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"It's absurd that Xistor Haranburu says you can take the weapons again."

  • The French Minister of Justice, Nicole Belloubet, came to Baiona on Thursday at a meeting on the G7 to be held in Baiona. Following the visit of the minister, he was asked about the release of the Basque prisoner Frederic Haranburu Xistor. Belloubet refused to talk about it.

06 September 2019 - 09:18
Jean-René Etchegarai Euskal Elkargoko lehendakaria, Baionako auzitegian (Argazkia: Guillaume Fauveau).

The French Justice Minister, Nicole Belloubet, has been in Baiona on Thursday, where she has come to meet on the G7. Following the visit of the minister, he was asked about the release of the Basque prisoner Frederic Haranburu Xistor. Belloubet refused to talk about it.

Asked by Iparralde journalists about the situation of the Basque prisoner Frederic Haranburu Xistor, the French Minister of Justice, Nicole Belloubet, replied: “I do not take a position on pending litigation.”

Xistor has long been called on to release on parole. So far, the Ministry of Justice has submitted itself to the position of the State Prosecutor. In fact, the prosecutor has argued that “the liberation of Haranburu would attack public order.” According to Bake Bidea, this attitude of the prosecutor “strongly denies that a peace process has been opened in Euskal Herria”. The President of the Basque Commonwealth, Jean-René Etchegaray, once again regretted that the prosecutor said: “Releasing Xistor would attack public order.” “It is absurd to hear that the freedom of the Basque prisoner does not guarantee that he will take up arms again,” Etchegaray added for the umpteenth time.

Haranburu has served thirty years in prison. On 5 September, an appeal trial was held in Paris on the request for his release. The decision of the court will be announced on 8 October.

In addition to the Xistor prisoner, French justice will have to decide in September on several Basque prisoners. On the 11th, the second court session will be held in which the petition for parole from Josu Urrutikoetxea will be raised. Lorentza Beirie's petition for freedom will be discussed on Day 12. On the 25th, the Supreme will decide whether to suspend the sentence of the prisoner Ibon Fernández, who is in serious health.


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