Thread by @Eva_Cosse

After 5 years, a court in Athens will deliver its verdict against #GoldenDawn trial suspects, for their role in the murders of Pavlos Fyssas and Shehzad Luqman, and numerous brutal attacks against migrants & refugees.

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#GDtrial #Greece

Proud to know that @hrw 2012 report “Hate on the Streets: Xenophobic Violence in Greece” documenting how gangs of Greeks regularly attacked migrants and asylum seekers across #Greece contributed to the fight against #GoldenDawn and to this trial.

hrw.org/report/2012/07…

For our 2012 report on racist violence in #Greece, my colleague @sunderland_jude and I met with the leader of #GoldenDawn - here’s what he said to us.

When #GoldenDawn flourished (2010-2013) migrants described widespread fear of walking on the streets. Attacks took place at night near town squares & attackers worked in groups & were often dressed in dark with their faces obscured by cloth or helmets.

This is what I called in my 2012 @nytimes OpEd #Greece’s Epidemic or Racist Attacks.

nytimes.com/2012/01/27/opi…

#Greece’s epidemic of racist attacks in 2010-2013 was met for far too long with impunity. Police and judges systematically failed to record such attacks & arrest and prosecute the perpetrators leaving the space for unchecked violence to develop.

hrw.org/news/2013/05/1…