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Greece

Greece regularly reports hate crime data to ODIHR.

In 2017, Greece implemented ODIHR’s Prosecutors and Hate Crime Training (PAHCT). In June 2018, an "Agreement on inter-agency co-operation on addressing racist crimes" was concluded by relevant state authorities and a network of civil society organizations (CSOs) as part of ODIHR's project on "Building a Comprehensive Criminal Justice Response to Hate Crimes". Consequently, the agreement has led to improved hate crime recording and data collection. On February 2022, ODIHR held an online diagnostic workshop with government representatives, criminal justice actors and CSOs to assess structures and services for hate crime victim support in Greece.

In 2022, an office within the Ministry of Justice was tasked with overseeing the systematic collection of statistical data on hate crimes.   

Hate crime data collection in Greece
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Download the 2014 hate crime report for Greece

OFFICIAL DATA REPORTED BY STATES

Year Hate crimes recorded by police Prosecuted Sentenced
2023 97 115 22
2022 99 32 20
2021 110 2 1
2020 171 34 0
2019 Not available Not available Not available
2018 164 17 4
2017 128 46 6
2016 40 6 2
2015 60 27 4
2014 71 29 5
2013 109 9 0
2012 1 1 Not available
2011 Not available Not available 1
2010 2 Not available Not available
2009 2 2 Not available

About 2014 Data

    Reported figures include incitement to hatred and discrimination offences.

Hate crime recorded by police

  • By bias motivation
  • By type of crime
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National developments

Greece introduced a special aggravating circumstance provision to its criminal code. Article 81A instructs judges to enhance sentences in cases of hate crime. The amendments also added disability to the list of protected characteristics.

The Hellenic School for Judges committed to implement ODIHR’s Prosecutors and Hate Crime Training (PAHCT) programme.

KEY OBSERVATION

ODIHR observes that the law enforcement agencies of Greece have not recorded the bias motivations of hate crimes.

Incidents reported by civil society, international organizations and the Holy See

TOTAL 92 INCIDENTS
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Reports

Racist and xenophobic hate crime

The Racist Violence Recording Network reported 32 physical assaults, including five causing serious injury and several also involving damage to property; and nine incidents of threats. Victims included 18 people from Afghanistan, eight people from Bangladesh, three from each of Nigeria, New Guinea and Pakistan, two from each of Cameroon, Eritrea, Ethiopia and Haiti, and one person from each of Albania, Ghana, Iran, Romania, Rwanda and Sudan.

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Anti-Semitic hate crime

The Racist Violence Recording Network reported two incidents, in which a Holocaust memorial was painted with anti-Semitic slogans, and one incident of graffiti on a cemetery that was later posted online by the perpetrators.

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Anti-Muslim hate crime

The Federation of Western Thrace Turks in Europe​ reported one case of the desecration of a place of worship, in which a pig’s head was placed at the entrance of a mosque, and one case of graffiti on a Muslim cultural centre.

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Anti-LGBTI hate crime

The Racist Violence Recording Network reported seven physical assaults, including an incident in which the victim needed stitches and another in which the victim suffered broken bones; and 11 threats, including one incident involving a death threat and property damage, and one threat against a child. The vast majority of victims were gay men. The Network reported a further eight physical assaults against transgender women, including a Pakistani transgender woman.

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Disability hate crime

The Racist Violence Recording Network reported one physical assault against a man with disabilities.

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Hate crime against Christians and members of other religions

Jehovah's Witnesses – Greece reported two physical assaults against men, including one in which pepper spray was used.

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INTERNATIONAL REPORTS

Anti-LGBTI hate crime

In its fifth report on Greece, the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) recommended including sexual orientation and gender identity in the mandate of new anti-racism police units. It also recommended that the authorities offer training to police, judges and prosecutors on violent incidents and the application of Article 81A of the Criminal Code, which concerns hate crimes.

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