Greece: Golden Dawn trial adjourned amid high tension
Anti-fascist activists were out in force as the mass trial began on Monday of leaders and members of Greece’s far-right Golden Dawn party – branded a neo-Nazi organisation by critics.
Disturbances were reported as party supporters also gathered outside the top security jail near Athens where 69 defendants faced charges including belonging to a criminal group and murder.
That charge follows the 2013 killing of an anti-racism rapper whose mother was among relatives present in the prison courthouse.
“No matter what people’s political views or links to government, we want them punished if they have committed a crime,” said Greek Muslim community leader Naim Elgkantour.
“Just like if I commit a crime, I should be punished.”
But defence lawyer Evangelos Galetzas raised questions about the trial’s legitimacy, with separate cases lumped together including the murder charge over the death of rapper Pavlos Fyssas, who was stabbed in the street in 2013.
In the event, the hearing was
Disturbances were reported as party supporters also gathered outside the top security jail near Athens where 69 defendants faced charges including belonging to a criminal group and murder.
That charge follows the 2013 killing of an anti-racism rapper whose mother was among relatives present in the prison courthouse.
“No matter what people’s political views or links to government, we want them punished if they have committed a crime,” said Greek Muslim community leader Naim Elgkantour.
“Just like if I commit a crime, I should be punished.”
But defence lawyer Evangelos Galetzas raised questions about the trial’s legitimacy, with separate cases lumped together including the murder charge over the death of rapper Pavlos Fyssas, who was stabbed in the street in 2013.
In the event, the hearing was
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