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In this Human Events article, Roberto Wakerell-Cruz reports that Greek authorities have released Alexandros Giotopoulos, a convicted leader of the communist terrorist group Revolutionary Organization 17 November, despite his sentence of 17 life terms plus 25 years.
- Giotopoulos, now 82, was released from Korydallos high-security prison in Athens after an appeals council approved his fifth request for conditional release.
- A lower judicial council had previously rejected the request, reportedly after a negative recommendation from prosecutors.
- His release comes with conditions, including a ban on leaving Greece, mandatory police check-ins every 15 days, and a requirement to maintain a registered permanent residence.
- Giotopoulos was arrested in 2002 after Greek authorities dismantled Revolutionary Organization 17 November, a Marxist urban guerrilla group tied to decades of assassinations and bombings.
- In 2003, he was convicted in connection with the group’s activities, and in 2007 an appeals court sentenced him to 17 life terms plus an additional 25 years.
- The court described him as a “moral instigator” in crimes attributed to the organization, though he denied involvement throughout the investigation and court proceedings.
- Revolutionary Organization 17 November killed foreign diplomats and officials, including CIA station chief Richard Welch in Athens in 1975.
- The group also killed at least two Americans, including a U.S. Army attaché in 1988, and carried out its final confirmed attack in 2000 with the assassination of British defense attaché Stephen Saunders.
- The decision is another example of European judicial leniency colliding with public outrage, especially when the offender was tied to a violent communist terrorist movement responsible for years of bloodshed.
Read the full story: https://humanevents.com/2026/05/22/greece-releases-convicted-communist-terrorist-leader-early-despite-sentence-of-17-life-terms
