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Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
Feb 8, 20248 min read
Synelefsi and analysis
Synelefsi announces with regret it must pause operations. We also offer some advice on more effective advocacy.
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Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
Aug 1, 20237 min read
Serious problems with NGO allegations
The Greek government is committing libel against aid workers and organisations in the state.
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Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
Jul 31, 202317 min read
'New' government, same abuse of the legal system
The Greek government is attacking human rights defenders because they are the people's last line of defence of against the Greek government
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Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
Mar 19, 202310 min read
Maria: the (actual) current situation
It seems like a reasonable time - and a vital thing - to update on the current situation surrounding the death of a girl in the Evros river.
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Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
Mar 14, 202310 min read
UN SR: ‘It shouldn’t be a crime to help people. In Greece, it's made to seem like it is.'
UN Special Rapporter on Human Rights Defenders, Mary Lawlor, expresses her shock and frustration with Greece in this interview with Koraki.
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Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
Mar 10, 202311 min read
Mitarachis on Hardtalk: a carnival of lies
Greece’s Migration Minister Notis Mitarachis’ appearance on the BBC show Hardtalk saw the politician openly lie to two nations' citizens.
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Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
Feb 28, 20235 min read
How is Alexandrakis Georgios still in a job?
The commander of the Greek Coastguard has drawn unfortunate attention to his litany of avoidable deaths, by lying about NGOs.
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Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
Feb 20, 202314 min read
Distraction and Dishonesty: Greece’s Migration Ministry and its distant relationship with truth
The Greek Migration Ministry's response to the New York Times is a mix of the irrelevant and the untrue. We deserve better.
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Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
Oct 11, 20224 min read
Evros islet not Turkish after all
Greek Migration Minister Notis Mitarachis openly lied about the status of an islet on which he left a five-year-old girl to die.
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Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
Aug 29, 202210 min read
Mitsotakis disgraces Greece with joke about dead five-year-old girl
Greek Prime Minister Kiriakos Mitsotakis has brought shame on his office and his country by joking about the death of a five-year-old girl.
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Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
Aug 17, 20226 min read
Josoor: human rights and human safety unravel before our eyes
The closure of Josoor points to some stark, disturbing truths. We are watcing human rights and human safety be snatched away by governments.
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Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
Jun 29, 202213 min read
Misdirection and blame-shifting: Mitarachis misses another opportunity
Eschewing another chance to reflect and maybe even change, Notis Mitarachis instead misled: there was nothing new to see at the LIBE meeting
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Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
Jun 23, 20227 min read
UN warns Greek government: you are damaging Greece
The Greek government has been handed yet another opportunity to stop and change the policies with which it is damaging Greece and the world.
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Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
Jun 17, 20224 min read
TV Presenters wildly mislead Greek public
Whether misinformed or deliberately misleading the public, journalists must do better than spreading falsehoods on live television.
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Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
Apr 11, 20226 min read
Μηταραχής: ψεύδος ή έλλειψη εφαρμογής;
Ο Υπουργός Μετανάστευσης της Ελλάδας παραπλανά επανειλημμένα τον ελληνικό λαό σχετικά με το νόμο και πρέπει να αρχίσουμε να ρωτάμε γιατί.
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Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
Mar 18, 20223 min read
Six years of failure. Time to ditch the Deal
The EU-Turkey Deal has entered its seventh year. It is time to ditch this illegal, immoral and failed attempt to ban refugees from Europe.
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Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
Nov 15, 20215 min read
A trial against 24 people threatens the entire system of international law
Twenty-four people face trial on Thursday 18 November 2021. The threat is not just to their freedom, but to international law itself.
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Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
Nov 14, 20217 min read
Have you been to Samos? Which Samos have you been to, Mr. Prime Minister?
The people of Samos have spoken against the Greek governments' repeated pushbacks of refugees. It's well worth reading what they have to say
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Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
Oct 31, 20214 min read
Nea Dimokratia attempts largest ever pushback
Despite its - entirely incorrect - claims, the Greek government's latest sea 'rescue' was in fact an attempt to break international law.
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Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
Jun 1, 20216 min read
European Commission - stop funding the Greek government
The European Commission must stop funding Greece's government, which carries out illegal pushbacks and is jailing innocent people.
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