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Date of Incident: January 22, 2025

Attack Types: Other

Institution(s):National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

Region & Country:Europe | Greece

New or Ongoing:New Incident

On January 22, 2025, several unknown assailants vandalized the office of the chair of the Philosophy Department at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.

Photos of the office show the walls spray-painted with anti-Semitic slogans. Pamphlets with pro-Palestinian messages were also strewn across the floor.

Scholars at Risk is concerned about violent and destructive attacks on campus, apparently intended to prevent the functioning of a higher education institution. In addition to the harm to the immediate victims, such actions undermine academic freedom and democratic society generally.

Sources:
https://www.athensvoice.gr/epikairotita/koinonia/886881/ta-meli-tou-ekpa-katadikazoun-tin-epithesi-eis-varos-tis-vanas-nikolaidou-kurianidou/
https://www.thetoc.gr/koinwnia/article/bana-nikolaidou-kurianidou-neos-bandalismos-sto-grafeio-tis-akadimaikou-me-antisimitika-sunthimata/