Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
Greek government carries out highest ever number of illegal pushbacks
In September this year, the Greek government illegally pushed back the highest ever number of men, women and children arriving in Greece.
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Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
- Sep 15
- 11 min
Labour in the UK: chasing the votes of racists, and risking an election to do so
With his most recent comments on immigration, Keir Starmer has set the UK back decades, and further risks the lives of people seeking safety
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Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
- Aug 9
- 15 min
EU must use power to protect rights activists
UN human rights expert Mary Lawlor says the EU must demand Tajikistan ends attacks on human rights defenders or not upgrade trade relations.
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Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
- Aug 1
- 7 min
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
- 17 min
'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
- Jun 23
- 4 min
Caretaker government breaks, misleads regarding, refugee law
Correcting some elemental errors on refugee law, and noting the quickest, smartest and most effective way to end people 'smuggling'.
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Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
- Jun 22
- 27 min
Seven days from the Pylos catastrophe: lies, persecution and protest
Several updates from the week following the Pylos catastrophe: the Greek government running from responsibility, the law and human decency.
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Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
- Apr 25
- 7 min
Fatmata. A woman not killed ‘by accident’
The woman killed on Greece's border with N. Macedonia was Fatmata. She was 23. She was not killed 'by accident'. And this has to stop.
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Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
- Apr 20
- 3 min
It is time to stop
A woman was shot dead on Wednesday for trying to find a safe place to live. It is time to stop.
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Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
- Apr 14
- 10 min
Mitsotakis, the media and the pushback lie
Two points are important to make: all the evidence points to the fact that Greece performs pushbacks, and that Mitsotakis lies about them.
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Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
- Apr 7
- 7 min
SYRIZA cannot govern Greece by running from reality
SYRIZA's latest comment on refugees is worse than anything Nea Dimokratia has said. If the party wishes to govern, it must find some courage
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Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
- Apr 6
- 6 min
The EU must stop funding states which break international law
Greece's plan to spend EU cash on illegally operating a border wall underlines the bloc's need to stop all funding to law-breaking members.
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Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
- Mar 29
- 6 min
Tunisia and the human race: the time to respond
The ongoing catastrophe in Tunisia is being met with calls for closed borders from Europe's elite. We must stand for legality and decency.
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Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
- Mar 19
- 10 min
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 19
- 6 min
Δεν μπορώ να δεχτώ τη μετατροπή της αλληλεγγύης σε αδίκημα
The Greek version of our interview with UN Speecial Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders Mary Lawlor, published in EFSYN on 18 March 2023.
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Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
- Mar 14
- 10 min
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
- 3 min
The UK government: the price of racism
Today's France deal brings the UK's anti-refugee spending to over £600m in a year: when is it OK to stop funding racist vanity projects?
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Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
- Mar 8
- 5 min
The situation on Greece’s borders is far worse than even critical reports suggest
Horrific though they may be, recent reports about the Greek border officers are sadly underestimates of their true depravity and barbarism.
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Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
- Mar 8
- 7 min
UK plans to break international law by banning asylum
The UK's latest refugee proposals amount to a ban on anyone seeking safety in the country. They are illegal, immoral, and unworkable.
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Rory O'Keeffe, Koraki
- Feb 28
- 5 min
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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