European Court of Human Rights condemns Spain for not investigating torture #aztnugal
The European Court of Human Rights has condemned Spain today, 5th May 2015, regarding the case of Patxi Arratibel, who denounced tortures after being arrested and held incommunicado in January 2011.
Arratibel’s case became well known in the Basque Country when it was announced that he had been forced to sign a Police Declaration and in his desperation he had signed it writting besides his name “AZTNUGAL”, the Basque word for HELP, laguntza, written backwards.
Basque Peace Process published at the time of his arrest to letter’s one by the boyfriend of one of the arrested “Last Night” and another by a friend of another, “AZTNUGAL/PLEH” relating the events on those days.
Despite relating the torture and threats he suffered while incommunicado to Judge Marlaska, he was sent to jail under a preventite status for one year and a half. The ECHR has condemned Spain for not carrying out a proper investigation of the Case.
This is the 7th condemn for this cause against Spain.
The Committee Against Torture of the UN held a hearing last week about the sixth periodic report of Spain.
Original article at Basque Peace Process.
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