By refusing, Wednesday, April 9, to give Hungary the anti -fascist activist Rexhino Abazaj, known as “Gino”, invoking “Risks” of a “Inhuman treatment” In prison and the uncertainty that a fair trial is guaranteed to him, French justice has inflicted a camouflet on Hungarian justice. Activist for the right to housing, “Gino” is accused by Hungary, like a dozen other people, of having “Brutally attacked neonazis” In February 2023 during a commemoration organized by these far -right activists in Budapest.
Hungary had issued a European arrest warrant against him in November 2023. Arrested in Paris in November 2024, “Gino”, which faces twenty-four years' imprisonment in Hungary, had been imprisoned and then released under judicial supervision on March 26. French justice had also asked for an additional information from the Hungarian authorities before deciding.
The detailed response of Hungary has not satisfied the House of Extraditions of the Paris Court of Appeal. It was in particular on the issue of the conditions of detention that the latter considered that Hungary risked violating the European Convention on Human Rights. Thus, Budapest admitted that “gino” would be placed in isolation “For his personal protection”. However, there is no difference today between disciplinary isolation and security isolation, underlines the court of appeal in its judgment, citing observations of the Council of Europe. Especially since, in isolation, the Hungarian penitentiary authority may have recourse to “Continuous video surveillance” during “A long duration”.
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Source: Lemonde