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ACTION ON BEHALF OF A MEMBERBy Suzanne Adams
On October 22nd I was contacted by one of our members, Alexander Stefanopoulos, who had been denied entry to a meeting of the Federation of Hellenic Societies of Greater New York. Although he had been invited, they maintained that he was not a member of the Press. He presented them with his FPA Press card (his accreditation had been confirmed by the FPA) as well as Press credentials from Greece.
After reviewing the facts, I referred this matter to the Executive Committee at our meeting on October 25th.The Executive Committee voted to submit a letter of protest on his behalf. The letter, written by President Gabriel Plesea , is reprinted below.
October 28, 2005
Mr. Nick DiamatidisPresidentFederation of Hellenic Societies of Greater New York, Inc.22-51 29th StreetAstoria, N.Y. 11105
Dear Mr. Diamatidis,
I am writing to you about a matter that has created great concern at the Foreign Press Association when the Executive Committee was informed of a letter addressed to it by Greek journalist Alexander Stefanopoulos, a member in good standing of our Association.
In his letter, Mr. Alexander Stefanopoulos details how he was invited, along with local journalists and Greek correspondents in New York, to attend the general meeting of the Federation of Hellenic Societies of Greater New York, Inc., on October 20, 2005, held at "Stathakion" Center in Astoria, at 8:00 p.m. There, on his way into the conference room, Mr. Stefanopoulos was intercepted by two members of the former Council, Messrs. A. Tomopoulos and G. Georgopoulos who asked him to leave the conference room, on grounds he was not a journalist, although Mr. Stefanopoulos showed his press ID's, a Greek one and the one issued by the Foreign Press Association, stating that he is an accredited foreign journalist, member of the Association. Furthermore, according to his account, Mr. Stefanopoulos was assaulted and subjected to insulting language.
As members of the press, we at the Foreign Press Association are firm advocates for the journalists' right to freely carry out their professional duties and wish to lodge an unequivocal protest on our colleague's behalf. Also, the Foreign Press Association wants to take issue with the two councilmen of the Federation of Hellenic Societies of Greater New York for apparently ignoring the validity of a press card issued by the Foreign Press Association as they asserted that Mr. Stefanopoulos is not a journalist. We would like to assure you that the Foreign Press Association, founded in 1918 in New York, the oldest such professional association in the USA, issues its press cards only to proven, professional foreign journalists from all over the world.
In view of all this, we would welcome an explanation from you, Mr. President, about the incident.
Thanking you in advance for your attention to this matter and looking forward to hearing from you soon,
Sincerely,
Gabriel PleseaPresident, Foreign Press Association
A response from Mr. Diamantidis concluded, “This was a regretful moment, and we extend our apologies to your members and your Association.”
