Hungary Demands Release Of Tóásó From Bolivia Detention
- 2 Apr 2014 9:00 AM
The Hungarian government demands that Hungarian-Romanian citizen Előd Tóásó, who has been in pre-trial detention in Bolivia since 2009, should be released, Zsolt Németh, Hungary’s state secretary for foreign affairs, said. Speaking after a session of the governmental team working on issues around the Tóásó case, Nemeth insisted that under Bolivia’s law.
Tóásó should have been released two years ago. In November last year, the Bolivian government rejected a position by the European Parliament, calling on Bolivia to ensure fair and independent trial in the cases of Hungarian-Romanian citizen Előd Tóásó and Croatian citizen Mario Tadic, imprisoned in Bolivia for more than 4 years under terrorism charges.
Accused of terrorism, Tóásó has been locked up since April 2009 in spite of the fact that under Bolivian law pre-trial detention cannot last for more than 36 months and the legal procedure must not extend beyond 13 months.
Source www.hungarymatters.hu
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