A week after a Greek court declared unconstitutional a law that bans electronic games, the public prosecutor at the Thessaloniki Court of Appeals has initiated an appeal procedure and ordered a retrial. The decision of 10th September released two proprietors and an employee of internet cafés who had been charged under the new law.
At the same time, four other members of the Greek Gaming and Internet Café community were brought to court yesterday, whilst individuals have been arrested in four cities and many computers have been seized.

The details of the appeal have not yet been disclosed.

Last week a Thessaloniki court ruled that the Law Number 3037 of the Greek Parliament was in contrast with article 5 of the Greek constitution regarding the free dissemination of ideas, and also with EU law.

Internet café owners are now determined to start suing government agencies and public services claiming that they are also breaking the law, since electronic games are installed in all the operational systems run on their computers, and also in most mobile phones, Greek newspapers reported yesterday.

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