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The pacifier ends the Paris courts, but will not be punished
  • The peacemakers were demanding burial, but the Paris Criminal Court found Jean Noel Etxeberri Txetx and Beatrice Molle guilty. However, they shall not be punished.

ARGIA @argia 2024ko maiatzaren 16a

The Paris Criminal Court delivered its judgment on Thursday at noon on the question of peacekeepers and found them guilty. During the trial, the prosecutor called for "compassionate punishments" for Jean Nöel Etcheverry Txetx and Beatrice Moller. According to the first information, the two peacemakers will not be penalized.

The defense called for disqualification in court sessions, and also the Way of Peace: "We believe that only one unbeatable would give real meaning to Luhuso's historical action," they explained. Mr Etcheverry himself said that a sanction would mean doing away with the work carried out by the peacemakers.

But the Court has heeded the opinion of the Procurators, although at the sessions held on 2 and 3 April the testimonies have made it clear that "instead of judging, the peacemakers deserve our recognition".

In any case, the pacifists have been satisfied with the sentence: "You have given us guilty, but you have annulled the sentence because our objective was not to use these weapons for other crimes, but to neutralize them to drive the peace process in Euskal Herria," Etheverry said. Ekhi Erremunerdegi of Berria has reported that they will not appeal.

One of the defense attorneys Xantiana Cachenaut explained to Kazeta.eus that they accept the sentence because they consider there is also "recognition".

In the words of Bake Bideak, "you will be aware" of whether the Anti-terrorist Prosecutor's Office uses the sentence within the next ten days and calls on the Public Prosecutor's Office to "act in the sense and not present an appeal".

The movement warns of the need for "past judicial decisions" to frame a "just and lasting" peace. To this end, Bake Bideak considers it necessary to involve political authorities and civil society.

5,000 people signed the document in favour of Etcheverry and Molle. These included eight former ministers of the French Government, 35 parliamentarians and numerous political leaders from the Basque Country.