετά από πρότασή μας «Ρατσιστική στοχοποίηση Ρομά από την Ελληνική Αστυνομία»10 Σεπτεμβρίου 2026 Ερώτηση και Αίτηση Κατάθεσης Εγγράφ…
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Greens/EFA in the EU Parliament 🌍 @greens-efa.eu · 12/09/2026
The future is GREEN 💚 Today Greens from all over Europe are marching for climate in Amsterdam. After a summer of heatwaves, wild fires and draughts we demand action. If you are able to join us in Amsterdam or not, show your support: app.sosha.ai/toolkit/c33d...
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The future is Green
Help us reach as many people as possible. Share these posts and spread the word!
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Sophie in't Veld @sophieintveld.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Very sad news. Emma Bonino was an exceptional person, inspiring, fearless, visionary. She convinced, appealed to people across party boundaries. Small in size but a towering figure. Today’s world desperately needs people like her. Rest in peace dear Emma.
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Tineke Strik @tinekestrik.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Tomorrow, the people of Albania will resume their Flamingo protests against the destruction of their nature by luxury resorts of Trump’s clan. Albania is not for sale. I call upon prime minister Rama to refrain from repression and to preserve this precious nature. balkaninsight.com/2026/07/13/a...
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Albania’s Environmental Protesters are ‘Defending EU Values’, Says Dutch MEP
Tineke Strik, the MEP who led an environmental fact-finding mission to Albania, says its EU accession is in peril if the government doesn’t change course on protected areas.
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Tineke Strik @tinekestrik.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Tomorrow, the Pride in Pécs will take place🌈 Condoned, but still not legal, because Orban’s Anti-LGBTIQ+ law is still not revoked by the new government. There’s no excuse for this. I urge the Magyar government again, in line with the CJEU judgment: revoke this draconian, illegal law NOW!
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Panayote Dimitras @panayote.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Iran: Ongoing Unlawful Execution Campaign Against Protesters www.hrw.org/news/2026/09...
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Iran: Ongoing Unlawful Execution Campaign Against Protesters
Iranian authorities are unlawfully executing protesters and political dissidents on a weekly basis, a relentless attack on the right to life.
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Sophie in't Veld @sophieintveld.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
The Commission is surrendering Europeans to Trump and his thugs. They WILL abuse. Even prior to Trump personal data of US critics were used for blacklisting. The Commission will claim it is all in line with EU law. They know it is a lie. But litigation takes years, they get away with it.
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Diario Público @publico.es · 10/09/2026
🔴 DIRECTO | @teshsidi.bsky.social agradece a Francina Armengol su papel como madre de acogida de menores saharauis: "Acoger a un niño no es un mero acto de solidaridad. Es un acto político"
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Sumar @movimientosumar.es · 10/09/2026
50 años después, España salda una deuda histórica con el pueblo saharaui: reconocemos el derecho a la nacionalidad a quienes nacieron bajo la autoridad española. No se trata de conceder un derecho, sino de devolverlo. Hoy PP y Vox han demostrado de qué lado están. www.infolibre.es/politica/con...
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El Congreso aprueba la nacionalidad para los saharauis en un "paso histórico"
La votación del dictamen ha salido adelante, como estaba previsto, con el apoyo de los socios del Ejecutivo, la abstención de PP y Junts y el vot
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Panayote Dimitras @panayote.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
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Sophie in't Veld @sophieintveld.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Far right victory in Saxony-Anhalt. German Security Services: “Risks for national security”. Trump: “Hail AfD!”. How much longer will Europe pretend the US are on our side? How much longer will national politicians sacrifice our security to the fiction of national sovereignty?
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Paweł Tokarski @tokarski.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Do you check what you read online? The data from Hungary is fascinating. Has Orbán’s propaganda actually forced people to be more cautious about the news they consume? Meanwhile, the result in Greece is alarming. ec.europa.eu/eurostat/dat...
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Panayote Dimitras @panayote.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
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Ikea wins right to launch legal action against Belgian far-right party
EU’s highest court allows Swedish furniture firm to begin proceedings after Vlaams Belang used its trademarks in immigration campaign
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Tineke Strik @tinekestrik.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
The Flamingo revolution in Albania, where thousands of citizens demonstrate every day to protect their nature against huge luxury resorts, is getting more and more support abroad. On 12 September demonstration in Brussels, on 15 September debate in Amsterdam. Take part! dezwijger.nl/programma/th...
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Saskia Bricmont @saskiabricmont.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Glaçant. Reprendre sa réthorique -menace du migrant, expulsion de sans papiers- normalise sa doctrine nazie et lui sert, avec un leader pour faire bonne figure. Glaçant. Remplacez migrant ou sans papier par juif, et leader par Hitler. @cducsueuropa.bsky.social @eppgroup.bsky.social tirez la leçon?
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Panayote Dimitras @panayote.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
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X/Twitter tolerates Holocaust denial/”Holohoax” posts – all 1006 June 2026 “Holohoax” posts removed only after thousands of GHM reports
Greek Helsinki Monitor (GHM), in its capacity as a trusted partner of X (formerly Twitter), has been reporting inter alia Holocaust denial posts. In the period from December 2024 through May 2026, …
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Sophie in't Veld @sophieintveld.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Proposals for a B-status for new EU members by way “of Orban-Prevention-Clause” are grossly misguided. Lady Justice must keep her blindfold. No country is immune to rule of law backsliding. We need radical institutional reform, not two-tier Europe. My blog: sophieintveld.substack.com/p/lady-justi...
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Lady Justice must remain blindfolded
Why an Orban-Prevention-Clause for new EU member states is grossly misguided
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Vas Panagiotopoulos @vaspanagiotopoulos.com · 02/09/2026
🇬🇷Greece’s wiretapping scandal took a new turn on Tuesday after an active high-ranking officer in the country’s intelligence service EYP filed criminal charges against four business executives linked to the #spyware developer Intellexa for espionage. www.ekathimerini.com/news/1313941...
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High-ranking spy agency officer targets Intellexa execs over illegal wiretapping | eKathimerini.com
Greece’s wiretapping scandal took a new turn on Tuesday after an active high-ranking officer in the country’s intelligence service EYP filed criminal charges against four business executives linked to...
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Panayote Dimitras @panayote.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
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MapQuest app reaches No 1 on US Apple list after defying Trump’s Lake Ontario order
Navigating app surpasses Google and Apple Maps on top-downloaded US chart after posting ‘we’re not changing it’
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Sotiropoulos @sotiropoulos.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
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Panayote Dimitras @panayote.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
MUST WATCH "Lake Ontario...some things will never change, Lake Ontario, some things can't be rearranged...Lake Ontario, not even by an Orange Bozo, it's STILL, Lake ONTARIO!" x.com/sarrah_bellu...
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Sarrah Bellus (@sarrah_bellus) on X
Lake Ontario...some things will never change, Lake Ontario, some things can't be rearranged...Lake Ontario, not even by an Orange Bozo, it's STILL, Lake ONTARIO!
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Panayote Dimitras @panayote.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Εκπληκτική "δημοσιογραφία" και επιλεκτική αναφορά σε "σφαγές" - Η λέξη "Γάζα" δεν υπάρχει στη συνέντευξη (ούτε και η λέξη "γενοκτονία" φυσικά). Ο τίτλος βέβαια είναι ακριβής. tomanifesto.gr/biktor-eliez...
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Βίκτωρ Ελιέζερ στο «Μανιφέστο»: Κάποιοι σκόπιμα σιωπούν για τη σφαγή Ισραηλινών από τη Χαµάς
Καμπανάκι κινδύνου για την έξαρση του αντισημιτισμού στην Ελλάδα χτυπά, με μια αποκαλυπτική συνέντευξή του στο «Μανιφέστο», ο επικεφαλής επικοινωνίας και γγ του ΚΙΣΕ, Βίκτωρ Ισαάκ Ελιέζερ.
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Vassilis Tsarnas @vassilistsarnas.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
#Greece's Christian #Orthodox "Holy Synod" will honor Former Metropolitan Amvrosios who was definitively convicted for homophobic hate speech for inciting violence against #LGBTI+ ppl in 2020 & had publicly supported #Nazi Golden Dawn (a convicted criminal gang). *image: G.Galitis
Amvrosios, wearing a swastika as a cross, says "I thank the Holy Synod for the cross they honor me with, but I got mine".
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Panayote Dimitras @panayote.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
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The Limited Impact of Rights-Affirming ECtHR Judgments: Contesting Non-Execution in Migration and Border Control Case Law [quoting GHM communications]
Abstract This article examines the execution of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights as a site of legal and political contestation, in the context of migration and border control. It int…
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Panayote Dimitras @panayote.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
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The Normalisation of Neo-Fascism: Anti-Roma Racism at the Heart of Europe's Far-Right Surge - European Roma Rights Centre
By Bernard Rorke Academic discussions about the inexorable rise of the far-right in Europe routinely overlook ...
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