It is absolutely necessary to bolster citizens’ sense of security. In the current bleak climate, citizens feel that anyone can commit any crime without being punished to a fitting degree.
The complete lack of protection and solidarity from those near to Thymios Bougas, and the endless torturous bullying that led him to seek isolation, is something that concerns all of Greek society.
In the three-and-a-half years since the killing, LGBTQ and human rights activists have staged dozens of protest demanding justice for the victim. Witnesses made amateur cell phone videos of the killing.
Long before his 24 February invasion of Ukraine, Vladimir Putin’s in his two decades in power made enormous headway in his bid to expand Russian influence in Greece, and the Moscow Patriarchate has played a key role.
Sources said that the competent parliamentary bureau, in order to fend off the attack, shut down all electronic systems, and in cooperation with Greek Police’s Electronic Crime Bureau to assess the extent of exposure.
The case of the gang rape of a 24-year-old woman in Thessaloniki sparked a wave of rage and at the same time a wave of support for the victim, who mustered the courage to relate the nightmare that she experienced.
The police sergeant, according to Kathimerini had an open GPS and is said to have been in a forbidden border area near the Evros River. He was reportedly subjected to an emergency judicial interrogation.
Given the make-up of groups involved in brutal incidents, it appears that this wave of violence is rapidly mushrooming and transcends social classes and nationalities, with culprits that are native Greeks..
Sources say that the Joint Chiefs of Staff are closely coordinating with the chief of Greek Police and the chief of the Hellenic Coast Guard in order to ensure the most effective possible monitoring of the borders and deterrence.
One extreme-right organisation has participated in anti-vax protests and plays a central role at a football stadium gate with fanatic fans, who recently protested at the Thessaloniki International Fair against the ban on the entry of unvaccinated people at the city’s large Toumba football stadium.
The priority of Greek Police is combating crime and it is concerned that excessive emphasis on individual rights undermines investigations that have taken years of complex work.
The public’s anxiety is recorded in the latest opinion polls (such as MRB’s), as a majority of respondents believe that the country has a serious crime problem and that the level of security is not very high.
There have been extreme voices demanding legalisation of gun possession or the re-establishment of the death penalty. In a democracy, all views must be heard and when they are wrong they must be rebutted.
The state appears to be moving swiftly to find the murderers of journalist Yorgos Karaivaz and put them on trial. It is crucial that the government’s resolve not remain a rhetorical flourish.
In this new decade states will achieve progress when they are fortified, contemporary, and citizen-friendly and operate under a guaranteed framework.
Police and the citizen’s protection ministry’s political leadership have a duty to defend the reputation of the force.
While police struggle to put an end to the situation in which Exarcheia has become an impassable area for many, one saw an anti-authority group causing mayhem in a Marousi shopping centre.
There are diametrically opposed accounts of Greek Police on the one hand and on the other of the family whose home is next door to the occupied building that police were sent to evacuate.
Police attempted to get the consent of a family who were neighbours to enter their home and when they did not receive it they went berserk –infringing on and offending the asylum of the home and citizens’ rights.
A dramatic video aired on Open Channel showed Indares on his knees shouting at the riot police asking why he had his hands tied and that they were acting worse than anarchists.
Greek Police marred its own work and its operational prowess, albeit with isolated actions of certain policemen.
The new government from the start declared that it will not tolerate the breaking or violation of the law by groups and forces that practice political and so-called social violence.
The rector believes that his life is in danger and other academics believe that worse things can happen, such as arson.
The government bears a dual responsibility - to prove the state cannot be threatened or blackmailed and to show that police are the first to serve as a model of legality.
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