Monday, July 07, 2003

The Euro-Order

Speaking of exporting repression against the Basques, here you have another example courtesy of Behatokia's bulletin. Sadly, since the European Union renounced to its principle of being the Europe of the peoples to become the Europe of the mega-states seems like in this case the Spanish State will succeed at expanding its persecution of Basque activists to the whole of Europe:

THREE BASQUE YOUTHS FACED THE EURO-ORDER

A court in Pau refused the extradition request made by the Spanish authorities against three youths from Lapurdi (a Basque province under French administration). Haritza Galarraga, Amaia Rekarte and Yves Machicote, members of the youth organisation SEGI It was included in the European list of terrorist organisations due to Spanish insistence, but carries out completely legal and transparent activities in the French state.

Judge Baltasar Garzón, who made the extradition request, continues in his attempt to extend the criminalisation of Basque social, civil and political organisations to the French state, harassing the public representatives of these organisations. The specific motive for rejecting this extradition request is based upon the fact that some of the crimes they were charged with would have taken place in French territory, so these three people could be tried in the French state, if it came to it.

This is the first time a Euro-order extradition is refused in the French state due to reasons of political persecution. The contradiction that exists in assessing identical events in different ways in Spain or in France due to political interests is evident.

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