Greek court rules that political party "Golden Dawn" is a "criminal organization"

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  1. kazenatsu

    kazenatsu Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    A Greek court has ruled that the (controversial) political party "Golden Dawn" is a "criminal organization", with the implication that it would be a crime to lead or participate in such a criminal organization.

    This sets a concerning precedent.

    Many Greeks are happy, because Golden dawn is seen by many as "fascist" and drawing inspiration from Nazism.

    The court ruled that 7 of the 18 former party lawmakers, including party leader Nikos Michaloliakos, were "guilty of leading a criminal organization". The rest were found guilty of "participating in a criminal organization". In all, there were 68 defendants in a trial encompassing four cases.

    Some individuals in the party were responsible for initiating violence and a single politically motivated killing of a rapper musician.
    It seems the court imposed a collective responsibility onto the entire party for the actions of a some of the members.

    Their argument is that the political party was operating like a gang of thugs. Which probably has some partial truth. But at the same time, there may likely be some unfairness going on due to the majority of the society hating what that political party stands for.

    The trial had been assessing four cases rolled into one: the 2013 fatal stabbing of Greek rap singer Pavlos Fyssas, physical attacks on Egyptian fishermen in 2012, physical attacks on left-wing activists in 2013, and lastly whether the Golden Dawn political party was operating as a criminal organization.

    Of the 43 people on trial for membership of a criminal organization, 15 were acquitted and the rest found guilty.

    Only 11 of the 68 defendants were present, with the rest represented by their lawyers. None of the former lawmakers were present.

    A lawyer representing the fishermen expressed his opinion: "The ruling demonstrates that they were just a gang of knife-wielding thugs who took their orders from the top."

    Politicians from several different political parties, the more conservative New Democracy party, the Communist Party, and the former governing left-wing Syriza party, were outside the courthouse.

    The issue of the case was whether the string of violent attacks could be linked to Golden Dawn's leadership. Golden Dawn denied any direct link to the attacks.

    There were 18 members from the Golden Dawn Party in Greece's Parliament (out of 300) from 2015 to 2019.

    https://apnews.com/article/hip-hop-...rkets-greece-8193d867c12224dbc9ba3e2675b8d25c
     
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    Are they not tantamount to the Rosicruciains and the Illuminati?
     
  3. Tejas

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    Wrong "Golden Dawn"

    The Golden Dawn in Greece is a nationalist right-wing political organization

    Evil "RED" Bolsheviks are oppressing God's "White" nationalists worldwide.
     

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