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Alerts - Greece

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Greece

TV journalist attacked, injured

"They had me on the ground and were beating me. . . I can say with absolute certainty that they knew I was a journalist," said Konstantinos Bogdanos, who sustained a head injury and broken hand in the attack.

Greece

Riot police deliberately attack journalists covering street demonstrations

Photographer Marios Lolos was hit on the head by riot police and underwent emergency surgery to his skull as a result.

Greece

IPI hopes court of appeal will reconsider excessive fines against two weekly Turkish papers

The fines against "Gundum" and "Millet" are so high that if convicted, the papers will be forced to close and the journalists might end up in prison.

Germany / Greece

Greek criminal case against German journalists sparks concern

A case was launched against the publisher of "FOCUS" magazine and several journalists after the German magazine criticised Greece over the debt crisis.

Greece

IPI condemns detention of two journalists in Florina

Goran Momirovski and Milena Gjorgjievska were detained in a street and held for two hours while police reviewed their filmed material in order to make sure no public buildings were filmed.

Greece

IPI condemns attack on SKAI TV in Piraeus

Representatives of taxi drivers' organisations, who have been protesting a decision to deregulate their profession, vented their anger against the TV channel.

Greece

Organisation claims responsibility for murder of journalist, threatens media

The rise of an organisation proclaiming its intention to "make blood flow", leaving "not a millimetre of safe refuge in the lives" of journalists, should set alarm bells ringing," IPI said.

Greece

Investigative reporter gunned down in Athens

Sokratis Giolias, director of the private radio station Thema 98.9 and contributor to the popular online news blog Troktikos, was about to publish results of an investigation into corruption.

Greece

Journalist on trial over article about Greek volunteers' role in Bosnian massacre

A criminal complaint was filed against journalist Takis Michas in July 2009.

Greece

IPI condemns series of attacks against journalists

In the most recent incident, sports reporters covering the AEK-Olympiakos Championship football match in Athens were violently beaten.

Greece

IFJ condemns outbreak of violence against media

The office of a journalists' union leader and the home of a union vice-president were targetted in separate bombings.

Greece

Publisher convicted of slandering GHM spokesperson

A publisher and managing director of an extreme right newspaper has been convicted of slandering GHM Spokesperson Panayote Dimitras.

Greece

Human rights defender refused entry into country

(GHM/IFEX) - On 2 May 2009, at the Greek-Albanian Kristallopigi (Florina) border crossing, 86-year old French citizen Jean (Iancu) Perifan was refused entry into Greece. He was given a refusal of entry note in Greek and Albanian (he speaks neither language) explaining that he was being refused entry because he was an "individual dangerous for national security".

Greece

Country's largest newspaper systematically attacks scholars, judges for views and rulings on minorities

(GHM/IFEX) - 2 May 2009 - The Greek Helsinki Monitor (GHM), on the occasion of tomorrow's World Press Freedom Day, denounces the abuse of press freedom by Greece's largest newspaper, which systematically attacks academics and European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) judges for views expressed or judgments issued that are perceived by the prevailing nationalist hysteria as "anti-Greek." What is even more condemnable is that absolutely no one has ever denounced that newspaper's attacks, not even the colleagues of those targeted.

Greece

Offices of "Apogevmatini" newspaper attacked by gang of masked men

(IFJ/IFEX) - The following is a 27 February 2009 IFJ media release:

Greece

Journalist Abdulhalim Dede attacked during live broadcast

(IPI/IFEX) - The following is a 25 February 2009 press release by the South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an IPI affiliate:

Greece

Gunmen open fire on private television station TV Alter

(IPI/IFEX) - The following is a press release by the South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an IPI affiliate:

Greece

Politician's advisor fired for advocating minority rights

(GHM/IFEX) - The following is a 9 November 2008 GHM press release:

Greece

Investigative journalist brutally assaulted

(GHM/IFEX) - The Greek Helsinki Monitor (GHM) condemns the 23 October 2008 assault on journalist Makis Nodaros, in his home town of Lechaina in Elia (Western Greece). The Elia regional correspondent for the Athens daily "Eleftherotypia", the Patras daily "Imera", the Patras television station Teletime, and the Patras radio station Radio Gamma, and also the host of a daily programme for the Elia radio station Ionian FM, was attacked by two unidentified men at around 11 a.m. (local time) on 23 October as he was returning home after his daily radio programme. They approached him, asked him if he was Makis Nodaros, and then punched and kicked him many times, even after he fell down and was bleeding. The two assailants tried to break his laptop, stole his mobile phone, and then fled on a motorcycle they had hidden near where the incident took place. He was offered first aid treatment at the regional medical center and was diagnosed with head, hand and foot wounds, and later returned home.

Greece

Macedonian journalists briefly detained while covering protest against army training site near Greek-Macedonian border

(IPI/IFEX) - The following is a 15 October 2008 press release by the South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an IPI affiliate:

United Kingdom / Greece

IPA condemns politically-motivated attacks on book publishers, bookshops in Athens, attempted firebombing of London-based publishing house

(IPA/IFEX) - The following is a joint IPA and International Booksellers Federation (IBF) press release:

Greece

Minority rights defenders face harassment, defamation and prosecution

(GHM/IFEX) - The following is an abridged 17 August 2008 GHM press release:

Greece

Macedonian journalists seeking to cover cultural event denied entry to country

(IPI/IFEX) - The following is a 21 July 2008 IPI letter to the Greek authorities:

Greece

Greek Helsinki Monitor under criminal investigation for denouncing anti-Semitic articles

(GHM/IFEX) - GHM is under criminal investigation following a complaint filed by a neo-Nazi who was convicted following a GHM complaint.

Greece

Rights activist harassed, threatened with death, after testifying in trial of Holocaust denier

(GHM/IFEX) - A prominent anti-racism activist who gave evidence in the trial of a Greek author who denies the Holocaust, has found himself the target of a hate campaign involving death threats being waged on the Internet.

Greece

ECHR challenges application of law on libel and defamation in case against radio journalist, programme coordinator

(IFJ/IFEX) - The following is a 20 July 2007 media release from the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ), an IFJ affiliate:

Greece

Draft media law contains provisions damaging to press freedom, says IPI

(IPI/IFEX) - The following is a 4 July 2007 letter by the South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an IPI affiliate, to Hellenic Parliament President Anna Benaki-Psarouda:

Greece

Two legal cases highlight on-going intimidation of the press; Rumi scholar acquitted of defamation charges

(GHM/IFEX) - The following is a GHM press release:

Greece

Journalist faces defamation charges; Rumi scholar appeals defamation sentence

(GHM/IFEX) - The following is an abridged version of a GHM press release:

Greece

Two journalists assaulted

(IPI/IFEX) - The following is a press release by the South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an IPI affiliate:

Greece

National Broadcasting Council shuts down radio station over satire programme

(IFJ/IFEX) - The following is a 3 November 2005 IFJ media release:

Greece

"Presstime" newspaper journalists charged after article criticising defence minister

(IFJ/IFEX) - The following is an IFJ media release:

Greece

Another sports journalist assaulted

(IPI/IFEX) - The following is a letter by the South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an IPI affiliate:

Greece

Newspaper censors article on Macedonian minority and language

(GHM/IFEX) - GHM condemns the censorship by the Greek daily newspaper "Makedonia" of an article on the banned Macedonian language in Greece that was to be published on 14 August 2005, in the regular Sunday column of writer Thanasis Triaridis.

Greece

Greek television stations censor Srebrenica atrocities video

(GHM/IFEX) - GHM condemns the partial censorship by Greek television stations of a Srebrenica atrocities video, shown repeatedly on 2 and 3 June 2005.

Greece

Television crew harassed while filming police action

(GHM/IFEX) - The following is a GHM press release:

Greece

CORRECTION: Greek authorities refuse to issue work permits to three Macedonian journalists

(IPI/IFEX) - The following is a correction by the South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an IPI affiliate:

Greece

Greek authorities refuse to issue visas to three Macedonian journalists

(IPI/IFEX) - The following is a press release by the South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an IPI affiliate:

Greece

Curator of Athens art exhibition on trial for painting "insulting the Orthodox Church"

(GHM/IFEX) - The following is a 29 May 2005 GHM press release:

Greece

Journalist faces criminal charges over satirical article published in 2001

(GHM/IFEX) - The following is a GHM press release:

Greece

Sports journalist attacked in Athens

(RSF/IFEX) - RSF has expressed dismay over the violent attack on sports journalist Kostas Nikolakopoulos, reportedly by football hooligans. The attack took place just after he finished broadcasting on Sport FM radio station in Athens on 7 May 2005.

Greece

Austrian author acquitted on appeal in blasphemy case

(IPA/WiPC/IFEX) - The following is a 20 April 2005 joint IPA - WiPC press release:

Greece

Austrian author receives suspended six-month prison sentence

WiPC/IPA/IFEX) - The following is a joint WiPC, IPA and International Booksellers Federation (IBF) appeal to Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis:

Greece

Journalists protest Defence Ministry restrictions on access to information

(IFJ/IFEX) - The following is an IFJ press release:

Greece

SEEMO alarmed about attack on sports editor

(IPI/IFEX) - The following is a 3 November 2004 press release by the South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an IPI affiliate:

Greece

Sports journalist victim of violent attack

(RSF/IFEX) - RSF has voiced shock over an 18 October 2004 violent attack on journalist Philippos Syrigos, sports editor of the daily "Eleftherotypia". Syrigos was stabbed and beaten with iron bars on the head and back by at least three assailants wearing motorcycle helmets in Athens. The journalist is well known for his reports on doping.

Greece

Book banned, publisher and author charged with "blasphemy"

(IPA/IFEX) - The following is a 7 October 2004 IPA statement:

Greece

Appeals court rules against publisher for dismissing journalist who had decried censorship

(IFJ/IFEX) - The following is a 13 October 2004 IFJ media release:

Greece

Two Mexican journalists and their interpreter detained and manhandled by coast guard

(RSF/IFEX) - RSF has expressed its "outrage" after two journalists from the Mexican television station Televisa and their interpreter were arrested, handcuffed, insulted and beaten by members of the Greek coast guard on 2 August 2004. The incident took place as the journalists were preparing a report on Piraeus, the main port of Athens, where eight ships, including the Queen Mary II, are to serve as hotels during the Olympic Games.

Greece

Police enter premises of private radio station, seize equipment, arrest and charge owner

(IPI/IFEX) - The following is a press release by the South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an IPI affiliate:

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