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21 October 2013 Last updated at 12:25 GMT European Court of Human Rights condemns Spain over Eta case The European Court of Human Rights has condemned Spain over its continued detention of a convicted militant, and demanded her release. Ines del Rio, of the Basque separatist group Eta, is currently serving a 30-year prison sentence for her role in bomb attacks in the 1980s. The court upheld its earlier ruling that del Rio should be eligible for a sentence reduction for good behaviour. Spain says dozens of Eta prisoners could now be eligible for release. Del Rio was arrested in Zaragoza while driving a car packed with explosives intended for an Eta attack on the Costa del Sol. She was sentenced to more than 3,000 years in jail in 1987, most of which was for her role in a car bomb attack on a Guardia Civil police patrol in Madrid in 1986 which left 14 dead and 40 injured. Under the Spanish legal guidelines in place at the time of her conviction, Del Rio's prison term was reduced to the maximum possible sentence - 30 years. Del Rio was due for early release in 2008 due to good behaviour, but her sentence was extended. But Spain changed the rules on remission in 2006 and decided to postpone Del Rio's release until 2017. In rejecting an appeal by the Spanish government, the European Court of Human Rights has upheld its 2012 ruling against Spain which opposed a legal practice known as the "Parot doctrine" - that allowed prison terms to be extended for people convicted of terrorist offences. Pressure on government The Court, based in Strasbourg, ruled that the prolonged detention of Ines Del Rio was a violation of two articles (5 and 7) of the European Convention on Human Rights, which cover the right to no punishment without law, and the right to liberty and security. In it judgment, the court said "it was incumbent on the Spanish authorities to ensure that she [Ines Del Rio] was released at the earliest possible date". It also ordered the Spanish government to pay 30,000 euros (approximately $41,000, or £25,400) in compensation to Ms Del Rio. Although the Strasbourg court's ruling only applied to Ms Del Rio, the Spanish government had said that dozens of other convicted Eta members could be eligible for release if it was upheld. Groups which represent the victims of terrorist attacks have called on the Spanish Prime Minister, Mariano Rajoy, not to comply with the ruling. "Compliance will betray victims of terrorism and all Spaniards," said Voices Against Terrorism, in a statement. More Europe stories BBC News - European Court of Human Rights condemns Spain over E... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-24606155?print=true 1 / 2 21/10/2013 18:40

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European Court of Human Rights condemns Spain over Eta case

The European Court of Human Rights has condemned Sp ain over its continued detention of a convicted mil itant, anddemanded her release.

Ines del Rio, of the Basque separatist group Eta, is currently serving a 30-year prison sentence for her role in bomb attacks in the1980s.

The court upheld its earlier ruling that del Rio should be eligible for a sentence reduction for good behaviour.

Spain says dozens of Eta prisoners could now be eligible for release.

Del Rio was arrested in Zaragoza while driving a car packed with explosives intended for an Eta attack on the Costa del Sol.

She was sentenced to more than 3,000 years in jail in 1987, most of which was for her role in a car bomb attack on a GuardiaCivil police patrol in Madrid in 1986 which left 14 dead and 40 injured.

Under the Spanish legal guidelines in place at the time of her conviction, Del Rio's prison term was reduced to the maximumpossible sentence - 30 years.

Del Rio was due for early release in 2008 due to good behaviour, but her sentence was extended.

But Spain changed the rules on remission in 2006 and decided to postpone Del Rio's release until 2017.

In rejecting an appeal by the Spanish government, the European Court of Human Rights has upheld its 2012 ruling against Spainwhich opposed a legal practice known as the "Parot doctrine" - that allowed prison terms to be extended for people convicted ofterrorist offences.

Pressure on governmentThe Court, based in Strasbourg, ruled that the prolonged detention of Ines Del Rio was a violation of two articles (5 and 7) of theEuropean Convention on Human Rights, which cover the right to no punishment without law, and the right to liberty and security.

In it judgment, the court said "it was incumbent on the Spanish authorities to ensure that she [Ines Del Rio] was released at theearliest possible date".

It also ordered the Spanish government to pay 30,000 euros (approximately $41,000, or £25,400) in compensation to Ms Del Rio.

Although the Strasbourg court's ruling only applied to Ms Del Rio, the Spanish government had said that dozens of otherconvicted Eta members could be eligible for release if it was upheld.

Groups which represent the victims of terrorist attacks have called on the Spanish Prime Minister, Mariano Rajoy, not to complywith the ruling.

"Compliance will betray victims of terrorism and all Spaniards," said Voices Against Terrorism, in a statement.

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EU Court Rules Against Spain in Basque MilitantCaseDecision Could Lead to Release of Dozens of Prisoners

Updated Oct. 21, 2013 9:21 a.m. ET

MADRID—The European Court of Human Rights on Monday ruled against Spain in a case concerning theextended detention of a Basque separatist militant, a decision that could lead to the release of dozens ofprisoners.

The court's ruling, which is final, concerns the case of Inés del Río, a member of pro-independence groupETA, who is serving a 3,828-year sentence for 24 murders and other crimes dating back to the 1980s.

Spain had argued Ms. Del Río must stay in jail for 30 years—the maximum under Spanish law when shewas sentenced in 1987, later changed to 40 years—and not be released until 2017.

The European Union court, however, said in a statement that Ms. Del Río's good behavior in prison meantone third of her prison term should have been deducted from the maximum 30-year sentence, and sheshould have been released in 2007. That ran counter to the Spanish argument that good behavior benefitsmust be deducted from Ms. Del Río's entire 3,828-year sentence, thereby reducing it to just over 2,500years.

Basque activists have been urging the Spanish government to negotiate over the fate of more than 700members of ETA who are serving time in prison. The government says it doesn't intend to negotiate overthe issue until ETA, which declared a "definitive cessation of its armed activity" in late 2011, disbandsitself.

Ms. Del Río's case had bounced around Spanish and European courts for years, until the European Courtof Human Rights ruled last year that she must be released as her continued detention violated key tenetsof the European Convention on Human Rights.

Madrid appealed that ruling, and its appeal was dismissed by the EU court Monday.

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European Court of Human Rights rules Spainmust free Eta prisonerBy Tobias Buck in Madrid

Spain could be forced to release dozens of prisoners belonging to the Basque separatist organisation Eta after the European Court of

Human Rights overturned a controversial Spanish sentencing practice that was strongly backed by the government in Madrid.

The Strasbourg court on Monday struck down the so-called Parot doctrine, which has been used by Spanish courts since 2006 to

prevent the early release of prisoners convicted of grave crimes, typically linked to terrorism and involving multiple murders. The ruling

is binding on Spain and is likely to pave the way for a speedy – and fiercely unpopular – release of at least 61 Eta prisoners and 14 other

convicts.

Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón, Spain’s justice minister, criticised the ruling, saying: “It cannot be that someone who has killed 20 people is

treated in the same way as someone who committed a single murder.”

Eta declared an “indefinite” ceasefire in 2011, after a decades-long campaign that claimed the lives of more than 800 people. However,

it has so far refused to give up its arms and formally disband itself. Many see the Basque group’s stance as an attempt to keep a

bargaining chip to secure better conditions for hundreds of Eta members who remain in jail, and possibly even their release.

But the government of Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy is under intense pressure from Eta victims and their families, who argue that the

state should ensure tougher sentences for the militants. The Strasbourg ruling provoked a fresh outcry from groups such as Spain’s

Foundation for the Victims of Terrorism, which said the court had “valued the impunity of terrorists higher than doing justice to the

victims”.

The judges in Strasbourg ruled that the Spanish sentencing practice broke several rights enshrined in the European Convention on

Human Rights. They argued that the doctrine amounted to a retroactive change in the sentence that the convict could not have foreseen

at the time of the verdict.

The ruling applies directly only to the Eta prisoner who brought the case, but it will, at the very least, act as a strong precedent for the

other convicts. Mr Ruiz-Gallardón said it was now up to Spanish judges to decide how the Strasbourg ruling affected other cases in

which the Parot doctrine was applied.

Under Spanish law, courts can hand down extremely long sentences, even running to thousands of years, but

the maximum time that can be served is fixed at 30 years. The Parot doctrine was developed by Spain’s

constitutional court to ensure that prisoners serving very long prison terms are not freed significantly before

the 30-year maximum. It means that benefits accrued during time spent in jail are not deducted from the

30-year maximum but from the actual sentence handed down by the court.

The sentencing practice is named after Henri Parot, an Eta member who was condemned to 4,700 years in

prison after being found guilty of 33 murders in the years between 1978 and 1990. Despite his extremely long

sentence, he became eligible for release after spending just 20 years in prison, 10 fewer than the maximum

allowed under Spain’s criminal code.

The case before the judges in Strasbourg was that of Inés del Río Prada, a member of Eta who received

prison sentences totalling 3,000 years for her role in a series of terrorist attacks between 1982 and 1987. In her case, the use of the

Parot doctrine extended her jail term by almost nine years – from July 2008 to June 2017. “The applicant . . . served a longer term of

imprisonment than she should have served under the Spanish legal system in operation at the time of her conviction,” the court said in

a statement.

Strasbourg told Madrid to release Ms del Río Prada “at the earliest possible date”. The government will also have to pay her €30,000 for

non-pecuniary damages.

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European Court Rules Against Spain onTerror SentencesBy RAPHAEL MINDER

MADRID — The European Court of Human Rights ruled on Monday against a Spanish law that

has allowed the Madrid government to extend the imprisonment of convicted terrorists and

members of ETA, the Basque separatist group.

The court, in Strasbourg, ruled on the case of one ETA member, Inés del Río Prada, who had

appealed against her prolonged prison stay. She was imprisoned in 1989 for taking part in the

deadly bombing of a bus carrying police officers. The European court ordered that she be

released immediately and receive 30,000 euros, or about $41,000, in damages to cover legal

costs.

The precedent set by the ruling is likely to be extended to other prisoners. While the

government refused on Monday to specify how many prisoners could be involved, Jorge

Fernández Díaz, Spain’s interior minister, said last year that 40 of about 500 ETA members

held in Spanish prisons could claim to face a situation comparable to that of Ms. del Río Prada.

Basque activists have long called for the government to show leniency toward ETA prisoners as

an important good-will gesture and a step toward bringing to a close a 45-year conflict that has

claimed more than 800 victims, killed by ETA in its pursuit of independence for a Basque

nation. On Monday, about 500 people gathered in the center of the Basque city of Bilbao to

welcome the European ruling, shouting “ETA prisoners go home.”

However, the government dismissed on Monday any suggestion that it would revise its prison

policies and dealings with ETA as a result of a ruling that it insisted applied only to Ms. del Río

Prada.

“The policy of the government won’t change,” Mr. Fernández Díaz said in a televised news

conference. “We will continue until we achieve the definite dissolution of ETA.

In October 2011, ETA announced that it would end four decades of violence with “the definite

cessation of its military activity.” ETA is listed as a terrorist organization by the United States

and the European Union, but it has been considerably weakened in recent years after the

arrests of its main leaders, to the point that the Spanish government describes ETA as almost

operationally defunct.

Still, Madrid has refused to consider ETA’s cease-fire as a sufficient act of surrender, saying that

it would continue to hunt down ETA members, in cooperation with the French and other

European security forces, until the group handed over all its weaponry.

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Human rights experts welcomed the ruling, which follows a similar decision in July 2012 by the

lower chamber of the Strasbourg court, which the Madrid government appealed.

“This ruling should serve as a notice to Spain to correct continuing aberrations of justice in the

name of fighting terrorism, such as incommunicado detention and limited rights of defense for

terrorism suspects,” said Judith Sunderland, who covers Spain for Human Rights Watch.

“Separatist violence is no excuse for the state to violate fundamental rights, which have only

served to deepen grievances.”

However, addressing the news media alongside the interior minister, Justice Minister Alberto

Ruiz-Gallardón deplored the ruling and the fact that the European court had decided to

override the views of both the Spanish Supreme Court and its Constitutional Court.

Mr. Ruiz Gallardón said it was now time for Spain’s national court to study the consequences of

the European ruling, including whether Ms. del Río Prado should be released immediately, as

demanded by the Strasbourg court.

Mr. Ruiz Gallardón said, “The fight against terrorism that started 40 years ago and that we have

won will continue with utter firmness.”

After her arrest and trial for the bus bombing, Ms. del Río Prada received a 3,000-year prison

sentence. But under normal Spanish legislation that limits a prison sentence to 30 years, she

would have become eligible for parole in July 2008.

The government ensured that she would be kept in prison based on a legal precedent stemming

from a 2006 ruling by the Spanish Supreme Court that has allowed the government to restrict

parole for some inmates, applying any benefits for good prison behavior to the full sentencing

term rather than the 30-year limit.

In its ruling on Monday, the European court found that Spain had breached the European

Convention on Human Rights, notably because the precedent was applied retroactively to the

sentencing of Ms. del Río Prada.

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Spain must free ETAprisoner who was deniedsentence reduction,European rights courtsays

By Associated Press, Updated: Monday,October 21, 1:10 PM

MADRID — The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that Spain must release a prisoner heldunder a practice that has allowed Spanish authorities to keep convicted Basque separatists and othersbehind bars even when they have earned sentence reductions.

Ines del Rio Prada was given multiple convictions for ETA terror attacks in the 1980s. She was due forrelease in 2008 but Spain invoked a practice saying the sentence reduction she qualified for wasapplicable to the full sentence of more than 3,000 years rather than to her 30-year maximum time in jail.

The decision applies only to Rio Prada but Spanish authorities have warned it could lead to demands forrelease by more than 100 prisoners including convicted terrorists and killers.

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Spain must free ETA prisoner, Europe court says

Posted: Monday, October 21, 2013 6:08 am

The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that Spain must release a prisoner held under a

practice that has allowed Spanish authorities to keep convicted Basque separatists and others behind

bars even when they have earned sentence reductions.

Ines del Rio Prada was given multiple convictions for ETA terror attacks in the 1980s. She was due

for release in 2008 but Spain invoked a practice saying the sentence reduction she qualified for was

applicable to the full sentence of more than 3,000 years rather than to her 30-year maximum time in

jail.

The decision applies only to Rio Prada but Spanish authorities have warned it could lead to demands

for release by more than 100 prisoners including convicted terrorists and killers.

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Spain ordered to release Basque ETAterrorist by European court

Alasdair Fotheringham

Monday, 21 October 2013

Europe’s top human rights court has ordered Spain to free a Basque separatist militant, sayingher extended detention was illegal and calling on Madrid to pay her €30,000 in compensation.

Inés del Rio, who was jailed in 1989 for her role in 23 assassinations and bombings, had beendue for release in 2008. But courts prolonged her sentence, as well of those of dozens of othermembers of Basque independence movement ETA, which is accused of killing more than 800people since the 1970s.

The Strasbourg-based European Court of Human Rights ruled that the retrospective changes toher sentence violated her human rights.

Francisco Jose Alcaraz, head of the Voices Against Terrorism group, warned that the decisioncould lead to the release of up to a quarter of ETA prisoners.

Spain’s Minister for Justice, Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón, said the legal consequences of the verdictwould be applied case by case.

“It cannot be that a person who has committed one murder suffers the same penalconsequences as somebody who has committed 20,” he said.

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Strasbourg's ETA Ruling: a Birthday Present for the Basque PeaceProcess?

Supporters of ETA prisoners carry a protest banner during October 2013 [Reuters]

Just two days after the second anniversary of ETA's definitive ceasefire, theEuropean Court of Human Rights has handed down a historic verdict whichcould provide a decisive, peaceful resolution to Europe's longest-running armedconflict.

This could mean the immediate release of dozens of ETA prisoners who sawtheir original sentences extended after their original conviction and haveremained behind bars for years after their original due release from prison.According the Great Chamber this was in breach of their humans rights.

Many believe the ruling will mark a turning point in the Basque peace process,which was initially welcomed with great expectation across the Basque Countryand Spain two years ago, but has suffered from a lack of progress and continuedarrests of Basque pro independence sympathisers.

Repeated calls from most corners of the social and political spectrum from theBasque Country, Spain and indeed international mediators and observers(former UN General Secretary Kofi Annan and former Irish PM Bernie Ahernamongst them), have been ignored by Mariano Rajoy's government in Madrid.

Immersed in recent corruption scandals, a crippled economy and high levels ofsocial unrest, Rajoy can barely afford to be seen giving any sort of concession toETA by his own constituency. Even if that means trying to circumnavigate theEuropean Court of Human Rights in an effort to satisfy his most radicalsupporters.

However the Grand Chamber's ruling could be a blessing in disguise for Rajoy.With intelligence he could argue the ruling is a judicial, not a political issue andmake a stand to obey the law above else. At a time when Rajoy has beendirectly accused of corruption charges by the former treasurer of his own party,the High Chamber's ruling in Strasbourg could benable the prime minister to

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diffuse any doubts about his own position.

Additionally he could utilise the current situation to move the stalled peaceprocess forward and add a renewed sense of stability and forward thinking inSpain, which in turn could stimulated foreign investment in its turbulent economy.

As far as the Basque Country is concerned, 85% of members of the Basqueparliament support the Great Chamber's ruling in the hope of a long-lasting, finalsettlement which will heal the wounds of all those involved and Basque societyat large.

As well as providing a priceless birthday present for the peace process, theStrasbourg verdict could also mean an early Christmas gift for everyone whowant a new beginning in the Basque Country.

A. Odriozola is a Basque national currently living in the UK. He works as a globalcommunications consultant.

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Ines Del Rio Prada, Spain's Long-Held ETA Prisoner, OrderedFree By Europe Human Rights Court

MADRID -- MADRID (AP) — The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that Spain mustrelease a prisoner held under a practice that has allowed Spanish authorities to keep convictedBasque separatists and others behind bars even when they have earned sentence reductions.

Ines del Rio Prada was given multiple convictions for ETA terror attacks in the 1980s. She wasdue for release in 2008 but Spain invoked a practice saying the sentence reduction shequalified for was applicable to the full sentence of more than 3,000 years rather than to her30-year maximum time in jail.

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Court ruling opens door to mass release of Eta prisonersGuy Hedgecoe

Last Updated: Monday, October 21, 2013, 21:24

A European court ruling against a Spanish legal mechanism that has delayed the release from prison of an Eta killer hasraised the possibility of dozens of other members of the Basque terrorist group being freed.

The European Court of Human Rights yesterday said the continued imprisonment of Eta member Inés del Río, who wasjailed in 1987 for murdering 23 people, was not lawful and she should be released “at the earliest possible date”.

Del Río was due to be freed early in 2008, due to good behaviour and work she had carried out in prison. However, justweeks before her release, the Spanish High Court applied the so-called Parot doctrine to her case, which meant that hersentence was recalculated, keeping her in jail until 2017. The doctrine, first introduced in 2006 to keep the Eta memberHenri Parot in jail, retroactively limits the effect of a prisoner’s good behaviour on the length of time they serve.

Del Río had been arrested behind the wheel of a van full of explosives and found guilty of bombings and shootings.

The Strasbourg court had initially made the same ruling on her case in 2012, prompting the conservative government ofMariano Rajoy to appeal. However, as well as releasing the prisoner, the upholding of the ruling means that the Spanish statemust also pay her €30,000 in damages, plus €1,500 in legal fees.

The Spanish High Court is scheduled to decide today on her release. While the binding ruling applies specifically to hercase, it is expected to have ramifications for Spain’s penitentiary policy and many other convicted Eta killers. About 600 Etamembers are currently in jail, 54 of them under the terms of the Parot doctrine, which now appears unsustainable in light ofthe European court’s pronouncement.

Minister of justice Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón said Spain had to accept the ruling, despite the government’s misgivings. Headded that “in each individual case, a deep study will be made regarding whether or not to apply the sentence”.

The ruling drew a furious reaction from terrorism victims groups. Ángeles Pedraza, president of one group, responded onTwitter with the words: “Hurt. Pain. Suffering. Fear. Desperation. Shame. Grief.”

The leader of Voices against Terrorism, Francisco José Alcaraz, urged the government to disobey the court and maintain theParot doctrine, warning that otherwise his group would take to the streets. The decision came two years and a day after Etaannounced the end of its four- decade violent campaign for Basque independence. However, the organisation has still nothanded over any weapons.

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Europe's human rights court on Monday ordered Spain to free an ETA prisoner andopened the door to the release of scores of other a rmed Basque militants and commoncriminals.

MADRID: Europe's human rights court on Monday ordered Spain to free an ETA prisoner andopened the door to the release of scores of other armed Basque militants and commoncriminals.

The European Court of Human Rights upheld a previous ruling in favour of releasing Ines delRio Prada, a 55-year-old jailed member of the armed Basque separatist group.

The decision could open the jail doors for scores of other prisoners in the same situation as DelRio Prada, who has been behind bars since 1987 after being sentenced to 3,838 years forterrorist-related offences including 19 killings.

Spain lamented the ruling by the Strasbourg-based court.

"I regret this decision," Justice Minister Alberto Ruiz-Gallardon told a news conference inMadrid, adding however that it would be up to the Spanish courts to decide how the verdictapplied to other cases.

The European court, upholding a decision first handed down in July 2012, said Spain should"ensure that the applicant was released at the earliest possible date".

It also told Spain to pay her 30,000 euros ($41,000) in damages and 1,500 euros for costs andexpenses.

The court condemned Spain for retroactively applying a legal practice known as the "Parotdoctrine" to extend the time convicts spend in prison.

The doctrine, adopted by the Spanish Supreme Court in 2006, said that years of remissionearned through prison work should be deducted from the total sentence -- often amounting tohundreds of years -- instead of the 30-year limit on prison terms.

In Del Rio Prada's case, the new doctrine wiped out her remission and extended her prison timeby nearly nine years.

One of her lawyers, Didier Rouget, welcomed the verdict.

"It is a decision that shows that the Spanish state violated human rights and notably the rights ofthe prisoners in an extremely serious manner," he said.

The Geneva-based International Commission of Jurists said the "highly significant" judgementmeant courts could not retroactively apply rules that increase prisoners' sentences.

The same doctrine was used retroactively to lengthen the prison terms of 54 ETA prisoners,

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nine prisoners from other armed groups that have since been broken up, and 14 commoncriminals, according to Spain's Interior Ministry.

It was first applied in February 2006 to ETA prisoner Henri Parot.

ETA, listed as a terrorist group in the United States and Europe, is blamed for the deaths of 829people in a four-decade campaign of shootings and bombings for an independent homeland innorthern Spain and southern France.

Victims of ETA's violence urged Spain to refuse to bow to the Strasbourg court's ruling.

"First, we are going to ask that we don't comply. And of course there is no reason to open thejail doors because they will have to lodge an appeal one by one," said Angeles Pedraza, headof the Association of Victims of Terrorism (AVT).

"This is not justice. Despite being defeated today, the AVT and the victims will fight to the last forjustice in Spain. And justice means the terrorists are in jail and the victims can mourn," she toldreporters in Madrid, surrounded by victims of ETA's violence.

In October 2011, ETA declared a "definitive end to armed activity" but it has not formallydisarmed nor disbanded as the Spanish and French governments demand.

Interior Minister Jorge Fernandez Diaz stressed that the government would not change its policyof refusing to negotiate with ETA.

ETA has been severely weakened in recent years by the arrests of its senior leaders in Spainand France.

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Dean Spielmann (d), président de la Cour européenne des droits de l'Homme, donne le jugement sur lme cas d'une militanteespagnole d'ETA (Photo AFP)

La Cour européenne des droits de l’Homme (CEDH) a une nouvelle fois condamné l’Espagne lundi pour la détentionprolongée d’une militante d’ETA, dans un arrêt qui fait craindre à Madrid de devoir libérer des dizaines d’autres détenus.

Les juges de Strasbourg ont demandé la libération «dans les plus brefs délais» de Mme Ines Del Rio Prada, 55 ans,condamnée entre 1988 et 2000 pour son implication dans des attentats terroristes commis dans les années 1980.

Le total des peines qui lui avaient été infligées était de plus de 3.000 ans, mais la durée avait été ramenée à 30 ans. Par lejeu classique des remises de peine, Mme Del Rio Prada aurait ainsi pu sortir de prison dès 2008, mais les autoritésespagnoles lui ont appliqué une nouvelle jurisprudence moins favorable en la matière, dite doctrine Parot.

C’est le caractère rétroactif de cette mesure qui a été une nouvelle fois condamné par la Cour, dans cet arrêt confirmant unpremier déjà rendu en juillet 2012, mais définitif cette fois.

«La Cour estime que la requérante ne pouvait ni prévoir que le Tribunal suprême opérerait un revirement dejurisprudence en février 2006 ni que ce revirement de jurisprudence lui serait appliqué et entraînerait un report de prèsde neuf ans de sa date de remise en liberté», de 2008 à 2017, ont estimé les juges de Strasbourg.

«La requérante a donc purgé une peine d’emprisonnement d’une durée supérieure à celle qu’elle aurait dû subir selon lesystème juridique espagnol en vigueur lors de sa condamnation», a jugé la Cour, demandant à l’Espagne de libérer MmeDel Rio Prada «dans les plus brefs délais».

Les autorités espagnoles devront par ailleurs verser 30.000 euros pour dommage moral à la requérante.

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Son centre pénitentiaire avait proposé le mois de juillet 2008 pour sa mise en liberté, après application des classiquesremises de peine pour son travail en prison, retranchées à la durée initiale de 30 ans de prison.

Mais la proposition avait été rejetée par plusieurs instances judiciaires, au nom d’une nouvelle jurisprudence datant de2006, dont l’application repoussait cette libération à 2017.

Cette «doctrine Parot» prévoit que les remises de peine doivent s’appliquer sur chacune des peines prononcées et nonplus sur la durée maximale de prison effective de 30 ans prévue par la loi, ce qui allonge de fait le temps passé derrière lesbarreaux en cas de condamnations multiples

«C’est une décision qui démontre que l’Etat espagnol a violé de manière extrêmement grave les droits de l’homme etnotamment ceux des prisonniers», s’est réjoui Me Didier Rouget l’un des avocats de Mme Del Rio Prada, à l’origine de laplainte.

Au-delà du cas de Mme Del Rio Prada, ce sont les conséquences en cascade de la remise en cause de cette doctrine Parotqui font l’objet d’une vive inquiétude en Espagne.

Devant la Cour, les représentants du gouvernement espagnol avaient martelé qu’il n’y avait pas eu de violation des droitsde la militante.

Ils avaient aussi reproché à la CEDH d’avoir outrepassé son rôle dans son arrêt de 2012, en examinant la manière dontl’Espagne appliquait les remises de peines.

Selon les arguments alors développés par Madrid, il n’y avait pas eu dans cette affaire d’application rétroactive d’unrevirement de jurisprudence, mais tout simplement l’application d’une interprétation améliorée du droit en vigueurdepuis les années 1970.

«Est-ce qu’un crime équivaut à 130 crimes?», avait demandé aux juges un des représentants de l’Espagne, Francisco SanzGandasegui, défendant la légitimité de la doctrine Parot.

Il avait surtout mis en avant les conséquences d’une condamnation de l’Espagne, pour des dizaines de détenus.

«On ne peut pas préjuger de ce que sera la réaction des juges», mais cela affecterait notamment «54 membres de l’ETA»et «14 prisonniers de droit commun», dont des criminels multirécidivistes, avait souligné M. Sanz Gandasegui, citant lecas d’un homme condamné pour plus de 50 viols.

«70 prisonniers de l’ETA seraient concernés par la doctrine Parot et plusieurs procédures sont en cours», avait indiquérécemment à l’AFP Me Maritxu Paulus Pasurco, avocate de militants basques à Saint-Jean-de-Luz (pays basque français).

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Par Sandrine Morel (/journaliste/sandrine-morel/ ) (Madrid, correspondance)

Son objectif était de retarder la remise en liberté des étarras les plus

sanguinaires. La doctrine Parot, un système de calcul de remise de peineappliqué par l'Espagne depuis 2006, a été jugée contraire aux droits de

l'homme, lundi 21 octobre, par la Cour européenne des droits de l'homme deStrasbourg (CEDH). (/europe/article/2013/10/21/la-cedh-condamne-madrid-pour-la-detention-prolongee-

d-une-militante-d-eta_3500150_3214.html)

La décision, très attendue en Espagne, pourrait avoir pour conséquence la

libération, dès les prochains mois, d'une soixantaine de prisonniers de l'ETA.

La CEDH, qui examinait en appel le cas de l'étarra Inès del Rio Prada,emprisonnée depuis 1987, et condamnée à 3 828 années de prison pour 24assassinats et une centaine de tentatives d'assassinat, confirme qu'elle auraitdû être relâchée en 2008, selon le jeu des remises de peine en vigueur lors de

sa condamnation. Elle maintient ainsi le verdict, déjà rendue le 10 juillet 2012,qui condamnait l'Espagne à lui verser 30 000 euros de dédommagement et à la

remettre en liberté dans les plus brefs délais.

Madrid voulait la maintenir en prison jusqu'en 2017 en vertu du nouveau

système de calcul de remise de peine espagnol du Code pénal de 1995 etappliqué de manière rétroactive depuis 2006. A cette date, pour empêcher la

La Cour européenne des droits de l'homme de Strasbourg exige de l'Espagne qu'elle

abandonne la doctrine Parot, qui lui permet de maintenir en prison les étarras les plus

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sortie prématurée de prison de l'étarra Henri Parot, emprisonné en 1990,condamné à 4 800 années de prison pour l'assassinat de 82 personnes, et nonrepenti de ses crimes, le Tribunal suprême espagnol décida de ne plus déduire

les remises de peine – accordées pour le travail ou les études réalisés en prison– de la durée maximale légale d'emprisonnement, de trente ans en Espagne,mais de la durée totale des peines prononcées.

"L'ETA A ÉTÉ VAINCUE PAR L'ETAT DE DROIT"

Appliquée rétroactivement, cette nouvelle jurisprudence a permis de maintenir

en prison une soixantaine d'étarras, ainsi qu'une vingtaine d'autres prisonniers,membres d'organisations terroristes ou criminels multirécidivistes.

La décision de Strasbourg devrait entraîner leur remise en liberté progressive.

"L'Audience nationale devra éclaircir , au cas par cas, quelles sont les

conséquences de ce verdict après un examen minitieux de leurs dossiers", aexpliqué le ministre de la justice Alberto Ruiz Gallardon, lors d'une conférence

de presse organisée en urgence. Cherchant à montrer que le gouvernement

maintient une politique de fermeté, il a insisté sur la prochaine réforme du Code

pénal, qui prévoit l'introduction de la peine de prison à perpétuité révisable. Il aégalement souligné que le dédommagement de 30 000 euros auquel a étécondamnée l'Espagne ne sera pas versé à Inès del Rio Prado mais déduit desindemnisations qu'elle doit toujours aux victimes et à l'Etat.

"La décision de la CEDH ne change rien à notre politique pénitenciaire, ni au faitque l'ETA a été vaincue par l'Etat de droit, a ajouté de son côté le ministre del'intérieur, Jorge Fernandez Diaz qui comparaissait à ses côtés. Et nousveillerons à ce que ces possibles libérations ne donnent pas lieu à deshommages aux terroristes et à l'humiliation des victimes."

Ces déclarations ont aussi pour objectif de calmer la colère des associations de

victimes du terrorisme, très actives en Espagne, où elles veillent à ce que legouvernement maintienne une politique de fermeté contre les étarras. Le

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gouvernement devait par ailleurs se réunir avec elles dans l'après-midi.

"Douleur. Souffrance. Peur. Désespoir. Honte. Peine. Il n'y a pas assez de motspour exprimer ce que je ressens", écrivait ainsi la présidente de l'Association

des victimes du terrorisme (AVT) sur son compte Twitter (https://twitter.com/apedraza_avt)

une fois connue la décision de la CEDH. L'AVT demande au gouvernementd'ignorer la décision européénne.

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La doctrine Parot, tout comme la dispersion des condamnés de l'ETA dans desprisons éloignées du Pays basque, fait partie de la politique pénitentiaire utilisée

pour faire pression sur le groupe séparatiste. Hasard du calendrier ou non, la

décision de la CEDH intervient au lendemain du deuxième anniversaire del'annonce par ETA de l'abandon de la lutte armée , le 20 octobre 2011.

En coulisse, beaucoup pensent que Strasboug a souhaité récompenser cette

décision et débloquer un processus de paix quasi inexistant. Le gouvernement

espagnol a certes accepté de rapprocher dans une prison du Pays basque les

prisonniers de l'ETA qui expriment leur repentir , mais ils seraient à peine une

vingtaine parmi les quelque 600 étarras incarcérés. Madrid attend qu'ETAannonce sa dissolution et rende ses armes avant d'accepter tout dialogue avec

les séparatistes.

(/journaliste/sandrine-morel/) Sandrine Morel (/journaliste

/sandrine-morel/ ) (Madrid, correspondance)

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La Cour européenne des droits de l'Homme a condamné l'Espagne lundi pour la détention prolongée d'une militante de l'ETA, dansun arrêt qui fait craindre à Madrid de devoir libérer des dizaines d'autres détenus du groupe armé basque.

L'Espagne a immédiatement "regretté" cette décision, tout en réaffirmant son refus de négocier avec l'ETA.

En exigeant la libération de la militante Ines Del Rio Prada, la CEDH contraint de fait l'Espagne à revoir les cas de tous lesprisonniers à qui a été appliquée la "doctrine Parot", une jurisprudence sur les remises de peine entrée en vigueur en 2006.

Parmi ces détenus figurent, selon le ministère de l'Intérieur, 54 militants de l'ETA, certains condamnés à plusieurs centaines oumilliers d'années de prison, ainsi que 19 prisonniers de droit commun, dont des violeurs en série, et neuf militants d'autres groupesarmés.

"Je regrette cette décision", a déclaré le ministre de la Justice Alberto Ruiz-Gallardon, soulignant cependant que la décision de laCEDH "concerne un cas concret", celui d'Ines Del Rio Prada, et qu'il appartiendra aux tribunaux de statuer éventuellement surd'autres cas.

Le ministre de l'Intérieur Jorge Fernandez Diaz a quant à lui réaffirmé que le gouvernement "ne négocierait pas" avec le groupe séparatiste. Considéré comme responsable de lamort de 829 personnes en 40 ans de lutte armée, l'ETA a annoncé le 20 octobre 2011 renoncer définitivement à la violence mais refuse de se dissoudre comme l'exigent l'Espagneet la France.

Les juges de Strasbourg ont demandé lundi la libération "dans les plus brefs délais" d'Ines Del Rio, âgée de 55 ans, condamnée entre 1988 et 2000 pour son implication dans desattentats commis dans les années 1980.

Des dizaines de détenus concernés

Arrêtée en 1987, Ines Del Rio appartenait au commando Madrid, un commando historique de l'ETA auteur notamment de l'attentat à la voiture piégée de la place de la RépubliqueDominicaine à Madrid, dans lequel 12 gardes civils avaient été tués le 14 juillet 1986.

Le total des peines qui lui avaient été infligées était de 3.828 ans, mais la durée avait été ramenée à 30 ans, la peine maximale prévue en Espagne à l'époque de la condamnation.

Par le jeu classique des remises de peine, la détenue aurait pu sortir de prison dès 2008, mais les autorités espagnoles lui ont appliqué la "doctrine Parot", moins favorable,repoussant cette libération à 2017.

C'est le caractère rétroactif de cette mesure qui a été condamné par la Cour, dans cet arrêt définitif, confirmant une première décision de juillet 2012.

"La requérante a donc purgé une peine d'emprisonnement d'une durée supérieure à celle qu'elle aurait dû subir selon le système juridique espagnol en vigueur lors de sacondamnation", a jugé la Cour, demandant à l'Espagne de libérer Ines Del Rio Prada "dans les plus brefs délais".

Les autorités espagnoles devront par ailleurs verser 30.000 euros pour dommage moral à la détenue.

Cette "doctrine Parot" prévoit que les remises de peine doivent s'appliquer sur chacune des peines prononcées et non plus sur la durée maximale de prison effective de 30 ans, cequi allonge de fait le temps passé derrière les barreaux en cas de condamnations multiples.

"C'est une décision qui démontre que l'Etat espagnol a violé de manière extrêmement grave les droits de l'homme et notamment ceux des prisonniers", s'est réjoui Me DidierRouget, l'un des avocats d'Ines Del Rio, à l'origine de la plainte.

Au-delà du cas d'Ines Del Rio, ce sont les conséquences en cascade de la remise en cause de cette doctrine Parot qui font l'objet d'une vive inquiétude en Espagne.

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Les victimes de l'ETA ont demandé lundi au gouvernement de ne pas appliquer la décision des juges de Strasbourg.

"Nous allons demander, en premier lieu, qu'elle ne soit pas appliquée. Et bien sûr, qu'on ne leur ouvre pas les portes des prisons. Ils devront déposer un recours un par un", adéclaré Angeles Pedraza, présidente de l'Association des victimes du terrorisme (AVT).

"Bien que nous ayons perdu, l'AVT et les victimes allons lutter jusqu'au bout pour qu'il y ait une justice en Espagne", a ajouté Angeles Pedraza.

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Spanien erleidet in Straßburg eine herbe Niederlage. Der Europäische Gerichtshof für Menschenrechte erklärt die spanische Praxis

des Strafvollzugs für Terroristen für illegal. Nun muss die Justiz möglicherweise Dutzende ETA-Terroristen freilassen.

21.10.2013

Straßburg/Madrid.

Spanien muss nach einem Urteil des Europäischen Gerichtshofes für Menschenrechte (EGMR) eine inhaftierte Terroristin der

baskischen Untergrundorganisation ETA „so schnell wie möglich“ freilassen. Die Entscheidung des EGMR vom Montag in

Straßburg hat möglicherweise gravierende Konsequenzen für Spanien. Die spanische Justiz muss möglicherweise mehr als 60

weitere ETA-Terroristen und Schwerverbrecher aus der Haft entlassen, deren Fälle ähnlich gelagert sind.

Gegen das Urteil ist keine Berufung möglich. Die Mitgliedsstaaten der Konvention sind verpflichtet, die Urteile zu befolgen.

Die 55-jährige Inés del Río war wegen 23 Morden zu mehr als 3.000 Jahren Haft verurteilt worden. Sie hätte aber 2008 - nach

Verbüßung der Höchstzeit von 30 Jahren und unter Berücksichtigung von Vergünstigungen - freigelassen werden sollen. Doch

wurde ihre Entlassung nach einer 2006 geänderten Verwaltungspraxis, der sogenannten Parot-Doktrin, auf 2017 verschoben.

Die nachträgliche Verlängerung der zu verbüßenden Haftzeit verstoße gegen das Prinzip der Menschenrechtskonvention „keine

Strafe ohne Gesetz“, befand der EGMR. Deshalb wurde der Terroristin, wie bereits in einem ersten Urteil 2012, eine

Entschädigung von 30.000 Euro zugesprochen. Spanien hatte empört auf das erste Urteil reagiert und dagegen Berufung

eingelegt.

Die neue Entscheidung des EGMR bedeutet einen schweren Schlag für Madrid. Die spanische Regierung hatte die

Strafvollzugsregelung als ein wichtiges Instrument im Kampf gegen die ETA bezeichnet. Madrid wies am Montag darauf hin, dass

das Urteil nicht automatisch die Freilassung von ETA-Terroristen bedeute. „Die zuständigen Gerichte werden jeden einzelnen Fall

prüfen“, sagte Justizminister Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón. „Die Entscheidung (über mögliche Freilassungen) liegt nicht bei den

Politikern, sondern bei der Justiz.“

Hinterbliebene von Opfern des ETA-Terrors bezeichneten das Urteil als eine „Schande“. Dagegen begrüßten zahlreiche

Organisationen im Baskenland die Entscheidung. Sie sahen darin eine Chance, in der Region zur einer endgültigen

Friedensregelung zu gelangen. Die ETA hatte vor zwei Jahren einen definitiven Gewaltverzicht erklärt und seither keine Anschläge

mehr verübt. Allerdings gab sie ihr Waffenarsenal nicht ab.

Der Gerichtshof hat mit seinem Urteil die Parot-Doktrin nicht abgeschafft. Dies bleibe der spanischen Justiz überlassen,

entschieden die Richter. Der EGMR befand lediglich, dass die Terroristin „zum Zeitpunkt ihrer Verurteilung nicht voraussehen

konnte, dass diese Doktrin in ihrem Fall Anwendung finden würde“.

Die Parot-Doktrin war eingeführt worden, nachdem ein zu 3.000 Jahren Haft verurteilter ETA-Terrorist nach weniger als 20

Jahren freigelassen worden war, weil ihm Haftvergünstigungen von der maximal zugelassenen Haftzeit von 30 Jahren abgezogen

worden waren. Dies löste eine Welle der Empörung aus. Spanien ging daraufhin dazu über, Haftverkürzungen nicht mehr auf die

Höchstzeit von 30 Jahren anzurechnen, sondern auf die Gesamtstrafe, die im Falle Del Ríos mehr als 3.000 Jahre beträgt.

Offizielle Zahlen, wie viele Strafgefangene in einer ähnlichen Lage sind wie die Terroristin, liegen nicht vor. Nach Medienangaben

wird geschätzt, dass bei einer Aufhebung der Parot-Doktrin 61 ETA-Terroristen und Schwerverbrecher in nächster Zeit

freigelassen werden müssten und 76 weitere in den kommenden Jahren. (dpa)

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Der Europäische Gerichtshof für Menschenrechte (EGMR) hat Spanien wegen einer zu langen Haftstrafe für ein

Mitglied der baskischen Terrororganisation ETA verurteilt. Die Straßburger Richter riefen die spanischen

Justizbehörden in dem am Montag veröffentlichten Urteil auf, die 55-jährige Ines Del Rio Prada freizulassen. Der

Gerichtshof bestätigte damit ein erstinstanzliches Urteil vom Vorjahr.

Die Gerichtsentscheidung dürfte weitreichende Folgen für den Umgang der spanischen Justiz mit ETA-Häftlingen

haben. Mehrere Dutzend von ihnen sitzen nämlich nur noch deswegen ein, weil ihnen eine vorzeitige

Haftentlassung wegen ihrer Zugehörigkeit zur ETA systematisch verwehrt wird.

Spanien empört über Urteil

Mit Empörung ist in Spanien das Urteil des Europäischen Gerichtshofs für Menschenrechte (EGMR) aufgenommen

worden, das die Freilassung von Dutzenden Mitgliedern der baskischen Terror-Organisation ETA zur Folge haben

könnte. Die Vorsitzende der spanischen Terroropfer-Vereinigung AVT, Angeles Pedraza, bezeichnete den

Straßburger Richterspruch vom Montag als "Schande".

Der EGMR hatte in seinem letztinstanzlichen Urteil die umstrittene "Parot-Doktrin" für menschenrechtswidrig erklärt,

wonach wegen Mordes verurteilte ETA-Terroristen nicht vorzeitig aus der Haft entlassen werden dürfen. Die

Regelung gilt seit 2006, nachdem die Entlassung eines 25-fachen ETA-Mörders für große Empörung in Spanien

gesorgt hatte. Jose Ignacio de Juana Chaos wurde wegen 25 Morden zu mehr als 3000 Jahren Haft verurteilt,

wegen Arbeiten und guter Führung aber bereits nach 21 Jahren aus dem Gefängnis entlassen.

Danach entschied die spanische Justiz, dass Strafnachlässe wegen guter Führung nicht mehr auf die maximale

Haftdauer von 30 Jahren angerechnet werden, sondern auf die Gesamtstrafe, zu der ein Straftäter verurteilt wurde.

Erstmals wurde mit dieser neuen Regel 2006 die vorzeitige Haftentlassung des ETA-Terroristen Henri Parot

verhindert. Die ETA-Terroristin Ines del Rio Prada, die bereits vor vier Jahren aus der Haft hätte entlassen werden

müssen, ließ die Doktrin allerdings vor dem EGMR anfechten. Sie war zu fast 3.800 Jahren Haft verurteilt worden,

da sie unter anderem 1986 an einem Anschlag auf einen Polizeibus in Madrid beteilt war, bei dem 12 Menschen

ums Leben kamen und 40 Personen verletzt wurden.

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SE ABRE UN PRECEDENTE

El Tribunal Europeo de DDHH falló contra España y a favor deuna etarra condenada por 24 crímenes

El fallo anula de forma definitiva la aplicación de la doctrina Henri Parot a Inés del Río, quien había sidocondenada a 3.828 años de cárcel pero el plazo de cumplimiento efectivo en España era en el momentode su condena de 30 años.

Por esta razón, el cálculo es completamente diferente si se aplica la "Doctrina Parot" o no, ya que en caso de excluírsele debe salir en

libertad.

El fallo considera que España vulneró el artículo 5.1 (Derecho a la libertad y a la seguridad) y el artículo 7 (No hay pena sin ley) del

Convenio Europeo de Derechos Humanos, informó la agencia de noticias DPA.

Si el gobierno español de Mariano Rajoy acata el fallo del Tribunal Europeo de Derechos Humanos, 61 miembros de ETA y una decena

presos con graves delitos podrían ser liberados en los próximos meses.

El Tribunal Europeo de DDHH falló contra España y a fa... http://www.telam.com.ar/notas/201310/37294-el-tribunal...

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Hiszpania

Członkini ETA wypuszczona po wyroku Europejskiego T rybunałuPraw Człowiekazmag 22-10-2013, ostatnia aktualizacja 22-10-2013 13:59

Zdjęcie Ines del Rio z napisem "Ta morderczyni zostanie uwolniona", trzymane przez aktywistę ZwiązkuOfair Terroryzmu", podczas konferencji prasowej w Madrycie.źródło: AFP

Teixeiro, Hiszpania. Więzienie gdzie 55-letnia Ines del Rio odsiadywała swój wyrok. Zgodnie z decyzjąsądu, kobieta powinna dzisiaj opuścić placówkę.źródło: AFP

Hiszpański s ąd musiał nakaza ć zwolnienie Ines del Rio działaczki ETA, po tym jak EuropejskiTrybunał Praw Człowieka orzekł przeciwko dalszemu a resztowi kobiety

Ines del Rio należąca do separatystycznej grupy ETA, zostanie wypuszczona na wolność po odsiedzeniu30 lat w więzieniu. Jest ona pierwszą skazaną wypuszczoną w związku z obaleniem tzw. doktryny Parota.

Ines del Rio została aresztowana w 1987, a następnie skazana za udział w akcjach terrorystycznych ETA,w tym za współudział w morderstwie 23 osób. Sąd wyznaczył jej karę na 3828 lat więzienia (prawohiszpańskie przewiduje takie wyroki, przy założeniu, że skazany spędzi w więzieniu maksymalnie do 30lat).

Kobieta mogła przedterminowo opuścić więzienie w roku 2008, jednak Sąd Najwyższy zastosował wtedytzw. doktrynę Parota, aby przedłużyć jej karę. Doktryna ta, zatwierdzona przez hiszpański Sąd Najwyższyw 2006 roku, uniemożliwia więźniom z ETA wcześniejsze wyjście na wolność w zamian za dobresprawowanie czy pracę w zakładzie karnym.

Europejski Trybunał Praw Człowieka orzekł, że odmówienie kobiecie wcześniejszego zakończenia karyjest niezgodne z Europejską Kartą Praw Człowieka. Trybunał nie tylko zdecydował o natychmiastowymwypuszczeniu kobiety, ale także nakazał wypłacenie jej 30 tysięcy euro odszkodowania.

- Nie może być tak, że osoba, która zabiła 20 osób jest traktowana w taki sam sposób jak ktoś kto popełniłpojedyncze morderstwo - komentował krytycznie wyrok Trybunału minister sprawiedliwości HiszpaniiAlberto Ruiz Gallardon.

W hiszpańskich więzienia, swoje wyroki odsiaduje około 700 członków organizacji. Władze ostrzegają, żeorzeczenie Europejskiego Trybunału Praw Człowieka może oznaczać, że zwolnienia zażąda w Hiszpaniiponad 100 więźniów, w tym terroryści i zabójcy. – Z więzień wyjdą osoby, które dopuściły się poważnychzbrodni i nie odkupiły za nie swej winy – mówił Alberto Ruiz Gallardon.

ETA (Euskadi Ta Askatasuna - w języku baskijskim Kraj Basków i Wolność) jest działającym od końca lat50. lewicowym ruchem niepodległościowym. W 2011 ETA ogłosiła zaprzestanie walki zbrojnej, którejbilans stanowi ponad 800 zabitych. Rząd Hiszpanii domaga się jednak formalnego rozwiązania

Członkini ETA wypuszczona po wyroku ETPCZ (wersja do druku) http://www.rp.pl/artykul/1058809.html?print=tak&p=0

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