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Golden Dawn Trial Adjourns After Summer Recess in Greece

The Golden Dawn trial was adjourned on Monday at the Three-Member Felony Appeals Court, after summer recess. Giorgos Roupakias, parliamentarians and members of the extreme nationalist party are charged with the murder of rapper Pavlos Fyssas on September 18, 2013. At...

Lawyers' Strike Deemed Illegal by Top Greek Court

Greece's Council of State, it's top administrative court, decided that the Greek lawyers strike that started on January 12 is illegal and in violation of the Greek constitution and international law. The lawyers' strike brought Greek courts to a...

Greek PM Intervenes to Speed Up Fascist GD Trial Over Murdered Rapper

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, in an effort to speed up the trial of ultra-fascist Golden Dawn members, intervened on Friday in person. His decision to help speed up the process of justice followed a public appeal made by the...

Murderer of Greek Rapper Fyssas Released from Jail [video]

Giorgos Roupakias, the confessed murderer of Greek rapper Pavlos Fyssas, was released from jail on Friday, 30 months after the incident as his trial detention period expired. The Appeals Council issued a decree for his release due to the passage...

Golden Dawn Murderer Roupakias to Be Released From Custody

Giorgos Roupakias, the Gold Dawn thug who murdered in cold blood leftist rapper Pavlos Fyssas on September 2013 in Keratsini, is set to be released from custody next month, following a ruling today by a council of appeals court...

Mother of Golden Dawn Murder Victim: 'This Organization Trains Murderers'

Magda Fyssa, the mother of Pavlos Fyssas, the 34-year-old antifascist and rapper who was murdered two years ago by a member of Golden Dawn in Keratsini, near Piraeus, testified in court on Friday arguing that the police colluded with the neo-Nazi party. During her...

Father of Golden Dawn Murder Victim Claims Premeditation

The father of murdered rapper Pavlos Fyssas on Tuesday testified in court claiming that his son's slaying by Golden Dawn member Giorgos Roupakias was premeditated and the perpetrator had received orders from the party leadership. Panagiotis Fyssas testified as a witness for...

Greece's Golden Dawn Leader Assumes Political Responsibility for Rapper's Murder

Golden Dawn leader Nikos Michaloliakos assumed political responsibility for the murder of rapper Pavlos Fyssas, but claimed there is "no criminal liability." Speaking on Real FM radio on Thursday, the extreme-rightist party chief denied all allegations that he is a...

Greek Anarchists Violently Interrupt Golden Dawn Trial, to Resume June 4

Alleged members of anarchist organization Conspiracy of Fire Nuclei interrupted the Golden Dawn trial in Athens' Korydallos Prison makeshift courtroom on Friday. The assailants, who wore hoods, threw water bottles at reporters and shouted threatening slogans, such as "Fascists, we will hang...

Golden Dawn Trial Postponed for May 12

The Golden Dawn trial in Korydallos Prison was postponed again for May 12 with municipal authorities repeating their request for the trial to move elsewhere. Minor clashes between protesters and police took place earlier in the morning in the...