Police keep pro- and anti-Golden Dawn marches apart in Athens
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More than 1,000 Golden Dawn supporters have demonstrated in central Athens against the prosecution of the leader of their Nazi-inspired party and its legislators.
The extreme-right, anti-immigrant Golden Dawn is under a criminal investigation regarding last month's fatal stabbing of a Greek rap singer.
Party leader and legislator Nikos Michaloliakos and two other Golden Dawn lawmakers are in pre-trial custody as alleged members of a criminal organization. Six other Golden Dawn legislators, including party spokesman Ilias Kassidiaris, have been stripped of immunity from prosecution.
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During Saturday's peaceful protest, Kassidiaris told reporters it was designed to demand the immediate release of Michaloliakos and the two other jailed lawmakers.
An "anti-fascist" rally and march of similar size took place earlier Saturday, and police prevented it from reaching the Golden Dawn rally.