Monday, July 18, 2005
THE UNCEASING FIGHT AGAINST TERROR
CNN:
Thus does Europe's "full court press" against jihadism continue. . .
By the way, that "extradition bar" appears in the German constitution in this way:
CNN points out correctly:
Reasonable that. As we know, Herr Hitler's foul regime wantonly deported millions (including Germans -- especially Jews -- to concentration camps outside Germany) and took away German citizenship whenever it saw fit. (Example: from a young socialist named Willy Brandt, who twenty-five years after the war became West German chancellor.)
Spain should not even have bothered. Indeed, it should be embarrassed for even making the extradition request. Constitutions must be worth more than the paper they are written on.
Good thing the court stepped in; Darkazanli's prospects in Spain would have been exceedingly grim. For nowadays, while Nazi-era abuses are thankfully no longer the norm in Germany, protecting Germans from Spain's particularly vicious and horrific legal system is exactly what Konrad Adenauer and the composers of Article 16 had in mind when it was adopted back in 1949. After all, as is well-known, in democratic, EU state Spain Darkazanli would one minute be just another ordinary "German" passport-holding jihadist Madrid commuter train bombing businessman suspect, but the next minute would undoubtedly suddenly find himself facing a fate similar to that of Anne Frank. ¶ by Robert, Monday, July 18, 2005
CNN:
Germany's high court has ordered the release of a Syrian-born German man whom Spain wanted extradited in connection with the 2003 Madrid bombings.
The Federal Constitutional Court ruled Monday it would be illegal to extradite Mamoun Darkazanli, a Hamburg-based businessman, because the country's constitution bars Germans from being extradited against their will. . .
The Federal Constitutional Court ruled Monday it would be illegal to extradite Mamoun Darkazanli, a Hamburg-based businessman, because the country's constitution bars Germans from being extradited against their will. . .
Thus does Europe's "full court press" against jihadism continue. . .
By the way, that "extradition bar" appears in the German constitution in this way:
Article 16 (Deprivation of citizenship, extradition, right of asylum).
No one may be deprived of his German citizenship. Loss of citizenship may arise only pursuant to a law, and against the will of the person affected it may arise only if such person does not thereby become stateless.
No German may be extradited to a foreign country. Persons persecuted for political reasons enjoy the right of asylum.
No one may be deprived of his German citizenship. Loss of citizenship may arise only pursuant to a law, and against the will of the person affected it may arise only if such person does not thereby become stateless.
No German may be extradited to a foreign country. Persons persecuted for political reasons enjoy the right of asylum.
CNN points out correctly:
. . . Germany's post-war constitution has frustrated anti-terror efforts in the past, with strict provisions against surveillance and extradition to prevent the abuses and atrocities of the country's Nazi era. . .
Reasonable that. As we know, Herr Hitler's foul regime wantonly deported millions (including Germans -- especially Jews -- to concentration camps outside Germany) and took away German citizenship whenever it saw fit. (Example: from a young socialist named Willy Brandt, who twenty-five years after the war became West German chancellor.)
Spain should not even have bothered. Indeed, it should be embarrassed for even making the extradition request. Constitutions must be worth more than the paper they are written on.
Good thing the court stepped in; Darkazanli's prospects in Spain would have been exceedingly grim. For nowadays, while Nazi-era abuses are thankfully no longer the norm in Germany, protecting Germans from Spain's particularly vicious and horrific legal system is exactly what Konrad Adenauer and the composers of Article 16 had in mind when it was adopted back in 1949. After all, as is well-known, in democratic, EU state Spain Darkazanli would one minute be just another ordinary "German" passport-holding jihadist Madrid commuter train bombing businessman suspect, but the next minute would undoubtedly suddenly find himself facing a fate similar to that of Anne Frank. ¶ by Robert, Monday, July 18, 2005
