police violence
Crime
Greek Police Shoot Dead Young Roma; Protests Erupt Near Athens
Greek police shot and killed a 20-year-old Roma man early Saturday morning. The shooting took place following a car chase in the suburb of Perama, west of Athens. A 15-year-old was also injured, and another teenager ran from the...
Greece
Greek PM Apologizes for Police Violence; Bodycams on Officers
Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis apologized on Friday to victims of police violence and announced that bodycams will be installed on officers.
Greek News
Video of Greek Police Beating Citizen Causes Political Firestorm
The video of Greek police beating a man on Sunday in an Athens square that went viral on social media sparked public outrage
Greece
Greek Prosecutor Orders Probe into Alleged Police Brutality (video)
The chief prosecutor of Athens' district courts on Thursday ordered an emergency preliminary investigation over reports of police violence during operations to evacuate squats in the district of Koukaki.
In an operation on Wednesday morning, Dimitris Indares, a Greek filmmaker,...
Greece
Greece Ranks 91st in World Press Freedom Index
Greece ranked 91st in the annual Reporters Without Borders World Press Freedom Index 2015, which is a step up compared to last year when the country was ranked in 99th place. The World Press Freedom Index ranks the performance...