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Spain court dismisses case against Basque regional prime minister

By Bernard Hibbitts (editor) and University of Pittsburgh School of Law students.

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[JURIST] A Spanish court on Monday dismissed the case against Basque Regional Prime Minister Juan José Ibarretxe. He and the two leaders of the Basque socialist party were charged with illegally communicating with the banned Batasuna party, the political wing of the militant ETA in a failed attempt at a ceasefire. The trial, which began on Thursday, stemmed from charges brought against the leaders in October for the meetings which took place in October 2007. It was dismissed by the Superior Court of Justice for the Basque Country, who declared the case illegitimate because the prosecution admitted that the meetings were not illegal and asked that the case be dismissed. The Batasuna party is alleged to be a front for ETA, which has been blamed for more than 800 deaths in bombings and attacks since the 1960s. Spain's Supreme Court declared Batasuna illegal in 2003. In September, the court banned the Basque Nationalist Action Party (ANV) from taking part in political activities because of its alleged ties to Batasuna.

Full post as published by JURIST - The Paper Chase on January 12, 2009 (boomark / email).