Leaders of Greece’s Golden Dawn sentenced to 13 years in prison
Court also hands a life sentence to Golden Dawn member Yiorgos Roupakias for the murder of anti-fascist rapper Pavlos Fyssas in 2013
14 October 2020 - 18:24
Athens — The leaders of the far-right Golden Dawn, once Greece's third-largest political party, were sentenced to prison on Wednesday for running a criminal gang linked to hate crimes during the country's worst economic crisis in decades.
Golden Dawn entered parliament for the first time in 2012 at the peak of the crisis on a fiercely anti-immigrant platform, tapping into Greeks' anger over painful austerity measures and what many saw as a corrupt and cosy political establishment...
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