The newly formed
Greek Committee Against Police Torture
is inviting you to a press conference
on
Tuesday 9 April, at 12:00
at
the EAT ESA block,
Vass.Sofias
avenue,
Parko
Eleutherias.
The
catalyst for the creation of the Movement was the recent incident involving the
torture of four arrestees in Velvento Kozani
Its
first purpose is to inform and complain on what happens in police stations,
prisons, detention centers and also on the streets of Greece and moreover, the
recording, on-site intervention and disclosure of all incidents of torture by
the police.
Involved
in the Committee Against Police Torture, are institutions, human rights
organizations and individuals
(Hellenic
League for Human Rights, Act Up Δράσε Hellas, Initiative for Prisoners'
Rights, Network for Political and Social Rights, Union of Press Photographers
of Greece, etc.).
Key speakers:
Pavlos Klavdianos
Journalist, tortured during by the Greek Military Dictatorship regime
Dimitris Katsaris
Lawyer of the 15 arrested protestors in an antifascist motorcycle
demonstration
Giannis Bourtzoukos
Father of one of the arestees in Velvento Kozani
Ahmad Morandi
Refugee
who has been abused by the Greek police
................
Interventions
by representatives of collective bodies and human rights organizations will
also be made.
The Committee will present a text of protest against torture signed by
citizens of Greece
and other countries.
Signatures:
mailto: nopolicetorture@gmail.com
