In this way, Atristain, who is serving a 17-year sentence, returns to Martutene Prison, where he only went to sleep. Spain has been condemned by the European Court of Human Rights for not allowing him to choose a lawyer when he was detained incommunicado in 2010.
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The Central Court of Penitentiary Surveillance of the National audience he has withdrawn the third degree which the Basque government to the ETA prisoner Xabier Atristainwho has been readmitted to Martutene prison this afternoon, has informed the association of relatives Etxerat.
The court estimates an appeal from the public prosecutor against the third degree, granted in July by the Ministry of Justice of the Basque Governmentforcing the detainee back to the prison, where he only went to sleep.
Atristain is serving a 17-year sentence, which was not reviewed by the Supreme Court despite the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) convicted Spain for not allowing this member of ETA choose a lawyer when he was detained incommunicado in 2010.
Following the ECtHR’s resolution, Atristain was released on February 17, but on June 2, when the Supreme Court ruled that there was no need to reconsider his sentence, he was arrested again and returned to prison.
A month later, the Justice Department approved his entry to the third-degree prison, now withdrawn after the prosecution’s appeal was upheld.
According to Etxerat, the Public Prosecution Service has in recent months appealed for the granting of third degrees to 13 ETA prisoners, including Atristain. In August, Justice Minister Beatriz Artolazabal indicated that, as the Basque government runs the prison competition, 25 third degrees have been awarded to members of ETA.
Etxerat has expressed his “outrage” at the court ruling against this prisoner, who has been imprisoned for 12 years despite the fact that the ECtHR “concluded that he had not received a fair trial, as he was not allowed to be a lawyer during his incommunicado detention.” appoint for trust”.
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Source: EITB
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