German prosecution calls for Puigdemont's extradition
Tuesday, May 22, 2018 @ 11:46 PM
GERMAN prosecutors have called for deposed Catalunya president Carles Puigdemont's extradition for 'rebellion' after having reviewed the additional information sent by the Spanish justice system, even though this is not technically a criminal offence in the northern European country.
The crime of 'high treason' does exist under German law, but the regional court of Schleswig-Holstein considered it did not apply to Puigdemont as the disputed independence referendum did not involve violence perpetrated or organised by the ex-leader or his government.
Initially, the court in the region where Puigdemont was arrested – just south of the Danish border, as he was driving home to Belgium from a conference at Helsinki University – rejected the prosecution's call for the former president to be extradited, but in light of new information received from Spain upon request from the judge, the prosecution has put forward a fresh recommendation which the court is required to review.
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