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No Shelter, No Protection: Afghan Asylum Seekers Struggle to Survive in Greece

Published on January 2, 2012 in Uncategorized. Closed Tags: , , , , , , , , .

I URGENTLY PRESENT THIS PLEA OF HOPE FOR THESE REFUGEES IN ATHENS. ALL HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS, PLEASE PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO THIS CRISIS!
Friday 30 December 2011, article by Basir Ahang in Kabulpress

Afghan refugees in Athens


Within the sprawling city of Athens, Greece, Victoria Park resembles a war front camp. Close to a thousand Afghan asylum seekers, many are children, now call this park home. Hoping to put the struggles of a war torn homeland behind them, they left Afghanistan to find security. Sadly, the hunger, homelessness, cruelty and desperation has followed them on their path.
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Another Afghan refugee became a victim of racist violence in Athens on December 27, 2011

Published on December 29, 2011 in Uncategorized. Closed Tags: , , , , .

The victim of the racist attack of December 27 had to be hospitalised

As the Afghan Committee of Greece announced:

Another Afghan compatriot of ours became a victim of a racist attack.
The attack happened on December 27, 2011 in the night in the area of St. Panteleimon Church and by a group of six. They attacked two Afghans who just happened to pass by. They started beating them with bottles. One of the Afghans could escape, the other not. When the one who could escape returned to look after his friend he found him lying on the street with blood running from his head and filling all the place around him. After a little while the victim was transferred to the hospital.
Within one week this is the second incident of racist violence that was registered. The last one had occurred on December 23, 2011 again with one person being severely injured. This kind of attacks meanwhile have become daily in this area and other areas of Athens. The question is until when will that last? Instead of protecting asylum seekers the Greek Police, as we have noticed, is doing the opposite. We believe that the UNHCR but also other organisations and communities and each of us should help to stop the racist attacks. We from the Afghan Committee try to give the victims voice a voice. We want the stabbers to be finally sentenced. For exactly this reason we need to be present at the court case that was postponed to January 12, 2012!

Vice-President of Afghan Community attacked by racists in Athens

Published on December 25, 2011 in Uncategorized. Closed Tags: , , , , .

On the night of December 23, 2011 Safar Haydary, vice-president of the Afghan Community (Noor) in Greece and another three Afghans were attacked by a group of 15 members of the extreme right group Golden Dawn. They had been near by St. Panteleimon Church, an area where many refugees and migrants live and where racist attacks have become the sad picture of daily life. Mr. Haydary was severely injured. For one more time the police while being close to the incident did not do anything.

The vice-president of the Afghan Community Noor after the beating


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The Trial about the torture of Afghan refugees by police officers from St. Panteleimonas ended

Published on December 20, 2011 in Uncategorized. Closed Tags: , , , , , , , .

Press Release
Athens, 20/12/2011

The trial of the police officers from St. Panteleimonas about the case of torture ended

Today the Mixed Jury Criminal Court of Athens, which hears felonies in the first degree, sentenced two policemen (one of them already left the police force), for the sensational torture case of Afghan refugees by officers of the St. Panteleimon police station (in December 2004) to 5 years and 5 years plus 5 months respectively. The trial had started on 21.10.2011 and ended on December 20, 2011.

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more racist assaults and attacks….

Published on December 17, 2011 in Uncategorized. Closed Tags: , , , , , , .

As reported by different antiracist groups, the around 140 Afghans and Pakistanis living and working in Timbaki, Crete, experience for a long period repeated racist assaults by a group of 10-15 fascists. The fascists threaten them telling them to not only leave Crete but also Greece.

Greek news

Meanwhile, during the court case of the 16th December against the marines who were shouting racist slogans last year another group of 10 fascists was attacking migrants who were simply passing by in the area close to the court in Piraeus.

indymedia in greek

Greece: Rare Hate Crime Trial Opens

Published on December 12, 2011 in Uncategorized. Closed Tags: , , , , , .

Human Rights Watch says: Comprehensive Action Needed to Tackle Wave of Racist Violence
DECEMBER 12, 2011

The prosecution of this vicious attack sends an important message, but it is the tip of the iceberg. If the authorities responded properly to racist violence, this trial would be one of many instead of a rarity.
Judith Sunderland, senior Western Europe researcher
Link (english)
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Demonstration in front of the court of Athens (Evelpidon) on the 12th of December 9am: Case of Racist attacks against migrants

Published on November 25, 2011 in Uncategorized. Closed Tags: , , , .


Invitation for the protest against the fascists in greek

Patras: Migrants suffer from Repression and merely survive in the cold of the winter

Published on November 25, 2011 in Uncategorized. Closed Tags: , , , , , , .

The new port in Patras has attracted sans-papier who were trying to move on to Italy and were living already in Patras to move their provisory housing closer to it. The “migration map” in town has changed together with the port of Patras. Now, the new housing areas for sans-papiers near to the new port become the battlefield where the police and other anti-immigrant groups repress and attack them. They beat them, they burn their belongings – clothes and blankets, they take away their temporary residence permits without any reason and they expulse them from the ruins where they found provisory shelter under humiliating living conditions.

A local TV-Channel that had been taking an anti-immigrant position since the early years of Patras as transit hub for migrants reported about one of the new shelters of sans-papiers in Patras. The propaganda made is overestimating the numbers of sans-papiers in town and creating a new target by showing one specific place of shelter.

The sans-papiers in Patras fall victim to racism and police violence on a daily basis. They suffer from cold and rain being homeless. There is a need in creating sustainable and human solutions instead of targeting and punishing the sans-papiers in town.

Member of LAOS (extreme right party) demands new mines for Evros to stop migration

Published on September 30, 2011 in Uncategorized. Closed Tags: , , .

Andonis Georgiadis, congreeman of the extreme right party LAOS demanded to re-instal mines in the area of Evros in order to stop migration.

Close the borders so that nobody enters. Some years ago we had mine fields. It was declared as not acceptable. We took them out. I would say, we should put them back. With big signs warning the ones who want to enter that there are mines. If we want to protect our country!

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video about one of the fascist militant vigilantes of the neighbourhood of St. Panteleimonas

Published on September 26, 2011 in Uncategorized. Closed Tags: , , , , , .

T. Skordelis is one of the three fascists charged before the court for the violent attack on and Afghan refugee that occurred on the 16th of September. This is video is a collection of video material on her fascist involvement.