Greek Court Rules That Golden Dawn Party Is a Criminal Group

Greek Court Rules That Golden Dawn Party Is a Criminal Group
People holding a banner depicting Greek rap singer Pavlos Fyssas, who was stabbed and killed by a supporter of the Golden Dawn party in 2013, gather for a protest outside a court in Athens, on Oct. 7, 2020. Yorgos Karahalis/AP Photo
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ATHENS, Greece—A Greek court ruled Wednesday that the far-right Golden Dawn party was operating as a criminal organization, delivering landmark guilty verdicts following a politically charged five-year trial against dozens of defendants.

Golden Dawn, founded as a neo-Nazi group in the 1980s, rose to become Greece’s third-largest party during the country’s recent financial crisis and was seen as a model for many extreme-right groups worldwide.