Greece Golden Dawn: Neo-Nazi leaders guilty of running crime gang – By BBC Newsroom (BBC) / Oct 7 2020
Big crowds gathered outside the court in Athens as the judges gave verdicts on 68 defendants.
Golden Dawn won 18 MPs in 2012 as Greeks were battered by a financial crisis.
The criminal inquiry into the party began with the murder of an anti-fascist rapper in 2013.
Leader Nikos Michaloliakos and six colleagues were convicted of heading a criminal group. Supporter Giorgos Roupakias was found guilty of murdering an anti-racist musician and 15 others were convicted of conspiracy in the case.
Some 2,000 police were being deployed around Athens Appeals Court as thousands of protesters demanded long jail terms, carrying banners that read “fear will not win” and “Nazis in prison”, Greek media reported.
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