A årelangt pressure on Denmark from one of the world’s main export markets, India is perhaps on the way to win.
It writes Politiken.
the Secret negotiations between the indian authorities and rigsadvokat Jan Reckendorff the past 10 months have been about to agree on terms, which will make it possible for the director of public prosecutions to extradite the Danish citizen Niels Holck to India, writes the newspaper.
Here, India will put him on trial, accused of a more than 20-year-old case concerning the dropping of weapons and ammunition to an opposition group in the indian state of west bengal in 1995.
Since the contacts, took off in may 2018, Niels Holck and his lawyer Tyge Trier’t been able to get very much information about what he calls “an opaque process”.
But the information of Politiken shows, that the representatives of the indian authorities over two days in may last year, was to “consultations” with the attorney general in Copenhagen.
A few weeks later, gave the attorney general a written message to India on Danish conditions in order to extradite Niels Holck.
the Consultations, whether the conditions are to continue, in writing and on the telephone, until January of this year, shows the information, as neither the minister of justice, mr Søren Pape Poulsen (K) or rigsadvokat Jan Reckendorff would like to comment, writes Politiken.
It is the latest step in the most long-lasting udleveringssag, which has frozen relations between Denmark and India, since the court in Hillerød and then The high Court in 2011 said definitively no to extradite Niels Holck of fear that he would be subjected to torture in indian prisons.
Niels Holck has not wanted to comment on the new information, but his lawyer, Tyge Trier takes the principle is concerned, if the extradition proceedings must begin again, writes Politiken.
Tue Magnussen, a consultant in the Anti-Torture support fund, is appalled by the developments in the case. He fears that Niels Holck might be subjected to torture if he is extradited to India.
– It is appalling. An extradition would be in open violation of the UN convention against torture. India is one of the few countries in the world that has recognized and ratified the UN convention against torture, says Tue Magnussen to Ritzau.
– It is a question that Denmark, in its contact with India has neglected to make note of. And that’s an incredible hypocrisy, because Denmark has shown an incredible selvros in the work that has been done internationally against torture.