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Authorities struggle with islanders' resistance to closed centres for migrants
PoliticsGreek Politicsa backdrop of protests on Lesvos and Chios, where the government despatched 500 riot police... requiring medical attention for breathing problems or injuries from police batons. The police confiscated... to speak to us but sent the riot police, showing disregard for our life, our villages and our problems
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Landmark Golden Dawn verdict welcomed by parties, obscuring underlying divisions
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe divide over Golden Dawn and its trial was exacerbated on Wednesday, when riot police fired tear.... However, the crowd dispersed within seconds of the court’s verdict being announced as riot police moved... by the police. This was certainly how left-wing politicians interpreted events. The leader of MERa25, Yiannis
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Uprising anniversary marked by grandstanding and clashes
PoliticsGreek Politicsturned into a fiasco and ended in clashes between police and demonstrators. Via the police chief, New... held a sit-down protest in front of a cordon of police officers, while SYRIZA MPs and officials... angered that they had managed to catch the police by surprise when they appeared outside the US Embassy
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Protests and policing shake up political agenda as early election scenarios resurface
PoliticsGreek PoliticsThe controversy over growing protests and the reaction of the police continued over the three-day... spiralling into localised riots and violence against police, the parliamentary debate appears to have... which followed. The backlash forced Mitsotakis to condemn the actions of the police, alongside those
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Relaxation of lockdown considered despite worrying Covid data
PoliticsGreek Politicsbecause of the recent social unrest related to police brutality. The latter is apparently being... opinion poll by ProRata highlighted the prevalence of negative views about the Greek police but also indicated that many voters think the government handled the complaints of police brutality badly
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Newsletter 289 - 19/03/2021
because of the recent social unrest related to police brutality. The latter is apparently being... the Greek police but also indicated that many voters think the government handled the complaints of police brutality badly. According to the survey, 44% of respondents think the Greek police performs its
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A quarter-pounder democracy
Agorawas a moment for Greece’s police and judiciary to announce their return to active duty. The swiftness... of delay, ineptitude and complicity. An honest police force, a robust judiciary and, above all..., Panagiotaros and Michos threatened journalists on the doorstep of the Greek police’s headquarters. Police
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ND moves ahead with bill on street protests amid ideological clash with SYRIZA
PoliticsGreek Politicswas discussed. According to reports, the would-be legislation will give the police the right to restrict... of the police, SYRIZA’s reaction to the government’s proposals may be exactly what ND is hoping... continued flagging up what it believes are cases of improper behaviour by the police. The latest
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Anniversary of Polytechnic uprising unites left against ND clampdown on gatherings
PoliticsGreek Politicsa nine-person delegation to the Polytechnic and invited PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis to send the police... of Police announced a three-day ban on public gatherings of over three people coinciding with the Polytechnic anniversary, while a series of police raids on university campuses resulted in 92 arrests
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Political world unites behind victims of sex abuse, but remains divided over policing proposals
PoliticsGreek Politicsof university campuses and public transport. A bill proposing the creation of campus police units under the direction of the national police force has given rise to strong opposition by parties on the left... their self-governing status. A similar government proposal for the creation of a transport police
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