Orders on Prosecutors’ Offices of Alexandroupolis and Athens to carry out criminal investigations regarding the alleged incidents of illegal acts against refugees and immigrants, the deputy prosecutor of the Supreme Court sent Georgios Skiadaresisresponsible for matters of racism, human trafficking and ill-treatment of nationals or foreigners by state bodies.

Particularly, the prosecutor’s office, on the occasion of related publications, asks the prosecutors’ offices of Alexandroupoli and Athens to investigate whether they have been “specific criminal incidentsin which the application of the automatic procedure is clearly indicated, in order to eliminate any trace of the revival of the medieval phenomenon of self-trial which can expose our country internationally”.

Specifically, Mr. Skiadares in the text of his order to the Prosecutor’s Office of Alexandroupolis features features:

“Within the context of your mission to uphold the law and preserve the rules of public order (art. 28 par. 2 Or.Dic.), we are sending:

a) The 25-8-2023 press release of the Network for Recording Incidents of Racist Violence, coordinated by the National Commission for Human Rights and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Greece, entitled “Serious concern over the escalation of targeting of refugees and immigrants”, where there is even talk of a “more general climate of targeting and racist attitudes against refugees and immigrants” and of a “worsening climate” according to them “in political and public discourse”,

b) a publication posted on the website www.in.gr on 28-8-2023 with the title “Evros: the volunteer militiamen continue their action – new video”,

c) a publication posted on the website www.efsyn.gr on 25-8-2023 entitled “The far-right sheriffs of Evros through the eyes of LeMonde” and

d) publication posted on ThePressProject website on 23-8-2023 entitled “Evros: Fascists call for pogroms of refugees and immigrants via viber” and please investigate quickly, thoroughly and decisively the validity or otherwise of the multiple complaints therein, as also in any other relevant publications that mention specific criminal incidents in the near future, in which the application of the automatic procedure is clearly indicated, in order to eliminate any trace of the revival of the medieval phenomenon of self-justice that can expose our country internationally”.

End, the deputy prosecutor of the Supreme Court sent to the First Instance Prosecutor’s Office posts by users of the online platform Facebook with racist content and hate speech.

Regarding these posts Mr. Skiadaresis requests an investigation through the Electronic Crime Prosecution Division of GADA any ex officio prosecuted acts, such as those of articles 184 of the Criminal Code. (Incitement to commit crimes, acts of violence or discord), 187 P.K. (Criminal organization), 190 (Threat to commit crimes) P.C., 135 P.C. (Preparatory acts of high treason), 1 Law 927/79 (Intolerant rhetoric) etc.