Police Brutality

An award-winning American photojournalist reported an attack by a member of the Greek riot police (MAT) on Monday night in Exarchia, Athens. The photojournalist was on the scene covering events unfolding at the time on Strefi Hill, where residents...

Greek police have identified at least 30 officers who are implicated in an illegal citizenship racket, it was revealed on Wednesday. Following a months-long investigation, the officers are said to have provided foreign nationals with illegal citizenship papers and identification...

Police brutality is coming to the fore again in Greece as a Greek citizen filed a lawsuit on Friday against the police anti-terrorism unit.

Charges filed against a Greek policeman who bit, beat, stripped, handcuffed and abandoned a man in an uninhabited area in central Greece.

The murder of George Floyd by police officer Derek Chauvin in Minneapolis one year ago today sent shock waves around the world.

Athens police have now been assigned bodycams after their use of batons on protestors at a demonstration over Covid-19 restrictions.

Greek Prime Minister Mitsotakis decried the influence of social media, especially with the youth, saying it was “bad for our democracy.”

Police have arrested a suspect over the brutal attack at a police officer during the riot in the Athens suburb of Nea Smyrni on Tuesday evening.

Greek political parties condemned the senseless violence that broke out in Athens which resulted in a serious injury to a police officer.

A massive demonstration of nearly 6,000 people against police brutality has resulted in violent clashes between police and protesters.