🦄 Global, Police, Prison

Prisoners in Greece: Hunger Strike as a Weapon

Responding to the Greek government’s continuous attack on prisoners’ rights, inmates have waged seven hunger strikes in prisons across Greece over the last three years — many of which have been successful.

According to the prisoners and their supporters, authorities target certain incarcerated people and…

🦄 COVID-19
Woman has her movement papers checked in Athens, Greece

A Country Quarantined: Coronavirus in Greece, Part 1

Athens, Greece – While their regional neighbor Italy is throttled by the coronavirus pandemic, the country of Greece has been enduring strict quarantine measures, resulting in relatively low numbers of infections. Since the shutdown there’ve been nearly 2,500 confirmed COVID–19 cases with 130 deaths.

During…