Protest to Greece about Threats to Human Rights Organisation
The EHF sent a letter to the Prime Minister of Greece protesting about threats to a human rights organisation, the Greek Helsinki Monitor, by a government minister speaking in the Greek parliament. We copied our letter widely. The Greek Helsinki Monitor has successfully taken many cases against Greece to the European Court of Human Rights, including several related to secularist concerns. It is currently backing cases by several parents seeking to apply the Lautsi judgement in Greek schools. It is run by Panayote Dimitras, who spoke at our conference in Athens in 2008 and is closely involved in running the Humanist Union of Greece, formed in January 2010.Â