Nils Muiznieks
Crime
Greece Probes Boat Sinking Abuse Charges
Merchant Marine Minister Militadis Varvitsiotis has denied accusations by migrants who survived the capsizing of a boat full of immigrants that it was being dragged back to Turkey at full speed, not to safety, and that Coast Guard officials...
Greece
Council of Europe Asks Greece to Stop Collective Expulsions of Immigrants
Nils Muiznieks, Europe's Council Commissioner for Human Rights has complained about Greece's migrant policy and has asked Greek authorities to end the collective expulsions of immigrants.
The council's official website hosted a letter sent by the commissioner to the Greek Public Order...
Greece
US and EC Pressed for Golden Dawn MPs’ Arrests
Former Minister of Justice Antonis Roupakiotis sees political considerations behind the arrests of the Golden Dawn leadership.
Talking to the TV network SKAI, the former Justice Minister supported that the persecution of Golden Dawn MP's was dictated by the USA...
Crime
Outrage Grows Over Migrant Workers Shooting
Faced with growing anger over the shooting of immigrant workers in Greece who were shot by a supervisor after they complained about not being paid for six months, the government criticized what it called an "unprecedented and devastating" incident.
“The...