Petition against anti-Greek racism in Germany

[Alexandros Stamatakis]

Dear Friends and Colleagues,

I have initiated an on-line petition at:

https://www.change.org/p/deutsche-regierung-spd-und-cdu-bundestagsfraktion-unterlassen-rassistischer-%C3%A4usserung-gegen-griechen-und-das-griechische-volk?recruiter=343587091&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=copylink&sharecordion_display=control

to put increasing anti-Greek racism to a halt in Germany.

This culminated in the statement of CDU MP Thomas Strobel in German
state television on July 13, 2015 by the statement "The Greek is
annoying", where by Greek in German one typically refers to the entire
people.

It is an open question if Mr. Strobel could be accused of sedition
according to paragraph 130 (1) 2 of German criminal law based on this
statement.

Regardless of our own political perception of the Greek crisis is, I do
believe that we should all stand up and fight against any sort of racism.

So please sign the petition and help me to further distribute it.

Best regards,

Alexis


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Alexandros (Alexis) Stamatakis

Research Group Leader, Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies
Full Professor, Dept. of Informatics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Adjunct Professor, Dept. of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University
of Arizona at Tucson

www.exelixis-lab.org