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The Athens Court of Appeals announced its verdict in the case on whether the Golden Dawn Party is a criminal organization.
In the case that has been going on for more than 5 years, the court declared that the leader of the Golden Dawn Party, Nikos Mihaloliakos, and 6 party members Ilias Kasidiaris, Yiannis Lagos, Giorgos Germenis, Ilias Panagiotaros, Panagiotis Iliopoulos and Nikos Papas were “guilty” of the other 18 defendants. “He was a member of the organization.”
The trials on the penalties that the accused will receive will continue in the coming days.
INTENSIVE SAFETY PRECAUTIONS
Police forces took extraordinary security measures around the Athens Court of Appeal, where the court was seen.
All roads around the courthouse, where approximately 2,200 police officers and snipers were assigned, were closed to traffic.
In addition to the Court of Athens, more than 20 thousand protesters, including members of the main opposition SYRIZA and the Communist Party of Greece (KKE), political parties, unions, anti-fascist platforms and students shouted slogans such as “You are not innocent”, “The Nazis go to jail “,” Down with fascism “. .
POLICE INTERVENED
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Riot control forces responded to Molotov cocktails fired by protesters with tear gas and water cannons.
The leader of the Golden Dawn Party, Mihaloliakos, 69 defendants, including some former parliamentarians and party members, was being tried for the crimes of constitution, participation and management of a criminal organization, money laundering, blackmail, possession of weapons without permission and organization of acts of racist violence.
In the early morning of 2013 in the Keratsini district of Athens, Golden Dawn Party member George Rupakias stabbed left-wing singer Pavlos Fissas in the heart.
The Ministry of Citizen Protection launched an investigation to include the far-right party in a criminal organization.
In the general elections held in Greece last year, Golden Dawn was excluded from parliament because it did not exceed the electoral threshold of 3 percent with 2.93 percent of the vote.
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CNN TURK Athens representative Yorgo Kırbaki shared the following information:
“The verdict in the racist neo-Nazi Golden Dawn case, which lasted about 5.5 years in Greece, has just been announced. The Athens Criminal Court of Appeal declared the Golden Dawn Party a criminal organization after exactly 453 sessions. 18 people , including the party leader, were murdered. He was found guilty of charges such as injuries, racism, xenophobia, possession of explosive weapons, attempted coup, establishment of an organized and criminal organization under the guise of a political party and management of a criminal organization.
The Golden Dawn Party was founded in 1987 on the basis of Turkey and Turkish hostility. In the years that followed, he targeted Afghan immigrants. Due to the 2012 economic crisis, she gathered the reaction votes of the Greek people and entered the parliament. It was the third party in parliament, obtaining 7 percent of the vote in 2015. However, it did not exceed the 3 percent threshold in last year’s elections. Important names in the party also left the party. The party was in the stage of dissolution. “
