The death of a young man in the center of Athens after he was beaten by three police officers, was reported to the Lawyers Team for the Rights of Refugees by a lot of witnesses of the incident. As the witnesses report, for six days they were searching for traces of the victim, who was already transfered to the hospital, but the persons in charge of the police department of Acropolis denied to give any information.
The savage event happened, according to the witnesses, on the 22nd of February, after 2 o'clock in midday, in the region of Omonia at the centre of Athens. Three police officers on motorized vehicles, stopped Abdukarim Yahya Idris, a 25-30 years old Sudan citizen.
Afterwards, they used excessive and undue violence against him. One of the police officers struck him repeatedly with much cruelty. He kicked him so hard in the face, that he fell unconscious on the ground, while blood was running from his mouth. The witnesses shouted on the police officers to stop, saying "What are you doing? You're going to kill him!". Finally the victim was transferred by an ambulance to the hospital.
Acquaintances of the victim began seeking for him. Last Wednesday, they went to the police department of Acropolis with a lawyer but in vain again. In the end, on Thursday of 28th of February, they were informed by the Polyclinic of Athens that the victim had been transported dead to the hospital and that the next day, 23 February, police officers of the department of Acropolis had received the corpse!
His funeral had been programmed for yesterday. Because the victim does not have other relatives here, the Lawyers Team for the Rights of Refugees registered lawsuit to the district attorney's office, so that a forensic examination will take place in time.
The savage event happened, according to the witnesses, on the 22nd of February, after 2 o'clock in midday, in the region of Omonia at the centre of Athens. Three police officers on motorized vehicles, stopped Abdukarim Yahya Idris, a 25-30 years old Sudan citizen.
Afterwards, they used excessive and undue violence against him. One of the police officers struck him repeatedly with much cruelty. He kicked him so hard in the face, that he fell unconscious on the ground, while blood was running from his mouth. The witnesses shouted on the police officers to stop, saying "What are you doing? You're going to kill him!". Finally the victim was transferred by an ambulance to the hospital.
Acquaintances of the victim began seeking for him. Last Wednesday, they went to the police department of Acropolis with a lawyer but in vain again. In the end, on Thursday of 28th of February, they were informed by the Polyclinic of Athens that the victim had been transported dead to the hospital and that the next day, 23 February, police officers of the department of Acropolis had received the corpse!
His funeral had been programmed for yesterday. Because the victim does not have other relatives here, the Lawyers Team for the Rights of Refugees registered lawsuit to the district attorney's office, so that a forensic examination will take place in time.
