Human Rights Watch: Hate on the Streets – Xenophobic Violence in Greece

The 99-page report documents the failure of the police and the judiciary to prevent and punish rising attacks on migrants. Despite clear patterns to the violence and evidence that it is increasing, the police have failed to respond effectively to protect victims and hold perpetrators to account, Human Rights Watch found. Authorities have yet to develop a preventive policing strategy, while victims are discouraged from filing official complaints. No one has been convicted under Greece’s 2008 hate crime statute. [more…]

Human Rights: Police in Greece published on You Tube in April 2012

wirtschaftfacts.de: Griechenland: Hetzjagd auf Ausländer voll im Gang

Nicht nur in Griechenland ansässige Menschenrechtsverbände, sondern auch die internationale Organisation Human Rights Watch berichten über hunderte von tätlichen Angriffen auf mehrheitlich asiatisch-stämmige Migranten in den letzten drei Monaten. [mehr…]