Spanish National High Court rejects Xabier Atristain’s third grade
- 1. The Criminal Chamber has resolved the judgment against Atristain, although Strasbourg has declared that the trial against him was not “fair”. This is the second time that the third grade has been rejected.
1 of the National Audience of Spain. Sare denounces the withdrawal of the third degree of political prisoner Xabier Atristain from the Criminal Section. In the words of the organization, it is clear that the position of the court is based on “reticence and cruelty”.
Sare recalls that the European Court of Human Rights participated in the proceedings of the Spanish courts in the Atristain case. The ruling explained that the right to a “fair trial” was not respected and forced the Supreme Court to review the judgment. However, the Spanish courts kept Atristain in prison.
The Gipuzkoa prison had exit permits from 2020 to 2021. In 2022 he was released for eight months. In June, however, the Supreme Court ordered the prison. In July the Basque Government approved the third grade and continued this classification for four months, until the Fiscal Ministry reresorted to the resolution of the Basque Administration.
As a result, Atristain returned to second grade and was imprisoned. The Criminal Code Treatment Commission of Gipuzkoa revised its classification in November and the third step to the third grade was proposed. The Deputy Minister of Justice of the Basque Government ratified the proposal and the Central Court of Prison Surveillance also opted for the third grade. Criminal section 1 of the National Court appealed against this decision.
Mobilisations
Sare calls to take part in the demonstrations on the last Friday of each month and, above all, to attend the mobilisation to be held in Donostia on 28 July.
Jar gaitezen 2025erako proposamen politiko gisa, Espainiako Auzitegi Kolonialaren (AN) epai guztiak berrikusten hasteko eta makila bakoitzak bere belari eusteko.
Unionismoarekin lerrokatutako alderdi, sindikatu eta gizarte-erakunde gehienek, eta ez bakarrik horrela... [+]
Next Saturday, 11 January, the Sare citizens' network called for a new demonstration in Bilbao in defence of the rights of Basque prisoners. This is a unique opportunity to move forward on the path of coexistence in our people, after decades of violent confrontation and, even... [+]
Hatortxu Rock jaialdiko 29. edizioa egingo da larunbatean Atarrabian. Sarrerak jada agortuta daude, baina txandak osatzeko laguntza behar da oraindik.
What surprised you the most when you left jail? I've been asked many times in the last year and a half.
See that the streets of Bilbao are full of tourists and dogs with two legs, for example? Or the changes in the political situation? The first one has tired me and annoyed me... [+]
