Witnessing the trial of the Golden Dawn...

Witnessing the trial of the Golden Dawn…

Evgenia Kouniaki, Chrisa Papadopoulou, Ismini Theodoropoulou, Dafni Kostoula

Summary

The Golden Dawn trial was a continuous process marked by the witnesses’ and defendants’ testimonies, as well as the assessment of the material evidence and the case-file. It was a painful retrospective flashback to the past: from the assassination of Pavlos Fyssas and Shehzad Luqman to the assassination attempt against the Egyptian fishermen, the PAME trade-unionists, the antifascists of the Anarchist Centre “Antipnia” and a series of attacks against migrants and people who found the courage to protest or to stand up against the Nazi organisation “Golden Dawn”. It has been a continuously evolving process in constant interaction with society, even in the absence of the press (with the exception of a few but important journalists). This was demonstrated on the day of the verdict too. The following text and interview reflect the thoughts, feelings and concerns that engaged us throughout this process. The interview of Chrisa Papadopoulou is a touching piece of our effort to think back on this process, from our viewpoint as observers of this trial.

BIO

Evgenia Kouniaki is a lawyer and a member of the legal team that represented the Egyptian fisherment in the trial against Golden Dawn. She studied Law in the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. She also graduated from the Department of Social Anthropology and she is currently enrolled in the Master’s programme in Social and Cultural Anthropology in Panteion University. She practices law since 2007.

Chrisa Papadopoulou was born in Thessaloniki, Greece in 1983. She studied Law in the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. She is a member of the Piraeus Bar Association since 2010. In the trial against Golden Dawn she represented the family of Pavlos Fyssas.

Ismini Theodoropoulou was born in Athens, Greece in 1991. She studied Law in the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and pursued her studies with a Master’s Degree in International Law in the Free University of Brussels. She practices law since 2016. In the trial against Golden Dawn she provided legal support to the legal team that represented the PAME trade unionists.

Dafni Kostoula was born in Corfu, Greece in 1989. She studied Law at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and pursued her studies with a French – Greek Master’s Degree in Public Law at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens in cooperation with the Montesquieu University of Bordeaux . She practices law since 2014. In the trial against Golden Dawn she was a member of the Golden Dawn Watch Observatory.