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The French Court of Appeal decides not to release Josu Urrutikoetxea from Spain
  • It will not be released before the end of July and with the telematics bracelet it will be installed in Paris until the two judgments made by France are carried out. The same court has rejected the request for a Euroorder made by the Government of Mariano Rajoy.
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By 20 July, La Sante prison will have to analyse the judges’ decision and the court will have to ratify the prison’s approach on 29 July. The political prisoner who read the latest ETA statement will have to wear a telematic bracelet and will be installed in Paris, according to Berria. You will be able to leave this house at certain times and will have conditional mobility, as Naiz said.

Courts approve probation in fifth

Yesterday, 1 July, the defense lawyers of Urrutikoetxea, Laure Heinich and Lauren Pasquet-Marinacce, have used their age of 69 years and the delicate state of health as arguments to demand parole. The political prisoner underwent surgery last September, with a delay of three months in his performance. The prosecutor has also called for the release of Urrutikoetxea, alleging that he does not have to be in jail pending two trials in France for Urrutikoetxea and that it is not appropriate to be in prison in France for Spanish procedures (two Euroorders and two requests for extradition). The three judges agreed with the prosecutor, as they reported at 22:30 hours.

Josu Urrutikoetxea was arrested in May 2019 in the French Alps, and has since remained in La Santa prison. The Court of Appeal decided in June of that same year to release the Basque political prisoner with judicial control, but it was not released by the Euroorders requested by the Spanish Government. Since then, the courts have denied on four occasions the defence ' s request for parole. At the risk of coronavirus, La Santa's chief physician requested the suspension of the prison, which was also neglected.

France rejects Spain's request for a Euroorder

Since October 2015, Spain has prosecuted Urrutikoetxea for "a crime against humanity" in the 2006 Barajas attack, considered as head of the ETA political apparatus between 2005 and 2007 and has therefore called for a Euroorder. At yesterday ' s sitting, the Court of Appeal rejected this arrest warrant on technical grounds.

France holds two trials at Urrutikoetxea

In one trial he accuses him of being a member of ETA’s management and in another he accuses him of being a member of ETA’s delegation to the dialogue table between 2011 and 2013.