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Bekatorou: from Olympic champion to #MeToo mover Issued on: 27/02/2021 - 10:24 4 min Athens (AFP) Former Olympic champion Sofia Bekatorou says she "did the right thing" when she went public about being raped by a senior member of the Greek sailing federation when she was 23, effectively launching the #MeToo movement in Greece. "I did the right thing, even though it was late," the 43-year-old mother-of-two told AFP. Her revelations, first published in Marie-Claire magazine in December, led to a flood of Greek women coming forward with tales of historic sexual abuse. "I realised that other...

2021-02-25 23:05:28 GMT2021-02-26 07:05:28(Beijing Time) Xinhua English by Maria Spiliopoulou ATHENS, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- Greece is set to toughen the penalties for sexual offences and will launch a special website for reporting abuse in the wake of the Greek #MeToo Movement, which started in mid-January, when allegations from an Olympic sailing champion surfaced of sexual abuse committed by a former sporting official. "We must further strengthen our legal arsenal for the just punishment of those guilty of past and present crimes, but above all in order to prevent the crimes of the fut...

Greek PM hits back at sex scandal cover-up claims

Mitsotakis said the opposition and supporting media was dragging public discourse through a

Derek Gatopoulos Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis speaks during a parliamentary session in Athens, Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021.Mitsotakis has promised to outline proposed legal changes in parliament on Thursday to make it easier for victims of sexual assault to report the crimes. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) February 25, 2021 - 6:18 AM ATHENS, Greece - Greece's prime minister on Thursday promised sweeping changes to the country's laws and labour regulations to combat sexual abuse and misconduct in the wake of an assault allegation made by Olympic sailing cham...