Athens, Attica

Agios Panteleimonas Police Station

Status

Last documented use

2024

Type: Police station or jail (Criminal)

Custodial Authority: Not Available

Management: Not Available

Detains: Not Available

Deaths at facility Conditions complaints? Mistreatment complaints?
Yes

September 2024

YES

2025

Yes
Greece

31,975

Migration Detainees

30,631

Migration Detainee Entries

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FACILITY NAMES
Agios Panteleimonas Police Station
Location

Country: Greece

City & Region: Athens, Attica, Europe

Contact Information
Michail Voda 85
Athina 104 40
Tel. +30 21 0825 8903

MANAGEMENT & BUDGET

Center Status
Status
Year
Last documented use
2024
In use
2024
In use
2021
In use
2012
Facility type
Category
Type
Year
Criminal
Police station or jail
2021

DETAINEES

SIZE & POPULATION

LENGTH OF DETENTION

OUTCOMES

CONDITIONS

Inadequate conditions
Inadequate Conditions
Obvs. Date
2025
2024
2024
2024
2024

CARCERAL INDICATORS

STAFF

Mistreatment Reports

Yes

“The Agios Panteleimonas and Omonoia police departments in central Athens are among the most notorious for police violence in Greece, previously linked to torture, ill-treatment, and deaths in custody.”

2004

2024

Yes

“Agios Panteleimonas was the site of a widely reported 2004 torture case involving Afghan nationals (Sarwari and others v Greece)”

2004

SEGREGATION

CELLS

COMMUNAL SPACE & ACTIVITIES

Outdoor Space

No

2024

HEALTH

Barriers to care
Barriers to Care
Obvs. Date
Inadequate translation services
2025
Reports of Deaths
Name of deceased individual
Date of death
Muhammad Kamran Ashiq
September 2024
Reports of Injury/Physical Harm
Injury/physical harm reported
Incident/Report date
Yes
2025
Yes
2024

MONITORING & ACCESS

Lawyer Access

No

2025
Family Access

No

2025

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Access to Personal Cell Phones

No

2025

No

2024

No

2023

No

2021