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Golden Dawn ‘a criminal organisation,’ court rules in biggest trial of fascists since Nuremberg
by Kevin Ovenden in Athens
People holding a banner depicting Greek rap singer Pavlos Fyssas, who was stabbed and killed by a supporter of the extreme right Golden Dawn party in 2013, triggering a crackdown on the party, gather for a protest outside a court in Athens
THE biggest trial of fascist criminality since Nuremberg has resulted in the resounding conviction of Greek neonazi party Golden Dawn as a criminal organisation.
The roars of approval at the guilty verdicts from about 10,000 protesters on Alexandras Avenue outside the main court complex in Athens were echoed in households across Greece today.
As former Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras put it: “The people had already made their judgement.”
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