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Greek appeals court hands neo-Nazi leaders 13-year sentences
Greek appeals court upheld 13-year sentences for Golden Dawn leaders convicted of murder, assault, and illegal weapons charges in a case exposing Nazi-style criminal activities.
- A Greek appeals court handed 13-year prison terms to leaders of the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party for running a criminal organisation.
- The party founder-leader Nikos Michaloliakos and five other officials received the 13-year sentences, though Michaloliakos will remain free on health grounds.
- Crimes attributed to the group include the beating of Egyptian fishermen in 2012 and the murder of anti-fascist rapper Pavlos Fyssas in 2013.
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An Athens appeals court on Wednesday sentenced six leading members of Greece's former neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party to 13 years in prison, upholding the sentences handed down to them in historic verdicts over the violent attacks and murder of anti-fascist rapper Pavlos Fysas in 2013, Greek media reported.
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Greek appeals court hands neo-Nazi leaders 13-year sentences
A Greek appeals court on Wednesday handed 13-year prison terms to leaders of the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party in a landmark case over crimes committed at the height of the country's economic crisis.
Among the crimes attributed to this formation are the beating of Egyptian fishermen in 2012 and the murder of the anti-fascist rapper Pavlos Fyssas in 2013.
What does the decision on mitigating circumstances mean - The way is opened for even former Golden Dawn MPs and Michaloliakos' wife to be sent to prison
The Five-Member Court of Appeals of Athens upheld the first-instance sentences for the leaders of the neo-Nazi criminal organization “Golden Dawn”. The court rejected all requests for mitigation for 37 of the 42 defendants. The murderer of Pavlos Fyssas, Giorgos Roupakias (life sentence), as well as former MPs Elias Kasidiaris and Ioannis Lagos remain in prison. In addition, the court decided to imprison Eleni Zaroulia, former MP of Golden Dawn …
Eleni Zaroulia is being sent to prison, along with three other convicts in the Golden Dawn trial. The Athens Five-Member Criminal Appeals Court has sent the former MP and wife of the former leader of Golden Dawn, Nikos Michaloliakos, to prison after rejecting her request to convert her 5-year prison sentence into a fine. Zaroulia, citing Supreme Court decisions, had requested to redeem her sentence. The judges decided that three other convicts w…
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