GREECE’S TURN TO DRAW THE LINE
NEW INTERNATIONALIST: Golden Dawn is at the forefront of a trend that has been growing in Europe since the 1990s. This trial is an opportunity for Greece, and thus Europe, to draw a red line.
Day 3: Declaration of the victims
Furthermore, all of the above declared their attendance as civil parties in the prosecution of all those accused of membership, participation and leadership of the criminal organization, “People’s Association – Golden Dawn”
Greek hard-right politicians in the dock for murder
ALJAZEERA: Thanassis Kabayiannis is confident the end is near for the controversial right-wing political party that has made inglorious headlines since entering the Greek parliament with 18 members of parliament in 2012.
Day 2: THE REPETITION
It was eventually agreed that the legal recognition of Civil Action would be determined in subsequent hearings.
The Golden Dawn trial is a legitimate criminal case, not political persecution
LSE – EUROPP:The trial of several members of the Greek political party Golden Dawn is set to resume on 7 May, with charges ranging from murder to participation in a criminal organisation. Emmanuel Melissaris writes on the legality of the trial and the accusation that it amounts to little more than the political persecution of the party. He argues that despite Golden Dawn’s protestations, from a legal perspective the trial is a legitimate criminal prosecution.
Golden Dawn tarnished
Politico: The Greek far-right party is attempting to hide its roots in Nazi ideology as several party members prepare to go on trial.
The Trial of Golden Dawn’s Neo-Nazis Has Begun
Thus, a simple “caress” of a conviction bears no outcome whatsoever.
It is the first time that a Nazi organization will be tried in a court of law, even as it remains the third largest party in parliament, with 388,447 voters, and as the current government remains a majority-Left coalition
THE TRIAL, THE WITNESSES AND THE JOURNALISTS
EFSYN Journalists themselves number among the organization’s primary targets. Nikos Michaloliakos’ “political” career began four decades ago with a similar attack: the savage lynching of journalist democrats by a neofascist group at the funeral of Evangelos Mallios, one of the military junta’s archtorturers. Michaloliakos was arrested but never tried. The charges against him were dropped
Trial of far-right Golden Dawn leaders starts in Greece
Party chief Nikos Michaloliakos among 69 defendants accused of running criminal organisation that attacked immigrants and opponents
Greek far-right Golden Dawn leaders go on trial
BBC All 18 of Golden Dawn’s MPs in the previous Greek parliament are among the defendants, but only a handful of them were in the specially-built courtroom for the start of the trial.
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