Puigdemont released from German prison
Thursday, April 5, 2018 @ 10:06 PM
FORMER Catalunya regional president Carles Puigdemont has been granted bail by a German judge and has now been freed.
The Territorial Court of Schleswig-Holstein, close to the Danish border where Puigdemont was arrested driving home to Belgium from Finland, says it would be 'unacceptable' to charge him with 'rebellion', but that the details of the European arrest warrant may be valid for charges of corruption and misuse of public funds under German law.
For this reason, the extradition order remains in place and the court will review it and make a decision whilst Puigdemont is free.
The court does not believe Puigdemont runs a risk of 'political persecution', which is his main argument for not returning to Spain, as he does not believe he would get a fair trial and could be facing up to 30 years in jail for organising the disputed independence referendum.
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