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Berlin protesters demand release of Catalan ex-leader Carles Puigdemont
In the coming week, the German justice system in Schleswig-Holstein is expected to decide whether to proceed with Puigdemont's extradition. The decision hinges on whether the German legal system recognizes the crime of rebellion as defined under Spanish law.

The German federal government has said it will not interfere in the state court's decision, to avoid any politicization [?] of the affair.
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The marchers in Berlin used banners to call on the German government not to support the Spanish government's "political justice." Independence supporters use the term to describe the Madrid government's attempt to quell their movement through the courts instead of seeking a political resolution.

Extradition for embezzlement, rebellion, or both?
The public prosecutor's decision rests on the extent to which the charges as laid out under the Spanish Penal Code coincide with crimes publishable under German law. While embezzlement is straightforward, the contested point remains whether the crime of rebellion as defined by Spain is comparable with that of high treason in Germany.

archived
charge: "organizing an illegal referendum on secession" hmm 25 Mar

Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.

by Cat on Sun Apr 1st, 2018 at 08:51:14 PM EST
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Clever, the manipulation of the principle of subsidiarity. Timeline :
  1. Spanish judge reissues an existing European arrest warrant, while Puigdemont is travelling
  2. Spanish intelligence inform the BKA (federal police)
  3. Puigdemont is arrested by (federal? Land?) police
  4. The The Chief Prosecutors Office of Schleswig-Holstein will decide this week to extradite him or not, with no appeal process, apparently.

Federal government claims it's nothing to do with them (no fingerprints?)

The only charge that seems admissible is that of embezzlement -- more precisely, spending provincial government funds in a manner which the central government disapproves of.

I wonder whether that is an offense in the Schleswig-Holstein statute book?


It is rightly acknowledged that people of faith have no monopoly of virtue - Queen Elizabeth II

by eurogreen on Wed Apr 4th, 2018 at 11:12:10 AM EST
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I wonder whether that is an offense in the Schleswig-Holstein statute book?

Only 3 people know; one is dead, one is mad and the other has quite forgotten the answer

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Sun Apr 8th, 2018 at 07:13:58 PM EST
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Congratulations! You've done better than the Irish Times
For generations, history students have grappled with the head-wrecking Schleswig-Holstein question of the Bismarck era. That was a diplomatic stand-off so complicated that, by its end, the joke was that only two people still understood it: one was dead and the other insane.
by gk (gk (gk quattro due due sette @gmail.com)) on Sun Apr 8th, 2018 at 08:13:41 PM EST
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temporary political asylum
German prosecutor orders Catalan separatist Carles Puigdemont's release on bail
Catalan separatist and the former head of the regional government Carles Puigdemont paid bail on Friday, allowing him to walk out of jail after he was arrested last month on a European warrant. After walking out of jail, Puigdemont called for the release of so-called [!] political prisoners in Spain, notably those who were arrested for their involvement in the Catalan independence referendum.
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In a blow [?] to Spanish authorities, a German court on Wednesday refused to extradite him on charges of high treason, the closest German legal equivalent to Spain's most serious charge of rebellion.
yes, well, if arrest of "democratically" elected representatives is not a political action, sumbuddy needs to read their Politics again. In its entirety. Or tweet the latest edition of "Catalan Rappers Convicted for Insulting the King or Smutty Impersonation of a Black Man or Hate Speech or Terrorism" or wtf.
The Boney Facts
The court upheld an embezzlement charge for
funding a state function with treasury monies. hmmm.

Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.
by Cat on Fri Apr 6th, 2018 at 03:25:59 PM EST
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