Migration Minister @nmitarakis says the Supreme Court has launched an investigation & is blaming "international media" for basing their reporting about the fate of the Syrian girl in #Evros "only on testimonies". Seriously now? 1/11
https://twitter.com/nmitarakis/status/1571046527719845890
2/11 First, his and the gov's whole "fake news" rhetoric is a direct & undue influence on an ongoing judicial investigation.
“New evidence clearly challenges the lie about a dead child"
Where & under what authority he got this evidence remains unclear
“New evidence clearly challenges the lie about a dead child"
Where & under what authority he got this evidence remains unclear
https://twitter.com/nmitarakis/status/1570411345236955139?s=20&t=GwCBWQA2KcB37u418mWtMQ
3/11 Mr Mitarachi is not a lawyer himself, but someone from his staff could have informed him that testimonies, which reporters routinely use, are crucial evidence in any criminal proceeding under Article 178 of the Greek Criminal Code lawspot.gr/nomikes-plirof…
4/11 Also, apart from testimonies there is a wealth of audiovisual material and other evidence about what happened in the case of the 38.
Unless he means we should have entered the forbidden military zone to see the dead body ourselves...
Unless he means we should have entered the forbidden military zone to see the dead body ourselves...
5/11 ...especially since he was the one who called anyone even considering a rescue mission on TUR soil in collaboration with TUR as the act of "hotheads" who could provoke an episode - if not a full-blown war - with Ankara.
https://twitter.com/nmitarakis/status/1569221531355721733?s=20&t=GwCBWQA2KcB37u418mWtMQ
6/11 Mr Mitarachi -the proof-zealot- is no stranger to fake news. In parliament, he said among others:
“I would like to remind you Maria is also the name of the mother” (to hint this was an elaborate lie).
Minor detail: the mother is not named Maria
“I would like to remind you Maria is also the name of the mother” (to hint this was an elaborate lie).
Minor detail: the mother is not named Maria
https://twitter.com/nmitarakis/status/1564673731418640388?s=20&t=GwCBWQA2KcB37u418mWtMQ
7/11 Or he told Greek TV "only the parents" claim their daughter died on the island and no one else says so.
This is a lie and he only has to watch and read this report from ANT1 - the same TV station (different program) he had said this lie.
This is a lie and he only has to watch and read this report from ANT1 - the same TV station (different program) he had said this lie.
8/11 Mitarachi has no problem w/ testimonies as proof if fitting his narrative
E.g. "This tragedy [the death of the girl] is the result of the practice of the TUR authorities to promote with the use of force acc to the statements, migrants to GR"...
E.g. "This tragedy [the death of the girl] is the result of the practice of the TUR authorities to promote with the use of force acc to the statements, migrants to GR"...
https://twitter.com/migrationgovgr/status/1561640628672466946?s=20&t=GwCBWQA2KcB37u418mWtMQ
9/11... or here: “The 38 immigrants at #Έβρο are safely in our country. According to their statement, they were on an island, but not for as many days as the foreign media wrote because, again according to their statement, the Turks moved them”
https://twitter.com/nmitarakis/status/1559843485204840450?s=20&t=GwCBWQA2KcB37u418mWtMQ
10/11 ... or here: "it appears from statements that a 5year-old child died on Turkish soil. In collaboration with the International Red Cross & Red Crescent all steps will taken to ensure the body is properly buried with dignity by its family.”
https://twitter.com/nmitarakis/status/1559644746213105675?s=20&t=GwCBWQA2KcB37u418mWtMQ
11/11 In the meantime, we will keep doing our jobs.
I am sure Mr Mitarachi and Co. will continue doing theirs, like intimidating and/or cajoling refugees and the few reputable NGOs and non-state actors still active in Evros.
I am sure Mr Mitarachi and Co. will continue doing theirs, like intimidating and/or cajoling refugees and the few reputable NGOs and non-state actors still active in Evros.
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