Thanos Dimadis learned first-hand the risks of independent journalism

Thanos Dimadis became the target of retaliation from a former minister in Greece and his associates in the government. In September 2016, the former Minister of Greece who was controlling the state-owned media in the country used those media to report and spread fake news against Thanos Dimadis that the NYPD and the FBI had arrested him with criminal charges in New York due to my reporting on the Minister.

He decided he had an obligation to keep the government officials who attempted to tarnish him as a journalist accountable. The U.S. State Department declassified documents that proved the story was a lie orchestrated by the Minister and his associates. He then placed a lawsuit for defamation that condemned the Minister’s associates for fabricating that fake story against Thanos to assassinate my reputation and integrity.

The Minister himself appealed to his political immunity to avoid criminal charges over my lawsuit against him. In 2020 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Greece the U.S. State Department made a special reference to Thanos “for being slandered by a former minister” and stated the journalist had proven to the court that the accusations were false and slanderous.

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