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Belgium owes terrorist Nizar Trabelsi €90,000, court rules
Belgium
10:16 27/02/2015
In the case of convicted terrorist Nizar Trabelsi’s extradition to the US, the European Court has ruled that Belgium must pay Trabelsi €90,000 in damages for violation of human rights, reports La Dernière Heure.
The court condemned Belgium for not waiting for its ruling on the case before handing the suspect over to American authorities. Trabelsi’s lawyer, Marc Neve, is planning to come in between any further collaboration between Belgium and the US in the case.
The 44-year-old Trabelsi, a former professional footballer from Tunisia, was in 2003 convicted for terrorism and sentenced to 10 years in prison for his association with Al-Qaida and for plotting attacks on American soldiers stationed in Belgium.
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USA says jump, European countries ask how high and when can they come down.
Lawyer must be thrilled about all the money he'll be pocketing from this case.
The European Court of Human rights is not fit for purpose. It does not prevent abuse if the Americans want abuse, it comes up with judgements that absolutely fly in the face of common sense and the only real winners are Lawyers and judges that cannot believe it's this simple to get rich off the tax payer. Just more fodder for UKIP. You want to be angry at his 90,000? Be angry at the Millions it cost to award him 90,000.
Lol that's hilarious.. What a waste of money.. If I were belgium, I would fight the ruling to keep the money tied up.. In the mean time, figure out a way to speed up this losers life process!