{"id":133506,"date":"2024-08-13T14:07:59","date_gmt":"2024-08-13T12:07:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/homodigitalis.gr\/posts\/133506\/"},"modified":"2024-08-13T15:52:32","modified_gmt":"2024-08-13T13:52:32","slug":"homo-digitalis-submits-urgent-letter-to-the-council-of-europes-commissioner-for-human-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/homodigitalis.gr\/en\/posts\/133506\/","title":{"rendered":"Homo Digitalis Submits Urgent Letter to the Council of Europe\u2019s Commissioner for Human Rights"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column column_width_use_pixel=&#8221;yes&#8221; gutter_size=&#8221;3&#8243; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; shift_x=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y_down=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; medium_width=&#8221;0&#8243; mobile_width=&#8221;0&#8243; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;200244&#8243; column_width_pixel=&#8221;746&#8243;][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;160342&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>Homo Digitalis submitted today a letter to the Council of Europe\u2019s Commissioner for Human Rights.<\/p>\n<p>We this letter, the Greek CSO aims to draw the Commissioner\u2019s attention to the following three issues:<br \/>\nA. The imminent adoption of a Presidential Decree in Greece permitting state authorities to procure spyware.<br \/>\nB. The deteriorating condition of independent supervisory authorities in Greece, plagued by power struggles, understaffing, and financial constraints.<br \/>\nC. The latest developments in the ongoing PREDATOR scandal in Greece, which leaves critical questions unanswered regarding the surveillance of journalists, politicians, and lawyers through illegal means.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, with this letter Homo Digitalis urges the Commissioner:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>To give full and close attention to the situation in Greece,<\/li>\n<li>To take into account the facts presented above and urgently request further information and clarifications from Greek authorities,<\/li>\n<li>To examine the situation in Greece and take necessary steps to identify any shortcomings in the law and practices concerning human rights abuses, and<\/li>\n<li>To assist in strengthening the activities of national supervisory institutions and other human rights structures in Greece.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/homodigitalis.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Letter_HomoDigitalisCOE_CHR_13.08.2024.pdf\">You can read the letter (EN) here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column column_width_use_pixel=&#8221;yes&#8221; gutter_size=&#8221;3&#8243; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; shift_x=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y_down=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; medium_width=&#8221;0&#8243; mobile_width=&#8221;0&#8243; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;200244&#8243; column_width_pixel=&#8221;746&#8243;][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;160342&#8243;] Homo Digitalis submitted today a letter to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":133502,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[91,72],"tags":[688,835,841,842,843,876,448,491,498,671,686],"class_list":["post-133506","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-actions","category-72","tag-council-of-europe-en","tag----2","tag-democracy","tag-legal-opinion","tag-adae-hellenic-authority-for-communication-security-and-privacy","tag-commissioner-for-human-rights","tag-surveillance-en","tag-hdpa","tag-advocacy-en","tag-predator-en","tag-spyware"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/homodigitalis.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133506","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/homodigitalis.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/homodigitalis.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homodigitalis.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homodigitalis.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=133506"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/homodigitalis.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133506\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":133511,"href":"https:\/\/homodigitalis.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133506\/revisions\/133511"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homodigitalis.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/133502"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/homodigitalis.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=133506"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homodigitalis.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=133506"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homodigitalis.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=133506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}