Online Talk: Whose 'truth'? Exposing human rights abuses in Greece

Jointly organised by CITY College Europe Campus and the University of York

Whose 'truth'? Exposing human rights abuses in Greece

Monday, 26 June 2023
3:00pm - 4:00pm (EEST)
Online

Speaker:
Phevos Simeonidis
Forensic and OSINT Researcher

Overview:
This lecture dives into the concept of "truth", as it's being deployed or contested when it comes to exposing human rights abuses in Greece. Using a multidisciplinary approach from the humanities, it explores power dynamics, storytelling, and how truth is understood in relation to human rights violations in the EU borders and beyond. Using Greece as a case study, the lecture delves into the recent historical and political contexts that shaped these abuses over time, and the activist/media responses. The lecture also explores the different narratives that emerge and the power struggles between victims, perpetrators, and society. while also discussing the roles of human rights organizations, media, and grassroots movements in shedding light on abuses and seeking justice.

About the speaker:
Phevos Simeonidis is an OSINT & audiovisual forensics researcher and an archivist. He is an MA graduate from the Centre for Research Architecture, a researcher and investigative partner of OmniaTv and The Manifold, and the former director and co-founder of Disinfaux Collective in Athens, Greece. As of late 2023 he is also a PhD candidate at Durham University, SGIA. He is a frequent collaborator of -among others- Forensic Architecture, Lighthouse Reports, with his work focusing on far/alt-right narrative creation and performativity online, militarized border regimes and surveillance, and human rights violations in the external borders of the EU.

Co-organised by CITY College Europe Campus and the University of York
The online talk takes place in the context of the Summer School 2023 organised at CITY College in Thessaloniki and of the Refugee Week organised at the University of York, UK.

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