Ilia Kareli

Four Nigrita prison guards alleged to be involved in the murder of the Albanian lifer, Ilia Kareli, were released on bail by public prosecutors in Serres, Greece on Monday. All four were banned from leaving the country and are obliged to report...

State prosecutor in Serres, northern Greece, Georgia Toutoumtzi, on Friday postponed the deposition of a Nigrita prison guard linked with the death of Albanian inmate Ilia Kareli last month. This decision was taken because the guard claims to have left the...

Seven shocking photos from Nigrita prison’s security cameras have come to light, showing Ilia Kareli's arrival and the guards' “welcome”. Newspaper To Vima published the photos Wednesday, prompting widespread horror across Greece. Ilia Kareli, a 42 year-old lifer of Albanian origin, was found dead in...

Six out of the eight prison guards from Nigrita prison, in northern Greece, who on Tuesday appeared before the Greek court and apologized for the torture and death of the Albanian prisoner Ilia Kareli will remain in custody. The six...

All the prison guards who tortured Albanian inmate Ilia Kareli in Nigrita, Greece, have confessed and expressed regret for their actions, and asked to be released. Judge Georgia Toutountzi listened carefully to the statements given by the prison guards. They are accused of...

Greek police sergeant Antonis Aravantinos made several revelations about the death of Ilia Kareli at Nigrita prison in an interview Tuesday. In particular, he stated that during the investigation carried out by the Greek police internal affairs department, head of the prison guard...

Greek authorities are just a step away from arresting the prison guards responsible for beating Albanian lifer, Ilia Kareli to death while he was in solitary confinement at Nigrita Prison, in Serres. The Greek prosecutor in Amfissa who is in...

Over the weekend, the Albanian Foreign Ministry expressed concern for the death of Ilia Kareli in prison in Nigrita, Greece on Thursday. In a statement, the ministry said it “condemns attacks against authorities imposing the law, as well as all acts of violence against Albanian citizens...

  According to a Ministry of Justice official, the Greek authorities are investigating whether the murder of the prison guard, Giorgos Tsironis, by an inmate at the Malandrino Prison in central Greece, is part of an alleged effort to increase...