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Greece: Leader, lawmakers of far-right Golden Dawn to stand trial on criminal charges

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    FILE - In this file photo taken on Sunday, May 6, 2012 extreme right Golden Dawn party leader Nikolaos Michaloliakos speaks during a news conference in front of a banner with the twisting Meander, an ancient Greek decorative motif that the party has adopted as its symbol, in Athens. A judicial panel in Athens on Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2015 has ruled that the leader and lawmakers from the extreme right Golden Dawn party will stand trial on criminal charges of participating in a criminal group — an offence that carries a 20-year prison sentence. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris, File) (The Associated Press)

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    FILE - In this photo taken on Wednesday, June 4, 2014 the leader of the far-right political party Golden Dawn Nikolaos Michaloliakos speaks at the Parliament in Athens. A judicial panel in Athens on Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2015 has ruled that the leader and lawmakers from the extreme right Golden Dawn party will stand trial on criminal charges of participating in a criminal group — an offence that carries a 20-year prison sentence. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis, File) (The Associated Press)

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    FILE - In this file photo taken Monday, Dec. 29, 2014 lawmakers from the extreme right Golden Dawn party signal against the government, at the parliament in Athens. A judicial panel in Athens on Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2015 has ruled that the leader and lawmakers from the extreme right Golden Dawn party will stand trial on criminal charges of participating in a criminal group — an offence that carries a 20-year prison sentence. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis, File) (The Associated Press)

ATHENS, Greece – A judicial panel in Greece has ruled that the leader and lawmakers from the extreme right Golden Dawn party will stand trial on criminal charges of participating in a criminal group — an offence that carries a 20-year prison sentence.

The panel voted Wednesday that all 18 Golden Dawn lawmakers who held seats in Greece's previous parliament will stand trial, along with 54 other defendants.

Golden Dawn, originally founded as a neo-Nazi party, came third in parliamentary elections last month.