Anti-racism bill sent to parliament
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June Samaras
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enet.gr EnetEnglish.gr, 10:34 Thursday 16 May 2013
Anti-racism bill sent to parliament
Updated At: 15:07 Thursday 16 May 2013
The bill raises prison sentences and financial penalties for racist
attacks, and is due to be debated on May 21
An anti-racism bill the government had was due to be tabled in
parliament last week has finally been presented to the house. The bill
had gone back to the prime minister's office for consultation,
according to Eleftherotypia newspaper, but was returned to parliament
on Wednesday unchanged. It is to be debated on May 21.
The bill raises financial and prison penalties for racist offences,
which have been on the rise during the six-year recession. On Tuesday,
unknown assailants beat a 20 year-old Syrian immigrant with wooden
batons outside Attiki metro station in central Athens. The assailants
were wearing black clothing, the trademark colour of the far-right
Golden Dawn party. The Syrian man was taken by other migrants to
Doctors of the World, where first aid treatment was administered.
"He bore marks from punches to his face, and he was bleeding from the
nose," said Nikitas Kanakis, former head of Doctors of the World. A
Syrian boy aged 14 had been attacked two days earlier. His assailants
cut his face with a broken glass bottle.
On the morning of the same day, five unknown arsonists burned a shop
in the Agios Panteleimonas neighbourhood of western Athens, which was
owned by an immigrant from Cameroon. Apparently the arsonists had
visited the shopkeeper the previous evening and abused him verbally,
saying that they would burn his shop. Police say they have arrested
two of them and are looking for the other three.
These are just two of the most recent incidents of what is turning
into an epidemic of racist behaviour. A new watchdog formed by 30
NGOs, 1against racism, recorded 154 attacks last year, or one every
two and a half days. Earlier this year police created a dedicated
Service Against Racist Violence within the police force to receive
reports of racist acts and initiate arrests.
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June Samaras
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Canada L5M 2V1
Tel : 905-542-1877
E-mail : june.s...@gmail.com
enet.gr EnetEnglish.gr, 10:34 Thursday 16 May 2013
Anti-racism bill sent to parliament
Updated At: 15:07 Thursday 16 May 2013
The bill raises prison sentences and financial penalties for racist
attacks, and is due to be debated on May 21
An anti-racism bill the government had was due to be tabled in
parliament last week has finally been presented to the house. The bill
had gone back to the prime minister's office for consultation,
according to Eleftherotypia newspaper, but was returned to parliament
on Wednesday unchanged. It is to be debated on May 21.
The bill raises financial and prison penalties for racist offences,
which have been on the rise during the six-year recession. On Tuesday,
unknown assailants beat a 20 year-old Syrian immigrant with wooden
batons outside Attiki metro station in central Athens. The assailants
were wearing black clothing, the trademark colour of the far-right
Golden Dawn party. The Syrian man was taken by other migrants to
Doctors of the World, where first aid treatment was administered.
"He bore marks from punches to his face, and he was bleeding from the
nose," said Nikitas Kanakis, former head of Doctors of the World. A
Syrian boy aged 14 had been attacked two days earlier. His assailants
cut his face with a broken glass bottle.
On the morning of the same day, five unknown arsonists burned a shop
in the Agios Panteleimonas neighbourhood of western Athens, which was
owned by an immigrant from Cameroon. Apparently the arsonists had
visited the shopkeeper the previous evening and abused him verbally,
saying that they would burn his shop. Police say they have arrested
two of them and are looking for the other three.
These are just two of the most recent incidents of what is turning
into an epidemic of racist behaviour. A new watchdog formed by 30
NGOs, 1against racism, recorded 154 attacks last year, or one every
two and a half days. Earlier this year police created a dedicated
Service Against Racist Violence within the police force to receive
reports of racist acts and initiate arrests.
EnetEnglish
--
June Samaras
2020 Old Station Rd
Streetsville,Ontario
Canada L5M 2V1
Tel : 905-542-1877
E-mail : june.s...@gmail.com
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