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A German court on Thursday refused Spain’s request to extradite Catalan ex-leader Carles Puigdemont on a rebellion charge following his arrest in Germany last month, ordering his release on bail pending a hearing on a lesser charge.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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In a heavy blow for Madrid, judges at the upper state court in Schleswig-Holstein \u00abbelieve that in regard to the allegation of rebellion, extradition is illegal\u00bb as Puigdemont was not personally involved in violence during a referendum on Catalan independence last October, they said in a statement.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

That made his actions not punishable under German law, the judges said, rejecting prosecutors’ argument that the Spanish \u00abrebellion\u00bb charge was similar enough to Germany’s \u00abhigh treason\u00bb statute to justify an extradition.<\/p>\n

The Catalan separatist figurehead could still be extradited on a charge of misusing public funds, the judges added, although \u00abfurther facts must be clarified and information gathered\u00bb in the coming days and weeks.<\/p>\n

But meanwhile Puigdemont can leave custody if he fulfils court-imposed conditions including a payment of 75,000 euros ($92,000).<\/p>\n

Regional newspaper Neue Osnabruecker Zeitung reported that the politician would also have to report to the police every week and would not be allowed to leave Germany without prosecutors’ consent.<\/p>\n

It was not immediately clear when Puigdemont would leave the prison in Neumuenster where he has been held since his arrest on March 25.<\/p>\n

German lawyer Till Dunckel told news agency DPA that the bail conditions would be fulfilled as quickly as possible, but that Puigdemont might not leave jail on Thursday evening.<\/p>\n

Puigdemont’s German defence team welcomed the court’s decision to set aside the \u00aboutrageous\u00bb charge of rebellion in a statement.<\/p>\n

They \u00abrespected\u00bb judges’ decision to ask for more information from Spain on the misuse of funds charge in a \u00abcase with trend-setting signficance for the European understanding of democracy,\u00bb they added.<\/p>\n

\u00ab[Puigdemont] always said that he had full confidence in the German judiciary,\u00bb his Barcelona-based lawyer Jaime Alonso-Cuevillas tweeted.<\/p>\n

A Spanish government source told AFP that Madrid \u00abalways respects\u00bb judicial decisions \u00abwhether they please it or not\u00bb.<\/p>\n

\u00abThe government is sure that Spain’s justice system will take the appropriate measures given these new circumstances, to ensure respect for the laws of our country,\u00bb the source added.<\/p>\n

If extradited only on the charge of misusing public funds, Puigdemont cannot be prosecuted in Spain on the more serious charge of rebellion.<\/p>\n

There is no such offence on German law books, although prosecutors had argued that it could be seen as roughly equivalent to the crime of \u00abhigh treason\u00bb.<\/p>\n

The misuse of public funds charge relates to the cost of the Catalan independence referendum, estimated at 1.6 million euros by Madrid.<\/p>\n

Puigdemont’s lawyers have appealed in Spain against the \u00abrebellion\u00bb charge, highlighting that he was not involved in violence.<\/p>\n

After being removed from office by the central government in Madrid following his unilateral declaration of independence on October 27, Puigdemont fled to Belgium.<\/p>\n

He was arrested in northern Germany in late March on the way back from a trip to Finland.<\/p>\n

Puigdemont and six political allies escaped Spanish authorities in an attempt to \u00abinternationalise\u00bb their plight by dragging other European Union countries into the row.<\/p>\n

Nine other pro-independence figures are currently in custody, including six members of Puigdemont’s Catalan government and the former president of the Catalan parliament.<\/p>\n

Source: AFP<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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