Racist violence out of control in Greece

Attacks by neo-Nazi bands occur almost on a daily basis in Greece, but the culprits are hardly ever prosecuted. According to a report by Human Rights Watch put out on Tuesday, the authorities tend to ignore the incidents or even advise victims not to press charges. The conservative daily Kathimerini warns of the consequences: "The gangs who hunt, beat and terrorise 'foreigners' are not only dangerous for the weaker members of our society, the immigrants, but also for society itself. ... Current law can be applied if the necessary political will exists and the police and judiciary do their job. But if the state continues to do nothing to counter the xenophobic attacks, if the cowards can be sure they will go unpunished, then we must accept that we live in a world governed by arbitrariness. And our fate will then be far worse than what we are now experiencing with the economic crisis."

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