Greece - 2012
Nation-wide organisations that express racist or xenophobic sentiments/discourse in the form either of hate speech or promote an anti-migrant and/or anti-minority agenda
- Code:
- RED36
- Key Area:
- Political Parties-organisations - Racist & Xenophobic Discourse
- Strand(s):
- Racism
| Short Answer |
Yes. |
| Qualitative Info |
Golden Dawn. Before elected in the Parliament has been a nation-wide organization with local offices, expressing racist and xenophobic discourse in the public sphere. After its electoral success, both national level party representatives and local militia and organisations of Golden Dawn are widely expressing openly xenophobic or hate speech towards migrants and minorities (Roma, LGBT-persons with disabilities).
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| Organisations | LAOS; Chrysi Avgi |
| Size - Membership | |
| Groups affected/interested | Migrants, Refugees, Muslims, Ethnic minorities, Religious minorities, Asylum seekers, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender |
| Type (R/D) | Extremism - organised Racist Violence, Anti-migrant/xenophobia, Anti-semitism, Islamophobia, Afrophobia, Arabophobia, Nationalism, Homophobia, On grounds of other belief |
| Key socio-economic / Institutional Areas | Political discourse -parties - orgs |
| External Url | http://www.neolaialaos.gr/; http://xryshaygh.wordpress.com/ |
| Situation(s) |
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| Library |
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Members and supporters of Chrysi Avgi are 'saluting' the performance of their candidate in 2010 municipal elections in Athens.