Violence and harassment in Greece
Recent stories
Demonstration against anti-Albanian racial violence
Around 3,000 anti-racists and immigrants took to the streets of Athens on 9 September to protest at violent clashes involving right-wing groups which followed Greece's football defeat by Albania on the previous Saturday.
11 September 2004 (106 words)
ECRI reports on racism
ECRI reports stereotypes, prejudices and incidences of discrimination targeting members of minority groups, particularly the Roma community and minority religious groups, as well as immigrants.
8 June 2004 (68 words)
Gypsies attacked in Athens
Dozens of ethnic Greeks from the former Soviet Union attacked a Gypsy settlement in Aspropyrgos on the north-western outskirts of Athens.
4 February 2004 (91 words)
Poll reveals high level of racism
A recent European Social Survey revealed that Greek people showed the highest levels of xenophobia in Europe.
11 November 2003 (179 words)
Piraeus: Pakistanis attacked
Two Pakistanis were injured during a racist rampage by a motorcycle gang in Piraeus, according to police.
5 November 2003 (69 words)
Ioannina: Jewish cemetery desecration
A Foreign Ministry spokesman condemned the desecration of a Holocaust memorial in the Jewish cemetery of the northwestern town of Ioannina, the previous week.
16 October 2003 (62 words)
Cephalonia: allegations of anti-Roma violence
A judge has filed a complaint with the ombudsman after four young Romani men were arbitrarily arrested, detained and allegedly beaten in August 2001.
1 August 2002 (61 words)
Education and policing - main issues facing the Roma
The ERRC has accused Greece of ignoring the educational needs of Roma and holding the worst record in east and central Europe in this respect.
1 October 1998 (206 words)
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