The 21-year-old anarchist and convicted robber Nikos Romanos has ended the hunger strike after parties acceded on the amendment that would allow him to attend on-campus classes while wearing a monitoring bracelet. The amendment submitted Wednesday by Greek Justice Minister Haralambos Athanasiou, provides that prisoners will be allowed to visit campus while wearing the bracelet, but only after they have successfully completed a third of their first semester via distance learning, reports Kathimerini.
Nikos Romanos and five others were sentenced to 15 to 16 years imprisonment for participating in an armed robbery in Velvento, northern Greece, in February 2013. They were all cleared of being involved in the urban guerrilla group Conspiracy of the Cells of Fire.
Romanos had been on hunger strike since November 10 over authorities' refusal to grand him an educational leave to attend classes at a Greek technical college (TEI).