Editing Hate crime (section)

====Greece====
Article Law 927/1979 "Section 1,1 penalizes incitement to discrimination, hatred or violence towards individuals or groups because of their racial, national or religious origin, through public written or oral expressions; Section 1,2 prohibits the establishment of, and membership in, organizations which organize propaganda and activities aimed at racial discrimination; Section 2 punishes public expression of offensive ideas; Section 3 penalizes the act of refusing, in the exercise of one's occupation, to sell a commodity or to supply a service on racial grounds."<ref>ECRI, "Second Report on Greece," adopted on 1999-12-10, and made public on 2000-06-27.</ref> Public prosecutors may press charges even if the victim does not file a complaint. However, as of 2003, no convictions had been attained under the law.<ref>Sitaropoulos, N.: "[http://europa.eu.int/comm/employment_social/fundamental_rights/pdf/legisln/msracequality/greece.pdf Executive Summary on Race Equality Directive, State of Play in Greece] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050513164532/http://europa.eu.int/comm/employment_social/fundamental_rights/pdf/legisln/msracequality/greece.pdf |date=13 May 2005 }}, section 5, 2003-10-12. Retrieved on 2007-08-02.</ref>