Adding Insult to Injury

While the real bad guys run free, the Spanish State insists on turning Inaki Uria's life into a living hell.

Inaki's one and only crime is to love his language, Euskera. He is in jail because some fascists fellas in Madrid can not and will not understand the Basque society's will to preserve and advance their ancient language.

How can an allegedly democratic country keep a news paper administrator behind bars for over a year blows your mind. And to think that this fella Del Olmo's partner in crime Baltasar Garzon just paraded himself as a paladin of human rights in California is sickening.

Here is the note from Berria:

Inaki Uria's defence lawyers appeal against Del Olmo's ruling

In response to the request to reduce the bail figure, the Public Prosecutor asked that the amount be reduced to 450,000 euros and that it should be paid in cash; Del Olmo accepted the proposal as it stood

Eider Goenaga – DONOSTIA (San Sebastian)

Inaki Uria's defence counsel have filed a fresh appeal against the ruling handed down by Juan Del Olmo, the Spanish National Criminal Court judge, and they will continue in this direction until they have secured the release of the managing director of Egunkaria. In fact, the ruling published by Del Olmo last Friday makes Uria's release impossible; the judge has ruled bail of 450,000 euros in cash. Uria's lawyers have three days to file an appeal against Judge Del Olmo's ruling.

The previous bail figure set by the 1st Section of the National Criminal Court was 600,000 euros, also in cash; but Uria's defence counsel filed an appeal with Del Olmo to reduce the amount. Uria's lawyer, Jose Maria Elosua, argued that the amount was "excessive", that his client did not have the financial means to pay and that a disproportionate step of this kind infringed the "principle of equality". His defence not only asked for the amount to be reduced, but also for an opportunity to be given for it to be paid by providing security.

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