Ridouan Taghi Needs Permission from the Minister of Justice and Security if hey to be assisted by Lawyers in the Extensive Marengo Liquidation Process. This has to do with a law that will come into effect on November 1.
Due to this New Law, Detainese in, Among Other Places, The Extra Secure Institution (EBI) in Vught Can Have Confidential Contact With A Maxim or Two Lawyers.
Taghi Already has that: A Lawyer Who Assists Him in Detention Cases and A Lawyer Who Assists Him in cases at the European Court. An exception to the maximum number is Possible. For this, he must submit a request to the ministry “IF special circumstances give reason to do so” “.
It would be interesting if taghi gets this permission. The law was created to prevent detainese from exchange messages through their lawyer, after a former lawyer of taghi was convicted for this. Another Lawyer of his is suspended of this. The Bar Association Has Been Heavily Criticizing the Law From the Start.
It is also Possible That the Two Current Lawyers Can No Longer Assist Taghi. That could cause problems, Fears Thomas van der Horst, Who Assists Him in Detention Cases.
‘This will lead to delays in All Kinds of Cases’
“ We have to wait for practice, but this is guaranteed to lead to delays in all child or cases.
Van der Horst has Several Complaints Procedures on Behalf of Taghi Regarding the Detention Conditions in the Ebi, Where Taghi Has Been his judgment at the end of 2019. Accordance to van der Horst, Those Conditions are “Devoid of Human Treatment.” He calls the new regulations “utterly ridiculous and unworkable.”
Sjoerd van Berge Henegouwen, Who Assists Taghi in More than Twenty International Procedures, also Fears that “It will be impossible for him to litigate at the Human Rights Court.”
Taghi Still Without Lawyers in Marengo Process
Taghi Has Been Without Legal Assistance In The Criminal Case Since April, After the judgment of his Lawyer Vito Shukrula. Earlier This Month It was announced that two lawyers had come forward to defend taghi, after a call from the supervisor of lawyers. The Order States in A Response That Consultations Are Taking “in a Broader context” “On How Legal Assistance Can Be Provied” And That “Careful Action Must Be Taken.”
Taghi has leg without a defense more often. In Total, Three Lawyers in His Environment Have Been arrested. His Nephew Youssef Has Been Convicted of Passing on Messages from Taghi from the Ebi in Vught.
Later, His Lawyer Inez Weski was arrested. She Too is said to have passed on messages from taghi. In April, Shukrula was arrested on suspicion or passing on messages. No Public Hearing Has Yet Taken Place in His Case.
Taghi was sentence to life imprisonment by the court at the beginning of last year. The Criminal Case is Currently on Appeal.