Κείμενο στα Αγγλικά - Αξίζει να το διαδώσουμε The Greek state murders 2008-2014 On December 2008, 15-year old Alexis Grigoropoulos was gunned down in cold blood by a police officer in the center of Athens. The murder proved to be a spark for a wave of violent protests that rocked Greek cities for days as young people protested against authoritarianism and the murder of a whole generation. The worst had yet to come. Six years later, young anarchist Nikos Romanos, Alexis Grigoropoulos best friend who was with him when he was shot, is on the 27th day of a prison hunger strike. Nikos Romanos has been imprisoned for 14 months in Avlona, near Athens, convicted of taking part in an armed robbery of a bank in the northern town of Velvento in February 2013. Along with three other anarchists, Romanos was brutally beaten and tortured by the greek police, which tried to cover their tracks by giving to the media and public, photoshopped images of the accused in order to hide the signs of beating and torture. During his time in prison, Romanos prepared himself for the entrance exams at the Technological Institute of Athens, which he eventually passed. Indeed, the state went as far as to award him 500 euros for his success and invited him to meet the president of the Republic, both of which the 21-year-old refused. Romanos subsequently applied to attend his university courses as he is so entitled by Greek law. Regardless, the Greek state went on to refuse his request leading Romanos, claiming his right to an education, to begin a hunger strike on November 10. Over two weeks later, on November 28, he was eventually transferred to hospital under stringent police custody where, according to his lawyer and a family doctor who was allowed to visit him, Romanos condition is critical and deteriorating. At the same time, two Syrians refugees, among those protesting in Constitution Square in order to be granted a political asylum, have lost their lives, as their compatriots revealed yesterday. According to them, one died in his attempt to cross the Greek-Albanian borders in order to continue his journey to Europe, and the second died while being hospitalized, after suffering a heart attack. A large group of Syrian refugees has camped in the main square of Athens for 17 days out in the cold, while the greek state continues to ignore their demands leading them to their death. According to the refugees,the former’s name was Ayman Ghazal, a 50 year old doctor from Aleppo. After spending twelve days at the protest in Constitution Square, he decided to leave the country to reach his final destination in northern Europe. He tried to cross the border with some 30 other people on foot. After almost an hour of trekking, they had to cross a stream and some time later, Ghazal suffered a seizure. After being carried by others, unconscious on a sleeping bag, he was finally brought back to Kakavia border crossing and an ambulance transported him to the nearest hospital, where his death was confirmed. Abdulghafour Tammaa, one of the Syrian protesters in Syntagma Square, tweeted that Ghazal had died in an Albanian forest “due to the cold,” most likely to a heart attack, adding that his “dream of Europe” had perished with him. We, Greeks of the Netherlands, stand in solidarity with Nikos Romanos. We ask that his just demand is met. We ask for immediate satisfaction of the refugees request for political asylum. The ones responsible for the negligance and the death of the Syrian refugees must be brought to justice. 6 December 2008-2014 WE DO NOT FORGET- WE DO NOT FORGIVE THE YOUTH ON THE FRONTLINE
Posted on: Sun, 07 Dec 2014 07:53:00 +0000
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