<p>ATHENS, Greece — Greek convicted terrorist Dimitris Koufodinas has ended a 66-day hunger strike that left him dangerously ill.</p>
<p>Koufodinas, 63, who is serving 11 consecutive life sentences plus 25 years for murders he committed as the main hitman of far-left armed group November 17, had begun the hunger strike demanding to be transferred to a prison of his choice.</p>
<p>In a statement released through his lawyer, Ioanna Kourtovik, Koufodinas thanked the “progressive people” who showed solidarity in a “fight against an inhumane power system.”</p>
<p>Several protest marches have taken place to support Koufodinas’ demands and sympathizers have staged a series of arson and vandalism attacks in recent days.</p>
<p>“There are living social forces who resist arbitrariness, violence and authoritarianism. This gives (us) hope,” Koufodinas said.</p>
<p>Koufodinas also attacked the “governing family that has shown how ruthless it is in debasing the laws and the Constitution.”</p>
<p>That is a reference to Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, the scion of a political family. Koufodinas and another man murdered Mitsotakis’ brother-in-law, Pavlos Bakoyiannis, in September 1989. </p>
<p>U.S. and U.K. military officers were also among his victims before the armed group was dismantled in 2002 and he turned himself in.</p>
<p>Koufodinas had benefited from the previous leftist government’s passage of a law that allowed him to serve his term at a minimum-security “farming” prison. The legislation was repealed by Mitsotakis’ conservative government.</p>
<p>Koufodinas’ demand for a transfer was rejected by the government and the courts. His hunger strike led to kidney failure and doctors had described him as dangerously weakened.</p>
