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| − | '''Pagani Detention Center''' is a | + | '''Pagani Detention Center''' is a refugee detention center in Lesvos, [[Greece]] severely violating basic human rights of children. |
| + | __NOTOC__ | ||
| + | ==Timeline== | ||
| − | + | ===[[hunger strike|Hunger strike]] of [[minor]] [[prisoner|detainees]]=== | |
| − | + | On 18 August 2009, 160 underage refugees detained in a single room and sharing the same toilet, started an hunger strike demanding immediate freedom. | |
| + | <ref>[http://lesvos09.antira.info/2009/08/hunger-strike-at-pagani-detention-centre/ Hunger Strike at Pagani Detention Centre (Article, photos)]</ref> | ||
| + | <ref>[http://lesvos09.antira.info/2009/08/voices-from-the-inside-of-pagani-detention-centre/ Voices from the inside of the Pagani Detention Center (Video)]</ref> | ||
| − | === | + | ===24 August 2009=== |
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| − | + | Underage children in the detention center release a handwritten demand for [[Freedom]]. <ref>http://lesvos09.antira.info/2009/08/demands-from-pagani/</ref> [ [http://lesvos09.antira.info/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/P1060036.JPG <nowiki>See photo...</nowiki>] ] | |
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| + | They report and complain about severe medical problems (diarrhea, skin diseases, malaria, breathing problems, and others), severe overcrowding, shortage of blankets, beds, showers and water closets. | ||
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| + | Terminating message: | ||
| + | <blockquote> | ||
| + | The duration of staying in this prison is too long and no one cares (lookafter) about us. | ||
| + | So as to conclude we are searching for freedom. "Searching for freedom is not crime." So we are highly requesting UNHCR, European Community as well as the Government and Society of Greece to give our <span style="font-variant:small-caps">Freedom</span> as soon as possible. | ||
| + | {| width=100% style="font-variant:small-caps" | ||
| + | | width=50% | | ||
| + | | width=25% | Thank you | ||
| + | | width=25% | Under Age Prisoners | ||
| + | |} | ||
| + | </blockquote> | ||
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| + | ==References== | ||
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| + | <references/> | ||
==Related links== | ==Related links== | ||
* [http://lesvos09.antira.info/ Noborder Camp Lesvos 2009] | * [http://lesvos09.antira.info/ Noborder Camp Lesvos 2009] | ||
Latest revision as of 14:27, 4 September 2010
Pagani Detention Center is a refugee detention center in Lesvos, Greece severely violating basic human rights of children.
Timeline[edit]
Hunger strike of minor detainees[edit]
On 18 August 2009, 160 underage refugees detained in a single room and sharing the same toilet, started an hunger strike demanding immediate freedom. [1] [2]
24 August 2009[edit]
Underage children in the detention center release a handwritten demand for Freedom. [3] [ See photo... ]
They report and complain about severe medical problems (diarrhea, skin diseases, malaria, breathing problems, and others), severe overcrowding, shortage of blankets, beds, showers and water closets.
Terminating message:
The duration of staying in this prison is too long and no one cares (lookafter) about us. So as to conclude we are searching for freedom. "Searching for freedom is not crime." So we are highly requesting UNHCR, European Community as well as the Government and Society of Greece to give our Freedom as soon as possible.
Thank you Under Age Prisoners
References[edit]
- ↑ Hunger Strike at Pagani Detention Centre (Article, photos)
- ↑ Voices from the inside of the Pagani Detention Center (Video)
- ↑ http://lesvos09.antira.info/2009/08/demands-from-pagani/
