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No More Journalist Arrests after Lawsuit

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Greek police authorities have been notified that from now on, they should first come in contact with the competent prosecutor in order to clarify whether or not the provisions of flagrant crime procedures are to be followed when it comes to press complaints.
The right-wing Independent Greeks MP Rachel Makri, made a libel complaint against journalist Despina Kontaraki over her comments in the Sunday edition of Eleftheros Typos newspaper. Makris sued the journalist for an article she considered insulting. The journalist had accused the ANEL MP of supporting the members of the ultra-nationalist Golden Dawn party, after the release of a secretly filmed conversation between Baltakos and the spokesman of GD, Ilias Kasidiaris.
Since this recent incident, the captain of Greek Police sent a circular to all of Greece’s police departments which states that the officers should first consult the competent prosecutor on whether a flagrant crime procedure is to be followed in such cases.
The journalists’ union POESY on Monday described Kontaraki’s arrest as “unacceptable,” adding that arrests for press complaints had been abolished in 2001.
Government spokesman Simos Kedikoglou also criticized Makri for initiating legal proceedings against the press.
“It is unacceptable for a political figure to respond to journalists’ criticism with lawsuits and arrests,” he said in a statement.

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