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Six-Month Suspended Sentence for Golden Dawn MP Ilias Kasidiaris for 'Inciting Crime'

A Greek Misdemeanours Court on Thursday handed down a six-month prison sentence, suspended for three years, for far-right Golden Dawn party MP Ilias Kasidiaris after finding him guilty of inciting others to commit crimes. The conviction against Kasidiaris concerns a...

Golden Dawn MP Kasidiaris' Persecution Over Assault Against KKE MP Kanelli Ceased

From grievous to simple bodily harm converted an Athens court the charges against extreme right Golden Dawn MP Ilias Kasidiaris for the attack against Greek Communist Party (KKE) MP Liana Kanelli that took place during a live TV show...

Prosecutor Asks Parliament About Lifting Kasidiaris' Immunity

The leading prosecutor in the case of the video secretly filmed by Ilias Kasidiaris, which shows the former cabinet secretary, Panayiotis Baltakos in conversation with the Golden Dawn MP, has sent the case file to the Greek Parliament asking...

Prosecutor Targets Kasidiaris Over Secret Video

Moving to head off the release of more secret videos that could provide claims the government has trumped up charges against the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party, a prosecutor has asked Parliament to lift the immunity of the extremists spokesman...

Leaked Photo of Ilias Kasidiaris Holding a Kalashnikov Rifle

The Greek newspaper "Ethnos" published a photograph of the Golden Dawn MP, Ilias Kasidiaris, holding a kalashnikov rifle. The photograph has raised questions, concerning the action of Golden Dawn, as these weapons are illegal in Greece. According to "Ethnos," the...

Kasidiaris Assaults and Threatens Journalists

Four Golden Dawn MP's were set free today. Elias Kasidiaris, Elias Panagiotaros and Nikos Michos were released on bail. Their withdrawal from Evelpidon Court was undoubtedly really provocative. Kasidiaris started yelling and assaulting Greek journalists who were standing outside...

Kasidiaris Says Holocaust Fiction

The spokesman and a Member of Parliament for the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party, Ilias Kasidiaris, whipped up controversy while addressing the body after he suggested that he - like his party leader Nikolaos Michaloliakos -  is a Holocaust denier. During...

Parliament Nixes Kasidiaris On Lifting Immunity

Facing prosecution for attacking two fellow Members of Parliament, a bid by Ilias Kasidiaris, spokesman for the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party bid to have immunity lifted for the two female lawmakers he assaulted has been rejected by his colleagues. Kasidiaris...

Kasidiaris Cleared In Student Assault Case

The spokesman for the Greek neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party, Ilias Kasidiaris, has been acquitted of charges he was involved in the beating and stabbing of a student in 2007 at the Athens Polytechnic school, although a witness testified the...

Golden Dawn MEP Skips Arrest, Enjoying Parliamentary Immunity in Brussels

Member of European Parliament Ioannis Lagos, a former leader of Golden Dawn, has been able to avoid arrest after being sentenced by a Greek court for his part in leading the group, since he is currently in Brussels enjoying...

Golden Dawn Members to Enter Prison on Friday

The 37 members of the neo-Nazi party golden Dawn who were convicted in October will be transported to prison on Friday. The convicts were held at police headquarters in Athens after the court upheld their prison sentences on Thursday, rejecting...

Greek Police Fiasco as Convicted Golden Dawn Neo-Nazi Goes AWOL

Greek police are under fire on Friday for failing to arrest a leading Golden Dawn figure who disappeared after a court sentenced him to 13 years in prison. Police say that the whereabouts of Christos Pappas, believed to have been...

Greek Court Sends Golden Dawn Leaders to Prison

A Greek court upheld its ruling to sentence the leaders of the criminal organization Golden Dawn to 13 years in prison, overruling an earlier recommendation by the public prosecutor that the sentences should be suspended pending appeal. Following the ruling,...

Greek Prosecutor Recommends Suspended Sentence for Golden Dawn Leaders

The Greek prosecutor in the trial of the criminal organization Golden Dawn proposed that the jail sentences of up to 13 years imposed on its leaders last week should be suspended. Only Giorgos Roupakias, sentenced to life for the murder...

Criminal Organization Golden Dawn is Behind Bars For Good

Judges at the Athens Appeals Court announced near maximum sentences under Greek law for the convicted leaders and members of the criminal organization Golden Dawn. Leader Nikos Michaloliakos and five other leading members, including Christos Pappas, Ilias Kasidiaris, Ioannis Lagos,...