After the acquittal of Sorzabal this Thursday by the National Court, which acknowledged that his home vessel was tortured, his lawyer announced that they are going to the Human Rights Court of Strasbourg to reach the withdrawal of the penalty of 2022.
The lawyer of Iratxe Sorzabal” acquitted of a devastation crime when proven the National Court that took on the authorship of the attack after he was subject to “inhuman treatment”will take the court of the Strasbourg The only case for which it was convicted in Spain Given that the court ruling was based on the same proof as the absolute.
The lawyer, Arert Larrarte, has made this announcement at a press conference with recovery of Egiari Zoras well as Eskubiden BeatakiaHuman Rights Observatory who “studies the possibilities and effectiveness of submitting a complaint against the Civic Guard who participated in the detention, interrogations and Sorzabal -Marteling.”
Larrarte emphasized that European Rights Court (ECHR) It will resort to “safe”, because all cases in Spain are exhausted, including those of the constitutional, and understands that the conviction imposed on Sorzabal (24 years in prison for a double attack in Gijón in 1996) relies on the same manuscript that the national court has declared “Null of full right.”
Proven poor treatment
The An Has Acquiteed the Former Chief of Eta Of A Crime of Ravages For The Placement of An Explosive Artifact In 1995 On The Border Of Irun (Gipuzkoa) Becoause That “Kantada” That is the Write After Being Arrested in 2001 is “Null of Full Right to have bone blegh Whether the accused, Since it is a consequence of illtreatment (Application of Electrodes) judgment “.
The lawyer emphasized that This written confession was used against his representative in three judgments And it was only convicted in one that of the double attack by Gijón -because it was also acquitted of another attack in Alicante.
“For the first time, the National Court shows what we all knew, both in Euskal Herria and in the Spanish state, who was tortured Iratxe Sorzabal by the civil protector.
Open the possibility to denounce tortures
For his part, Iratxe Urizarof the human rights observatory, “who were the tortoans” was asked and said they are that Analyze the possibility of submitting a complaint.
“Judges and public prosecutors cannot make a deaf ears for finding torture and poor treatment practices, even more of a criminal organ. It cannot be allowed to run a veil of impunity and there is no in -depth investigation in the criminal jurisdiction, it would not be comprehensible,” he would be. “
He also said that “if Spanish justice does not respond,” they will be forced “to travel on the international path”.
Expand the recognition period to be tortured
Ainara EstanBy Egiari Zor, he said that they expect “a unanimous and powerful reaction” by the Basque institutions, which he has called “not naturalize episodes of this nature”.
He pointed out that the recognition of victims of violence in Euskadi must be “integral” and must guarantee “equality in the rights of victims”, and has a claim Amendment of the Basque law on recognition To “offer legal protection to those who were tortured after 1999”.
Documentary “Bi Arns”, available in Primeran
In 2022 the documentary “Bi Arnas“Based on torture to Iratxe Sorzabal and the relationship with his mother. TV3 of Catalonia published the documentary on March 14, 2023 and also It was projected in the Zinemaldia of 2024. You can currently be seen On the EITB first platform.
Source: EITB
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