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Greece: Peaceful protestors and journalists injured by dangerous police tacticsAmnesty International's new report, Protests are not battlefields: Patterns of unlawful use of force by police and impunity in Greece, finds that Greek police frequently use unnecessary and excessive force against peaceful protesters and journalists resulting in serious physical and psychological injuries.
04 Jun 2026 Press release -
Greece: Seán Binder acquitted of all chargesGreece: Seán Binder acquitted of all charges
15 Jan 2026 Press release -
Greece: One year on from the Pylos shipwreck, Coast Guard's role must be properly investigatedSerious allegations that a Hellenic Coast Guard patrol boat caused the trawler to capsize
13 Jun 2024 Press release -
Greece: Six months on deadly shipwreck survivors still denied justice
Greek authorities failed to mobilise appropriate resources for a rescue
14 Dec 2023 Press release -
Greece: Deaths of suspected refugees and migrants in Evros wildfires are 'two great injustices of our time'The fires have fuelled racist rhetoric and abuses against migrants and refugees
23 Aug 2023 Press release -
Greece: Deadly shipwreck investigations must provide 'truth and justice' for survivorsConcerns over Greece’s longstanding failure to ensure accountability on violent and unlawful pushbacks at its border
03 Aug 2023 Press release -
Greece: 'Questions demand answers' from catastrophic shipwreck in the Mediterranean
Urgent need for safe and legal routes in Europe
16 Jun 2023 Press release -
Greece: prosecution appeal prolongs ordeal of Seán Binder and Sarah Mardini16 May 2023 Press release
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Greece: Authorities must 'drop all charges' against refugee rescue volunteers13 Jan 2023 Press release -
Greece: Authorities must drop 'farcical' trial of refugee rescue volunteers05 Jan 2023 Press release
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Greece: Acquittal of police officers in LGBTI activist killing 'beggars belief'Zak Kostopoulos, queer activist and drag artist, was brutally beaten by two men after entering a jewellery shop in central Athens
03 May 2022 Press release
