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07HAMBURG29
2007-05-04 15:49:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Consulate Hamburg
Cable title:  

GERMANY/PKK: WHY HAMBURG RELEASED CANSIZ

Tags:  PTER PREL KTFN GM TU FR 
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C O N F I D E N T I A L HAMBURG 000029 

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E.O. 12958: DECL: 5/4/2017
TAGS: PTER PREL KTFN GM TU FR
SUBJECT: GERMANY/PKK: WHY HAMBURG RELEASED CANSIZ

REF: BERLIN 855

CLASSIFIED BY: Duane Butcher, Consul General, U.S. Consulate
General Hamburg, U.S. Department of State.
REASON: 1.4 (b),(d)




CLASSIFIED BY: Duane Butcher, Consul General, U.S. Consulate
General Hamburg, U.S. Department of State.
REASON: 1.4 (b),(d)



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C O N F I D E N T I A L HAMBURG 000029

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E.O. 12958: DECL: 5/4/2017
TAGS: PTER PREL KTFN GM TU FR
SUBJECT: GERMANY/PKK: WHY HAMBURG RELEASED CANSIZ

REF: BERLIN 855

CLASSIFIED BY: Duane Butcher, Consul General, U.S. Consulate
General Hamburg, U.S. Department of State.
REASON: 1.4 (b),(d)




CLASSIFIED BY: Duane Butcher, Consul General, U.S. Consulate
General Hamburg, U.S. Department of State.
REASON: 1.4 (b),(d)



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1. (C) On May 2, Office Director of the Hamburg Minister of
Justice Henning Clasen informed ConGen Hamburg that PKK leader
Sakine Cansiz had been released from jail on April 25 and that
she had already returned to Paris, France. Cansiz had been
arrested in Hamburg on March 19 pursuant to a Turkish arrest
warrant distributed via Interpol (Ref). According to Clasen,
the Hamburg High Court decided not to accept the Turkish
International Request for Extradition because the request did
not meet the minimum European requirements for extradition.
While ConGen Hamburg has not been able to receive copies of the
official court decision, Clasen read to us from the document,
which contained the following statements; "... the warrant did
not contain a concretely described crime with respect to the
time, place, and manner of the commission of the offense of
which to charge the accused..." and "... The evidence is not
sufficient to prove whether the action, in particular that with
which the accused has been charged, is an extraditable
offense..."


2. (U) This message has been coordinated with Embassy Berlin.

BUTCHER