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Vassilis Tsarnas

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Greek Helsinki Monitor & Humanist Union of Greece Researching: human rights / minority rights / discrimination / hate speech / free speech / secularism / police violence / far-right / rule of law Queer 🌈🌈🌈

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Vassilis Tsarnas @vassilistsarnas.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
The students occupied the school in solidarity with their classmate.The professor has reportedly faced administrative inquiries four times before, including over allegations of disability-related bias. 2/ www.rosa.gr/koinonia/rat...
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Ρατσιστική επίθεση εις βάρος μαθήτριας γυμνασίου στο Ηράκλειο Αττικής από καθηγήτρια του σχολείου
Σε κατάληψη προχώρησαν οι μαθητές του 6ου Γυμνασίου Ηρακλείου Αττικής, μετά από περιστατικό ρατσιστικής επίθεσης σε βάρος 13χρονης.
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Vassilis Tsarnas @vassilistsarnas.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
#Greece: “You are Black... Go back to your country.” These are the words a professor at a junior high school in Athens reportedly said to a 13-year-old student of Kenyan descent before snatching a packet of chips from her hands, throwing it to the ground, and ordering her to pick it up. 1/
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Nobel Prize @nobelprize.org · 09/10/2026
BREAKING NEWS The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize to Navanethem “Navi” Pillay for her efforts to promote peace and international law.
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Akritas Kaidatzis @akritaskaidatzis.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The Greek government offering an authoritarian and imperialistic government a universal symbol of democracy to use it as a prop is probably the saddest among the many horrendous things they've done
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Vassilis Tsarnas @vassilistsarnas.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
#Greece: 10 days after Ilias Kasidiaris, a former Golden Dawn spox who was recently supported as "a political prisoner" by Elon Musk, was released from prison, 2 Neo-nazis stabbed an anti-fascist in Elefsina, sending him to hospital‼️ via @brunotersago.bsky.social www.news247.gr/ellada/maxai...
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Vassilis Tsarnas @vassilistsarnas.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
📣 Please sign!! We call for Equal pensions for #immigrants living in #Greece. Fight #discrimination and structural racism‼️ secure.avaaz.org/community_pe...
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Vassilis Tsarnas @vassilistsarnas.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Rubio Hails ‘Unapologetic Pursuit Of National Power’ In Nationalist Speech At Acropolis #FarRight #Greece malaysia.news.yahoo.com/rubio-hails-...
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Rubio Hails ‘Unapologetic Pursuit Of National Power’ In Nationalist Speech At Acropolis
Embracing overt nativism, Rubio called for a return to the “essential traits” of Western civilization.
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Vassilis Tsarnas @vassilistsarnas.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Update: trial postponed for 6 April 2027
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Vassilis Tsarnas @vassilistsarnas.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
“The upcoming trial of P. Dimitras & T. Olsen is a blatant attempt to criminalize & silence their legitimate human rights work” said @evacosse.bsky.social, s.Europe researcher at @hrw.org. “Prosecutors should drop this politically motivated case (...) once and for all” 2/ www.hrw.org/news/2026/10...
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Vassilis Tsarnas @vassilistsarnas.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
“The upcoming trial of @panayote.bsky.social & T.Olsen is a blatant attempt to criminalize & silence their legitimate human rights work” said @evacosse.bsky.social, s.Europe researcher at @hrw.org. “Prosecutors should drop this politically motivated case.. once & for all” www.hrw.org/news/2026/10...
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Capybara @chiguire79.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Μια συνάδελφος μου είπε την ιστορία του μπαμπά της που διώχτηκε από την Πόλη με τα γεγονότα του '64. Κάποτε την επισκέφτηκε με τα παιδιά του. Ο γιος του έμοιαζε πάρα πολύ. Ήταν όπως αυτός μικρός. Η παλιά Τουρκάλα γειτόνισσά του, που είχε πάθει γεροντική άνοια είδε το παιδί και νόμισε ότι είναι>
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Vassilis Tsarnas @vassilistsarnas.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
📣 #Greece: #HumanRightsDefenders T. Olsen & @panayote.bsky.social on trial (6/10/26) "The criminal charges are a gross misuse of anti-smuggling legislation & are not backed by evidence. Both are being targeted for their work documenting serious human rights violations against migrants & #RefugeesGr"
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Vassilis Tsarnas @vassilistsarnas.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Χεχε ναι (Λένιν ηθελε)
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Vassilis Tsarnas @vassilistsarnas.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Μου έχουν ζητησει στη δουλεια το "και τωρα τι κάνουμε?" και σκέφτηκα τον Ρουβά
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Unofficial BBCNews (World) Bot @bbcnews-world-rss.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
German town bans stumbling stone memorials to Nazi victims
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German town bans stumbling stone memorials to Nazi victims
Germany's education minister has branded the ban on the small brass memorial plaques a "scandal".
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 26/09/2026
Amazing detail in this @wsj article about Kimberly Guilfoyle, US ambassador to Greece: she told a Greek minister, in a conversation about the collapse of the Romanian government,“We can do that to any country we want. We can do that here." www.wsj.com/articles/kim...
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The Mystery Man Shadowing Kimberly Guilfoyle as She Pushes Deals Across Europe
Christos Marafatsos works as an energy lobbyist while also closely advising the U.S. ambassador to Greece.
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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
"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
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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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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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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Vassilis Tsarnas @vassilistsarnas.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
In case there is still some weirdo out there not noticing that trumpism is directing the #US and the world straight to #fascism #FarRight @odihr.pl: "ODIHR & OSCE Parliamentary Assembly regret the absence of invitation to observe U.S. mid-term elections": buff.ly/LJN7rbH x.com/osce_odihr/s...
Same text by osce on X
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Vassilis Tsarnas @vassilistsarnas.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
*Gianna Kourtovik
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Vassilis Tsarnas @vassilistsarnas.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Melliou v. #Greece The #ECtHR found a violation of Article 3. M. is a photojournalist, brought in, w/out arrest, after photographing police license plates and subjected to a vindictive and degrading full strip search. Congrats to lawyer. Kourtovik who represented her! #PressFreedom shorturl.at/Y0yjz
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Vassilis Tsarnas @vassilistsarnas.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
📣 We call on Greek authorities to guarantee a fair appeal process." bit.ly/4hh1d2q #HumanRightsDefenders #FairTrial x.com/omctorg/stat... 2/2
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Greece: Conviction of Gregory Vallianatos, co-founder of Greek…
The World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) has been informed of the conviction and sentencing of Gregory Vallianatos , co-founder of its Network Member…
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Vassilis Tsarnas @vassilistsarnas.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
#Greece @omct.social: "On 23/9, Gregory Vallianatos, co-founder of Greek Helsinki Monitor, will face an appeal hearing on charges of “concurrent aggravated defamation” for characterising the Centre for the Treatment of #Addicted Persons' (KETHEA) rehabilitation methods as inhuman. #torture 1/2
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RSA - Refugee Support Aegean @rsaegean.org · 17/09/2026
📣 Breaking 📣 The main tenets of the Greek legal framework on the NGO #Registry of the Ministry of #Migration and #Asylum were declared unconstitutional by the Plenary of the Greek Council of State. 👇 rsaegean.org/en/ngo-regis... (1/9)
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
A sign of the times: Likud has no problem whatsoever recognizing and offering fraternal support to other fascist parties, starting with Austria's FPÖ, which was founded by a group of SS officers.
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'Historic turning point' • Israel moves toward recognizing Austrian party founded by former Nazis
The Austrian Freedom Party's leader gave a speech backing Israel's right-wing agenda that was welcomed by members of the Israeli government. Austria's established Jewish community vehemently rejects t...
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Vassilis Tsarnas @vassilistsarnas.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
2/ www.ekathimerini.com/news/1315584...
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Fewer migrants reaching Europe by sea but more are dying, IOM warns | eKathimerini.com
Significantly fewer migrants are reaching Europe by sea this year, but more are dying as people take increasingly dangerous journeys to reach the continent, the U.N. migration agency warned Thursday.
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Vassilis Tsarnas @vassilistsarnas.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
"In #Greece, arrivals were down by roughly 5,000 but deaths were up by 47%. That’s in part because more & more #migrants are trying to reach Crete from Eastern Libya, a longer & more dangerous sea route than crossing the Aegean" “Nearly every death.. at sea is preventable,” said IOM’s Director" 1/
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Fewer migrants reaching Europe by sea but more are dying, IOM warns | eKathimerini.com
Significantly fewer migrants are reaching Europe by sea this year, but more are dying as people take increasingly dangerous journeys to reach the continent, the U.N. migration agency warned Thursday.
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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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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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Vassilis Tsarnas @vassilistsarnas.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
#Greece: Parliamentary Question by the New Left party @newleftgr.bsky.social on the Racist Targeting of #Roma by the 🇬🇷 Police. We thank the New Left for tabling this question, following a Greek Helsinki Monitor request. #antigypsyism #RomaLivesMatter racistcrimeswatch.wordpress.com/2026/09/10/2...
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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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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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Gerald Friedman @gfriedma.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
They are, and I am, appalled and frightened www.haaretz.com/world-news/e...
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German Jews 'appalled' by historic AfD win as Israel avoids direct condemnation
While a German Jewish establishment leader said the far-right's result in Saxony-Anhalt was 'something I couldn't have imagined in my worst nightmares,' Israel's envoy in Berlin called for a political...
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Vassilis Tsarnas @vassilistsarnas.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Article in Greek: 2/ ‼️ www.efsyn.gr/ellada/14556...
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Η Ιερά Σύνοδος θα τιμήσει τον ακραίο πρώην μητροπολίτη Αιγιαλείας Αμβρόσιο
Η απόφαση ελήφθη από την 169η Διαρκή Ιερά Σύνοδο υπό την προεδρία του αρχιεπισκόπου Αθηνών Ιερωνύμου, και η απονομή της διάκρισης έχει προγραμματιστεί να πραγματοποιηθεί κατά τη συνεδρίαση της ιεραρχί...
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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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Nektaria Stamouli @nstamouli.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
#Greece sabotages its own plans to reverse the brain drain of scientists Athens is trying to lure back researchers after an exodus during the financial crisis, but a major #EU-backed scheme has fallen apart. www.politico.eu/article/gree...
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Greece sabotages its own plans to reverse the brain drain of scientists
Athens is trying to lure back researchers after an exodus during the financial crisis, but a major EU-backed scheme has fallen apart.
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Anti-Fascism and Far Right @ffrafaction.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Trump’s justice department arrests expert on far right as part of SPLC crackdown Prosecutors charge Heidi Beirich with financial crimes as part of case against the Southern Poverty Law Center www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Trump’s justice department arrests expert on far right as part of SPLC crackdown
Prosecutors charge Heidi Beirich with financial crimes as part of case against the Southern Poverty Law Center
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Vassilis Tsarnas @vassilistsarnas.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Acc. to #FarRight Breitbart: "During Trump’s 2nd term in office, there has perhaps been no major ally of the US more closely aligned with what the president is trying to do as much as #Greece." EU press stll labels 🇬🇷 gov't as "center-right". Who, do you think, is the real moron? archive.is/QjPQk
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Vassilis Tsarnas @vassilistsarnas.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Greek Helsinki Monitor Communication with the Council of Europe in pushback case A.R.E. v. #Greece #PushBacks #RefugeesGr
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Vassilis Tsarnas @vassilistsarnas.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
#Greece: Two Brazilian women were attacked by three men on Sunday, July 19, in the Old Town of Rhodes. One of them is #trans and they broke her teeth‼️ Her friend was also injured and the perpetrators were arrested. #transphobia #hatecrimes www.thetoc.gr/koinwnia/art...
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Ρόδος: Τρεις άνδρες επιτέθηκαν σε τρανς αλλοδαπή στην Μεσαιωνική Πόλη - Της έσπασαν τα δόντια
Επίθεση από τρεις άνδρες κατήγγειλαν ότι δέχθηκαν τα ξημερώματα της Κυριακής, δύο γυναίκες από τη Βραζιλία στη Μεσαιωνική Πόλη της Ρόδου
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Vassilis Tsarnas @vassilistsarnas.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
#Greece: "Criminalisation of seeking asylum: The 1st month of implementation of the New Pact on Migration & Asylum has been marked by arbitrary arrest, detention & criminalisation of #refugees, collapse of procedures, & suspension of registration of asylum applications" rsaegean.org/en/eu-migrat...
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EU Migration Pact: asylum breakdown and arbitrary detention
RSA documents the breakdown of asylum procedures, suspended registrations and arbitrary detention of refugees during the first month of the EU Migration Pact.
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Panayote Dimitras @panayote.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
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“Golden Dawn members’ accounts suspended as ‘hate speech'”
These accounts, mentioned by Golden Dawn, are being suspended only after reports by Greek Helsinki Monitor as a trusted partner of X, Meta and TikTok over the last five years. 19 July 2026″Go…
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Vassilis Tsarnas @vassilistsarnas.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
#ElonMusk questions imprisonment of #Nazi ex-Golden Dawn figure Kasidiaris who is imprisoned as a leader of a paramilitary criminal organization killing & injuring #migrants & political opponents. And there are still people questioning Musk's ideology... www.ekathimerini.com/politics/130...
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Musk questions imprisonment of ex-Golden Dawn figure Kasidiaris | eKathimerini.com
Elon Musk has criticized the continued imprisonment of former Golden Dawn spokesman Ilias Kasidiaris after reposting a message claiming his detention undermines freedom of political expression.
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Vassilis Tsarnas @vassilistsarnas.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
"The EU Prosecutor's Office is investigating the use of EU funds allocated for migrant food services & the construction of accommodation facilities in #Greece (...) investigators recently searched the offices of the Ministry of Migration and Asylum." #RefugeesGr www.ekathimerini.com/politics/130...
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EU Prosecutor’s Office probes migrant food funding and shelter construction contracts in Greece | eKathimerini.com
The European Public Prosecutor’s Office is investigating the use of European Union funds allocated for migrant food services and the construction of accommodation facilities in Greece.
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Rapporteur @euractiv.com · 16/07/2026
EU prosecutor brings criminal charges against four Greek MPs
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EU prosecutor brings criminal charges against four Greek MPs
The new cases come amid speculation about snap elections
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Vas Panagiotopoulos @vaspanagiotopoulos.com · 14/07/2026
To Vima reports that for the first time, Intellexa founder Tal Dilian has stated in a court filing that he personally sold Predator #spyware to 🇬🇷Greek state authorities, while maintaining the sale was lawful. www.tovima.com/society/dili...
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Dilian's Court Filing Admits Selling Predator to Greece - tovima.com
Intellexa founder, Tal Dilian's lawyer claims in Israeli lawsuit that his sale of the spyware to Greek state authorities was entirely legal
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Vassilis Tsarnas @vassilistsarnas.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
#Greece: A 20-year-old Greek-Russian man who was shot 7 times in the head by the police in a car chase on 7/7, has passed away. He was on the autism spectrum (89% #disability). The killers called him Turkish. The culture of impunity has emboldened the 🇬🇷 police‼️ #HateCrimes #PoliceViolence
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Commissioner for Human Rights @commissionerhr.coe.int · 07/07/2026
I intervened in the case of Nikoleta Zereliga and Others v. Greece concerning the #HumanRights of Roma communities living in an informal settlement. I consider that eviction, or the risk of an eviction, without providing alternative housing, can disproportionately jeopardise their rights. 1/2
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Council of Europe Commissioner intervenes in ECtHR case on the risk of eviction of a Roma settlement in Greece - Commissioner for Human Rights - www.coe.int
Strasbourg 7 July 2026
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