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Extreme-right Golden Dawn party lawmakers Ilias Panagiotaros (C), Nikos Michos (L) and Ilias Kasidiaris leave a courthouse after being released in Athens October 2, 2013. (REUTERS/Yorgos Karahalis)
Senior Golden Dawn lawmakers freed pending trial in Greece
Athens, Reuters—Three senior lawmakers from Greece’s far-right Golden Dawn party were freed on Wednesday pending trial on charges of belonging to a criminal group while a fourth was ordered to be kept in detention, a court official told Reuters. The surprise...Caption:
Leader of extreme-right Golden Dawn party Nikolaos Mihaloliakos talks at a news conference in Athens, in this file picture taken May 6, 2012. (Reuters/Yannis Behrakis)
Greek far-right leader, others arrested
Athens, AP—Police arrested the leader and other top officials of the extreme-right Golden Dawn party on Saturday on charges of forming a criminal organization, in an escalation of a government crackdown after a fatal stabbing allegedly committed by a supporter. It is...Caption:
A protester raises his fist as anti-fascist demonstrators clash with riot police in Athens on September 18, 2013, after a leftist musician was murdered by a suspected neo-Nazi. (AFP PHOTO/ARIS MESSINIS)