In absentia convicted MEP Yannis Lagos, extradited from Belgium, who arrived in Athens today and appeared before the prosecutor for the execution of sentences, has been sent to the Domokos maximum security prison.
On April 27, Interpol employees in Brussels were arrested MEP Yannis Lagos. After his arrest, he was transferred to the Brussels pre-trial detention center.
On 7/10/20, an Athens court ruled on a 5-year trial of the ultra-right Golden Dawn party (Chrissi Avgi).
One of the leaders of the far-right Greek party, Chrisi Avgi (Golden Dawn), arrived at noon at the capital’s El. Venizelos airport, accompanied by police guards. Then, straight from the airport, he was taken to the Court of Appeal, where lawyers Kostas Pleuris and Yiannis Zografos were waiting for him.
According to two lawyers, their client has already petitioned the secretary for anti-crime policy to keep him in Koridallos prison in order to facilitate his duties in the European Parliament. The same request, they said, was sent to the prosecutor’s office to order his detention in a specific correctional institution.
The prosecutor informed the convicted member of the Golden Dawn party that the decision on where to keep him is not his responsibility, since this decision is made by the secretary of anti-crime policy.
Draconian security measures
Janis Lagos was transported in a paddy wagon, accompanied by two police jeeps and a police anti-terror group. Leaving the car, at the entrance to the building of the Court of Appeal, the deputy shouted: “For Orthodoxy and Greece, this is a worthy sacrifice.”
When he left the court of appeal, two or three people, from the side of his supporters, shouted to him: “Janis hold on”, and two people on the opposite sidewalk, supporters of the left forces, shouted: “Pavlos is alive, crush the Nazis.”
Official representative of the Greek government
“The Hellenic Republic fought and destroyed the poison of the Golden Dawn. The rule of law firmly opposed the criminals. And justice gave its answer with its decisions,” – said in a statement the spokesman for the government of Aristotelia Peloni.
She stresses: “But complacency is unacceptable. The Greek authorities took immediate and coordinated steps both to issue a European arrest warrant and to extradite Yannis Lagos to serve his sentence. However, a constant struggle is needed so that the Hellenic Republic no longer faces similar phenomena. “
SYRIZA
“The fact that the neo-Nazi Yannis Lagos is being imprisoned in Greek prisons is an important victory for democracy,” the SYRIZA statement said, adding that it was “a victory for those who have fought the darkness of fascism all these years.”
The official opposition also emphasizes that “it is imperative to resolve the issue of the escape of the deputy leader of the neo-Nazis Christos Pappas, which is the responsibility of the government.”
At the end of the appeal, it is noted that “the fight against the logic of hatred, fascism and racism continues.”
On April 27, Interpol employees in Brussels were arrested MEP Yannis Lagos. After his arrest, he was transferred to the Brussels pre-trial detention center.
When he was detained at his home in Brussels, the police presented a European warrant. On the eve of the European Parliament deprived Lagos of parliamentary immunity, reports ERT. The MP wrote on Twitter: “I am in a Belgian patrol car. Thieves, atheists and opponents of the Greeks are taking me to prison. I remain faithful to Christ and Greece. “
On 7/10/20, an Athens court ruled on a 5-year trial of the ultra-right Golden Dawn party (Chrissi Avgi).
The party as a whole was charged with highly controversial evidence of the murder of leftist activist Pavlos Fyssas, as well as several attacks on foreign workers that were denounced as “racist attacks.”
The Criminal Court of Appeal, composed of three members, announced its unanimous decision: “Golden Dawn – a criminal organization.” According to the court’s decision, leader Nikos Michaloliakos and six other members of the leadership team were found guilty. The remaining 11 members of the “Golden Dawn”, as stated in the verdict, are guilty of joining a criminal organization and participating in its activities.
The leader of “Chrisi Avgi” Nikos Michaloliakos, as well as five former deputies found guilty of leading this criminal organization – Ilias Kasidiaris, Yiannis Lagos, Christos Pappas, Yorgos Hermenis, Ilias Panayotaros – were sentenced to more than 13 years in prison. Lagos, using his immunity as a member of the European Parliament, immediately after the announcement of the verdict left Greece for Brussels to avoid arrest.
Answer “Chrisi Avgi”
Party leader Nikos Michaloliakos admitted political responsibility for the murder of the anti-fascist singer, but said that “he considers it unacceptable to judge the entire party for this.”
It was the first time in Greece that a party that had been elected to parliament in the past was accused of being a criminal organization.
It is worth noting that, according to the Greeks who sympathize with this party, the trial was a reprisal against the true patriots of Greece. During the trial, legal norms were grossly violated, and the facts were far-fetched.
When he was detained at his home in Brussels, the police presented a European warrant. On the eve of the European Parliament deprived Lagos of parliamentary immunity, reports ERT. The MP wrote on Twitter: “I am in a Belgian patrol car. Thieves, atheists and opponents of the Greeks are taking me to prison. I remain faithful to Christ and Greece. “
The party as a whole was charged with highly controversial evidence of the murder of leftist activist Pavlos Fyssas, as well as several attacks on foreign workers that were denounced as “racist attacks.”
The Criminal Court of Appeal, composed of three members, announced its unanimous decision: “Golden Dawn – a criminal organization.” According to the court’s decision, leader Nikos Michaloliakos and six other members of the leadership team were found guilty. The remaining 11 members of the “Golden Dawn”, as stated in the verdict, are guilty of joining a criminal organization and participating in its activities.
The leader of “Chrisi Avgi” Nikos Michaloliakos, as well as five former deputies found guilty of leading this criminal organization – Ilias Kasidiaris, Yiannis Lagos, Christos Pappas, Yorgos Hermenis, Ilias Panayotaros – were sentenced to more than 13 years in prison. Lagos, using his immunity as a member of the European Parliament, immediately after the announcement of the verdict left Greece for Brussels to avoid arrest.
Answer “Chrisi Avgi”
Party leader Nikos Michaloliakos admitted political responsibility for the murder of the anti-fascist singer, but said that “he considers it unacceptable to judge the entire party for this.”
It was the first time in Greece that a party that had been elected to parliament in the past was accused of being a criminal organization.
It is worth noting that, according to the Greeks who sympathize with this party, the trial was a reprisal against the true patriots of Greece. During the trial, legal norms were grossly violated, and the facts were far-fetched.
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