Talk:Necati Zontul

If Greece is to be taken seriously as an EU member they should spend very little money to show their determination to clean up their public services rather than the posturing with grandiose projects like the Olympic games. While the widespread corruption in their public services persists alongside the scandals of the recent forest fires, the country will never gain the respect that it deserves. As things stand, Greece is regarded widely as a second rate, sad little backwater and the "Glory that was greece" is a distant memory.

UPDATE: Necati responded to an article that appeared in the English-language daily KATHIMERINI. His letter, slightly censored,was printed in the English-weekly newspaper in Athens, the ATHENS NEWS. Here is his letter and the article.

Telling of torture IT IS clear from the report by the Germany-based NGO Pro Asyl that the Greek ministry of merchant marine has not learned any of the lessons from the trial of my assailants in 2004. People are still being mistreated on arrival in Greece. The NGO says that in many cases the abuse amounts to torture. This is hardly surprising to me. Not only was every effort, including physical threats, made to prevent my testifying about my experiences to a Greek court, but also, after my assailants were found guilty both of torturing those who arrived in Crete with me in 2001 and of sexually abusing me, the British government had considerable difficulty extracting information about my case from the Greek government. I understand that my assailants have now had their sentences dramatically reduced to small fines and that they remain in uniform in contradiction of UN guidelines regarding the punishment of troops convicted of torture. The Greek ombudsman has written to the merchant ministry twice, recommending that they write to me and express at least sympathy for what I suffered, even if they cannot bring themselves to issue a formal apology. I have heard nothing from them. Necati Zontul Oxon, UK report as it appeared in KATHIMERINI: 31 10 07 Help on migrants sought Ministers appeal for EU aid, order probe into alleged abuse by border staff The government yesterday defended its record in handling a rising tide of would-be migrants but pledged to investigate claims by a human rights group that border authorities had mistreated visitors entering the country illegally. Four senior Cabinet ministers stressed that Greece is doing its best to handle a “European problem,” following the release on Monday of a report by German-based human rights group Pro Asyl alleging that Greek port authority officials have physically abused incoming migrants to gain information about smugglers. Merchant Marine Minister Giorgos Voulgarakis defended the methods of coast guard officers who “exercise their duties with human rights as a priority” and said the behavior referred to in the report “is not characteristic of the coast guard, if indeed it exists.” However the minister said the allegations were “extremely serious” and ordered an internal investigation to identify any offenders. Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis called for more European support. “Greece cannot handle any more illegal immigrants,” Bakoyannis said. She urged “very close coordination between domestic services in cooperation with the European Union” as well as EU investment in a common coast guard. As many incoming migrants are on their way to Western Europe “this is not just a Greek problem... but an issue that concerns the whole of Europe,” Bakoyannis said. Her comments were reiterated by government spokesman Theodoros Roussopoulos, who called for “coordination on a broader European scale.” Interior Minister Prokopis Pavlopoulos also stressed the need for EU support. “Monitoring and tackling this phenomenon demands European involvement and concerns us all,” Pavlopoulos said in a letter to Jean-Marie Cavada, the president of the European Parliament’s civil liberties committee. Greek taxpayers are shouldering a burden that should be shared by all European citizens, Pavlopoulos added, noting that 13,151 illegal immigrants entered the country last month alone. Timewilson (talk) 09:17, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

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