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GREECE: Hunger strike against 18+ detention in Corinth detention centre

11 June 2014

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"On June 9th, 2014 refugees detained in Corinth detention centre began a hunger strike to protest against indefinite detention. In February 2014, the Greek authorities had announced a policy of indefinite detention until repatriation, based on an opinion of the Legal Council of the Greek State. Only recently Athens court considered in an appeal-case of an Afghan refugee that the detention of more than 18 months is against national and European legislation and asked for it to be revoked."

See the story: Hunger strike against 18+ detention in Corinth detention centre (Infomobile, link)

And see: Letter from the detainees

"Today on 9.6.2014 we people detained in the detention centre of Corinth have started a hunger strike. We feel an immense pressure due to our unknown destinies. We protest against the illegal extension of the detention duration to more than 18 months!"

See also: Amigdaleza: “When the Great Wolves eat the Light” (Infomobile, link)

And: Statewatch Journal, February 2014: Borders, deaths and resistance (link)

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