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Iasonas Apostolopoulos, a rescuer onboard SAR vessels in the Med was supposed to be honored by 's president Katerina Sakellaropoulou for his humanitarian work as the country celebrates 47 years since the restoration of democracy.

A few hours before the ceremony and after governmental interference he was informed that his award was refused by the president. The presidency hasn't commented on the incident so far.

Here's what he told us in 2018 about his work.

Iasonas Apostolopoulos - Greek rescuer onboard Aquarius Iasonas Apostolopoulos is an Athens-born humanitarian worker and civil engineer. He was working as a rescuer on board Aquarius 2, one of the largest rescue v...

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"Mrs. Bekatorou chose to do just that. She revealed wrongdoing that she had witnessed, during the past, while serving as an athlete of a professional national institution. Such wrongdoing was likely to be repeated and continue to cause harm to our society. There are two categories of whistleblowers. They are the ones that have direct information (directly witnessed wrongdoing) or indirect (hearsay, told by someone else). Mrs. Bekatorou is both a direct and indirect whistleblower."

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