Prosecutor rejects new appeal for N17 terrorist's furlough

A prosecutor in the town of Volos has rejected again a request to grant a convicted terrorist a new prison leave, Kathimerini understands, despite an appeal by the Supreme Court prosecutor to rethink the ruling.
The prosecutor justified the decision by pointing to the new felony charges of insurgency that have been brought against November 17 hitman Dimitris Koufodinas in connection with a protest in solidarity with a hunger-striking anarchist in February 2018.
In line with new legal provisions, Koufodinas, along with 20 more prison inmates implicated in the incident, essentially lose the right to furlough or early release due to the new charges.
The protest last year was carried out in Greek prisons to express support for Constantinos Giagtzoglou, who is being detained on charges of membership of the Conspiracy of the Cells of Fire guerrilla group and over a letter...