ATHENS, Greece (AP) ? Greece's Parliament lifted the immunity from prosecution of six lawmakers from the extreme right-wing Golden Dawn as part of a crackdown on the party sparked by the fatal stabbing last month of a Greek rapper.
Golden Dawn lawmakers, who did not oppose the motion, walked out before the vote, which saw near unanimous approval.
The government argues the party operates as a criminal organization. Golden Dawn argues that the case against it is politically motivated.
'I am being prosecuted for what I believe in, and not for my actions,' Panagiotis Iliopoulos, one of the lawmakers whose immunity was lifted, said in Parliament ahead of the vote.
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