A Greek appeals court on Wednesday handed 13-year prison terms to leaders of the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party in a landmark case over crimes committed at the height of the country's economic crisis.
The court last week had already found several officials, including its founder-leader Nikos Michaloliakos, guilty of "running a criminal organisation". Â
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