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 On April 21, 1967 Colonel George Papadopoulos and four other military officials led a military co u p to  take over the democratic government. They positioned 100 tanks outside of the city of Athens. They then took over the Ministry of Defense  and  the junta was in place. Later that year George Papadopoulos became the prime minister, and under his rule he instituted martial law. The country was under a complete dictatorship. It was a complete military dictatorship, and anyone who spoke out against the governme nt would be tortured, beaten, or killed. 8,000 people were killed, beaten, and tortured with in the first month of the coup. In September 1967, four months after the military coup, Denmark, Norway, Sweden and the Netherlands, went in front of the European Commission of Human Rights and testified that Greece had violated most of the Commission's conventions. The commission soon sent representatives to Greece to investigate the situation. They said, " Torture as a deliberate practice is carried out by both Security Police and the Military Police." Despite the horrendous acts that were taking place in Greece, the United States were supplying the Greek military and police with military equipment.

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