The last two years, the number of political prisoners in the prisons of the Greek State has increased rapidly, while dozens of activists of all tendencies have been arrested, accused either for participation in the revolutionary organizations that were active in the previous period, or for their general anti-systemic action. […]
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Three years later… Three years after his arrest, the anarchist André Mazurek [of Polish origin] continues to be held in the prisons of the Greek State. The comrade was arrested on December 9th, 2008, in Canningos Square [downtown Athens] during the clashes that followed the murder of Alexandros Grigoropoulos by […]
Today, May 5th, 2011, the public prosecutor has asked for Simos Seisidis to be acquitted of the charges since there is no evidence connecting him to the robberies. Simos was declared innocent by all the judges at the Felonies Court of Appeals in Athens, as there was no evidence to […]
11 January: Three detainees present their view on prisoners’ abstention from meals and hunger strikes during November 2010 The recent abstention of prison food and the hunger strike of thousands of prisoners who are stacked like animals in Greek prisons today, highlighted as much as possible the problems and our […]
The first recorded exercise for demonstrations’ suppression by the Greek army forces was held on 13 March 2002 in Veria (northern Greece). It was part of the 2nd Army Corps’ training, which was prepared for ‘pacification missions’ for the treatment of demonstrators. The pretext was the preparation of ‘pacification missions’ […]
On April 2007, an uprising in Koridallos prison was held in solidarity to the detainees in Malandrino prisons, who had revolted after the anarchist Yannis Dimitrakis was beaten up [inside the same hellhole]. The revolt in Koridallos prison wings was suppressed by police squads. On 14 January [2011], 23 prisoners […]
Each new year’s eve we do not forget those who are buried in the prison cells of the republic. One more year, we found ourselves next to imprisoned comrades and all those detained who do not bent neither bow their head, who dared to resist and fight against the regime. […]
He was walking in the center of Thessaloniki on the night of December 6th, 2009… He was arrested on charges of criminal organization and possession of Molotov cocktails. On December 13th, 2010 in Edessa he underwent a trial with no evidence, 2 cops as prosecution witnesses, and was sentenced to […]
On Sunday, December 12th, approximately 100 comrades gathered outside the prisons of Agios Stefanos (30 km outside Patras, in western Greece) in solidarity with those fighting behind the prison bars. A very high percentage of detainees throughout the country have gone on hunger strike or abstain from prison meals from 29 […]
December 10th 2010: 1,200 prisoners on Hunger Strike Seven Corfu prisoners sewed their mouths Another prisoner died in Kassaveteia prison No doctor in most prisons Prisoners’ demands Ongoing mobilizations in Greece’s prisons. More than 9,000 detainees and prisoners (out of a total prison population of approximately 12,600 nationwide) are struggling […]