ATHENS: Nine protesters from Germany, Britain, France, Italy and Spain, arrested during a pro-Palestinian demonstration at the University of Athens School of Law last week are set to be deported from Greece, their lawyers said on Monday.
Police last week detained a total of 28 Greek and foreign protesters occupying the building, on charges including disrupting the operation of a public entity and assistance in damaging foreign property, according to court documents.
The protesters have denied any wrongdoing.
Evidence included leaflets, Palestinian flags, two smoke flares, gas masks, helmets, paint cans and banner poles, along with a statement uploaded on a website in Greek and English urging others to join the protest, according to the documents.
The Greek protesters were released pending trial on May 28 but the nine foreign nationals — one man and eight women, aged 22 to 33 — remained in custody pending an administrative decision on their deportation.
The foreigners’ lawyers said in a statement that deportation orders had been issued, which would prevent the defendants attending their own trial.
Lawyers Ioanna Sioupouli and Anny Paparoussou said that their clients who live and work in Greece planned to appeal.
Lawyer Vassilis Papadopoulos, representing a 33-year-old Spaniard, called the decision “arbitrary and illegal.”
Pro-Palestinian supporters have staged several protests in Greece since Israel’s war with Hamas began in Gaza in October.
Greece in 2019 scrapped legislation that prohibited police from entering universities, as the conservative government said it was used as a cover for lawlessness.
The Academic Sanctuary Law, a legacy of the crackdown on a 1973 student revolt by the military junta of the time, was designed to protect protesting students and freedom of ideas. Critics decried its abolition as a clampdown on democracy.
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Greece to deport nine European nationals over pro-Palestinian protest
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Greece to deport nine European nationals over pro-Palestinian protest
- The protesters have denied any wrongdoing
- The Greek protesters were released pending trial on May 28 but the nine foreign nationals remained in custody pending an administrative decision on their deportation
Kremlin suggests it may not like new Ukraine peace proposals after recent US-Ukraine talks
MOSCOW: Kremlin foreign policy aide Yuri Ushakov said on Friday that Moscow has not seen revised US proposals made after the most recent talks with Ukraine, but that it may not like parts of them.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Wednesday Kyiv had agreed on key points of a post-war reconstruction plan in talks with US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, and other top officials.
Zelensky said work on an “economic document” was proceeding and that Ukraine was “fully aligned with the American side.”
The United States has sought to establish an investment fund in Ukraine for sectors including rare metals as a central aspect of the country’s post-war reconstruction.
Moscow has also
signalled
its interest in attracting foreign investment after the Wall Street Journal reported that Washington’s peace plan includes proposals to invest in Russian rare earths and energy.
Ushakov, the Kremlin aide, said on Friday that the Russian side hadn’t yet seen the new proposals, but suggested Moscow may not look upon them favorably..”..We haven’t seen the revised versions of the American drafts. When we see them, we may not like a lot of things, that’s how I sense it,” Ushakov told reporters.
He added that European and Ukrainian officials were expected to engage in an “active brainstorming session” over the weekend, and that the Kremlin needed to see what the outcome would be.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Thursday that there were no lingering “misunderstandings” with Washington over Ukraine, but added that Moscow wanted any peace plan to include collective security guarantees for all parties involved.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Wednesday Kyiv had agreed on key points of a post-war reconstruction plan in talks with US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, and other top officials.
Zelensky said work on an “economic document” was proceeding and that Ukraine was “fully aligned with the American side.”
The United States has sought to establish an investment fund in Ukraine for sectors including rare metals as a central aspect of the country’s post-war reconstruction.
Moscow has also
signalled
its interest in attracting foreign investment after the Wall Street Journal reported that Washington’s peace plan includes proposals to invest in Russian rare earths and energy.
Ushakov, the Kremlin aide, said on Friday that the Russian side hadn’t yet seen the new proposals, but suggested Moscow may not look upon them favorably..”..We haven’t seen the revised versions of the American drafts. When we see them, we may not like a lot of things, that’s how I sense it,” Ushakov told reporters.
He added that European and Ukrainian officials were expected to engage in an “active brainstorming session” over the weekend, and that the Kremlin needed to see what the outcome would be.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Thursday that there were no lingering “misunderstandings” with Washington over Ukraine, but added that Moscow wanted any peace plan to include collective security guarantees for all parties involved.
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