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Golden Dawn: Leader Of Greek Neo-Nazi Party Sentenced To 13 Years In Prison
Source: NPR
Golden Dawn: Leader Of Greek Neo-Nazi Party Sentenced To 13 Years In Prison
October 14, 2020 11:46 AM ET
BILL CHAPPELL
JOANNA KAKISSIS
A Greek court has sentenced Nikos Michaloliakos, the leader of the far right anti-immigrant Golden Dawn party, to 13 years in prison. Michaloliakos and others from Golden Dawn were found guilty last week of being part of a criminal organization that ordered or encouraged violence.
Other leaders received sentences ranging from five to 13 years on Wednesday. The court will decide soon if any of the sentences will be suspended.
The five-year trial put new scrutiny on one of Greece's ugliest modern political developments — how a violent neo-Nazi party, infamous for harboring racists, xenophobes and even Holocaust deniers, was able to mobilize enough public support to win seats in parliament between 2012-2019 in a country that suffered tremendously under Nazis occupation during World War II.
"We hope to never again see in our homeland, those who proponent ideologies that bloodied the world," Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou tweeted Monday, as she marked the 76th-year anniversary of Athens' liberation from German occupation.
One party member, Giorgos Roupakias, received a life sentence plus 10 years after being convicted of the 2013 murder of Greek rapper Pavlos Fyssas, an anti-fascist musician who performed under the stage name Killah P.
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October 14, 2020 11:46 AM ET
BILL CHAPPELL
JOANNA KAKISSIS
A Greek court has sentenced Nikos Michaloliakos, the leader of the far right anti-immigrant Golden Dawn party, to 13 years in prison. Michaloliakos and others from Golden Dawn were found guilty last week of being part of a criminal organization that ordered or encouraged violence.
Other leaders received sentences ranging from five to 13 years on Wednesday. The court will decide soon if any of the sentences will be suspended.
The five-year trial put new scrutiny on one of Greece's ugliest modern political developments — how a violent neo-Nazi party, infamous for harboring racists, xenophobes and even Holocaust deniers, was able to mobilize enough public support to win seats in parliament between 2012-2019 in a country that suffered tremendously under Nazis occupation during World War II.
"We hope to never again see in our homeland, those who proponent ideologies that bloodied the world," Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou tweeted Monday, as she marked the 76th-year anniversary of Athens' liberation from German occupation.
One party member, Giorgos Roupakias, received a life sentence plus 10 years after being convicted of the 2013 murder of Greek rapper Pavlos Fyssas, an anti-fascist musician who performed under the stage name Killah P.
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Read more: https://www.npr.org/2020/10/14/923605755/golden-dawn-leader-of-greek-neo-nazi-party-sentenced-to-13-years-in-prison
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