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The prosecution has not appealed against the Luhuso judgment: pacifiers will not be punished
  • The French Public Prosecutor's Office had ten days to appeal the decision of the Paris court, but it has not. Thus, pacifiers Beatrice Molle and Jean Nöel Etcheverry Txetx, who helped to disarm ETA, will not be punished, although the jury called them "guilty".
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On 16 May, the Paris Criminal Court handed down a judgment on the Luhuso affair, and although it convicted Jean Nöel Etcheverry and Beatrice Molle, it had not promised any sanction.

The Camino de la Paz explained that they would be "vigilantes", if the Anti-terrorist Prosecutor's Office would resort, but after ten legal days, the sentence is already firm and the pacifists will not have any penalties.

Molle and Etcheverry were tried to assist in the disarmament of ETA, and both the defendants and witnesses have shown that their aim was "to promote a peace process", with the action of destroying Luhuso weapons carried out in 2016 with Mixel Berhokoirigoin, Michel Tubiana and Mixel Bergougnan.

The two defendants have been supported by a large number of citizens and those responsible, including 5,000 who signed the document in their favour. "Instead of judging, peacemakers deserve our recognition," said Jean François Blanco, lawyer.

In any event, despite the fact that the issue has ended, the "involvement" of political leaders and civil society remains necessary to place the Paths of Peace in the framework of a "just and sustainable" peace.