New
evidence of the connection between the neoliberal leading party and
Golden Dawn in Greece
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“A
provincial branch of the neonazi Golden Dawn party was bankrolled
by a wealthy businessman who was a member of New Democracy and it
enjoyed immunity from the police, a Golden Dawn defector has told a
leading US human rights organisation. The unidentified man told Human
Rights First that the businessman gave financial backing to Golden
Dawn because he wanted it to do well in the 2012 elections so that
New Democracy could end its uneasy coalition with socialist Pasok and
team up with Golden Dawn instead.”
“'Golden
Dawn is the militia arm of New Democracy,' the businessman told the
defector, who will be a witness in the forthcoming criminal case
against leading Golden Dawn figures, which is due to start in
November. He said the businessman also spent more than $1,500
(€1,100) on military outfits for its cadres. The businessman also
paid for their offices and gave them advice, including 'Don’t go
and attack migrants in the middle of the day.'”
“The
defector also told Human Rights First that his Golden Dawn unit
enjoyed immunity from the police. 'The police had specific orders not
to touch us,' he said, adding that when four Golden Dawn members
attacked two Pakistani migrants and beat them 'really, really badly',
he received a phone call from the local police chief who had ties to
the local Golden Dawn boss and told him the case would not be
investigated. 'Once they realised they could operate with impunity,
they turned to intimidation for profit, evicting recalcitrant tenants
and collecting debts,' the report continues.”
“His
testimony is included in a major
report (pdf),
published on August 14 by Human Rights First, that details the rise
and the threat posed by the “hate parties” of Golden Dawn in
Greece and Jobbik in Hungary.”
“Despite
threats against him, the defector intends to testify that Golden Dawn
was a 'criminal organization,' as the government charges. But he
added that the government allowed Golden Dawn to grow for its own
gain, and only decided to take legal action only when the
organisation became too powerful.*”
More:
*Within less than a month,
all settled as they wanted. They knew Golden Dawn, they expected
such a murder. As long as GD was murdering immigrants and doing
the "dirty work", was quite useful. Just after this
political assassination of a Greek citizen, the "local
representatives" found the excuse to cut the unacceptably
high rates of GD and restore them to a more "manageable"
level of about 7%.
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Meanwhile,
there is an increased activity of neo-nazis lately through assaults
against migrants and organizations in Athens.
A 28-year
old man from Iran was stabbed 12 times in Alexandras street - Athens
by men with shaved heads, wearing black t-shirts, according to his
statement.
"Three
men of age 28-30 on a motorcycle approached me and asked me where I
am from. I understood the question because the police stops me every
day and asks the same thing. I said 'from Iran'. Then, two of them
came to me and punched me. The other man was waiting on the
motorcycle. One of them was sitting on my stomach and the other one
was hitting me. One of them was tall and strong. Then, they started
to stab me. They hit me hard and when I realized that they will kill
me, I put my hands on my neck and my face. The one on the motorcycle
was saying 'let's go, let's go'. It lasted about one minute. They
were not thieves. They didn't take my money or my cell phone."
“I
tried very hard to reach a guard of the hospital Agios Savvas. I lost
too much blood and I was very dizzy. After that, the police came and
took my statement, then an ambulance came to take me to the Elpis
hospital.”
Ashkan
Najafi is 28 years old and lives in Greece for one and a half years.
He described his desperate situation. He has a wife and kid in Iran,
but he was forced to leave because his life was in danger:
“I came
here because I thought that there is democracy in Europe and human
rights are respected, that I would have a more peaceful life. Now,
every time the dark falls I'm scared. My situation is worse now here,
how can I bring my family, how can I go back? I don't know what to
do. If you were in my place what would you do? I left my country
because my life was in danger, I came here and they stabbed me
because I'm a migrant. Where should I go now? Where should I go to
seek for asylum?”
Early
this month, another migrant from Pakistan has been attacked by five
men wearing black clothes putting his life in serious danger. They
were beating him for 10 minutes with brass knuckles and left him in
blood.
Last
Friday, a team of Golden Dawn supporters attacked against the Open
School for Migrants in Pireaus. The neo-nazis have caused damage to
the school, wrote slogans on walls, and reportedly stole a computer
from the school premises.
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