An Athens court denied bail to Golden Dawn party leaders following long-term convictions and appeals. Six of the seven convicts have now been arrested, while Member of the European Parliament Ioannis Lagos is currently in Brussels.
Elias Kasidiaris, Christos Pappas, George Germenis, Elias Panagiotaros, Artemis Mattheopoulos, Konstantinos Barbarousis, Antonis Gregos, Nikos Michaloliakos and Zisimopoulos will be taken to prison.
A total of 38 of the 50 accused will be taken to prison.
For Michail Arvanitis, Eleni Zaroulia, Chrysovalanti Alexopoulos, Stathis Boukouras and Dimitris Koukoutsis, it was decided that their setences will be suspended. However, they were banned from leaving the country, had to pay a bond of 20,000 euros and must report to their local police station.
The Far-Right political group was two weeks ago classified as a criminal organization. Golden Dawn were judged to be a criminal organization for the murder of anti-fascist rapper Pavlos Fyssas, and attacks on Egyptian fishermen and PAME unionists.
Lengthy sentences were given to leaders and former leaders of the criminal organization.
Nikos Michaloliakos
13 years imprisonment and 6 months
Ioannis Lagos
13 years imprisonment and 8 months
Elias Kasidiaris
13 years imprisonment and 6 months
George Germenis
13 years imprisonment and 6 months
Christos Pappas
13 years imprisonment and 3 months
Elias Panagiotaros
13 years imprisonment
Artemis Mattheopoulos
10 years imprisonment
Kasidiaris, who is now party head of "Greeks for the Fatherland," has already handed himself over to the police.
Meanwhile, Lagos has sworn to fight extradition from Brussels to Athens. However, the President of the European Parliament announced that immunity for the former Golden Dawn Member of the European Parliament could be waivered.
Giannis Lagos, a former leader of Golden Dawn but now an independent in the European Parliament, could have his immunity waivered in the aftermath of the Far-Right group being recognized as a criminal organization, said European Parliament President David Sassoli at the beginning of a Plenary Session when responding to a request from Greek authorities.
The most likely reason his immunity might be waivered according to sources is for tearing the Turkish flag in the European Parliament.
