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Greek Judges Quash Controversial Irianna Conviction

Greek judges have quashed the controversial conviction of two people jailed in 2016 for serious terrorism offences. Five appeals judges ruled that the pair -- identified only by their first names Irianna and Pericles -- should be cleared. They were to be...

Greek Justice Minister Criticizes Court Decision to Keep Irianna in Jail

Justice Minister Stavros Kontonis criticized a decision by an Athens Appeals Court on Monday, to reject the application of 29-year-old Irianna and her 33-year-old co-defendant for their temporary release. The PhD student; known only by her first name Irianna, asked to...

Members of Anarchist Group Invade Greek Parliament's Courtyard

More than a dozen members of the anarchist group Rubicon breached security and entered the courtyard of the Greek parliament. The group threw fliers and shouted slogans standing just outside the parliament building. They were demonstrating demanding the release of a...

Irianna Ruling Will go Down in 'Black Book' for Greek Justice, Greek Gov't Spox Says

"Justice creates the suspicion that it decides and deliberates using criteria beyond strictly legal judgements," government spokesman Dimitris Tzanakopoulos said on Tuesday, in a comment on Monday's ruling concerning a Greek postgraduate student convicted to prison as a member...

Protesters Riot in Athens over Irianna, Jailed for Membership of Terror Group (video)

Fourteen people were arrested in central Athens after a solidarity march for a jailed woman accused of membership in a terrorist organization turned into a riot. Around 100 protesters marched through the shopping district around Ermou Street throwing rocks and...