For sixteen hours – According to the lawyers, the “torture” suffered by their client lasted sixteen hours. The facts would be from the time Eva Kaili was housed isolation, from Wednesday 11 January to Friday 13 January. The detention measure decided by the examining magistrate Michel Claise would not have been imposed in a correctional facility but in a “cold” police cell for sixteen hours.
“This is torture”- “She was denied a second blanket and they took off her coatThe light in the room was always on prevent them from sleepingwas in her menstrual period with heavy bleeding and she wasn’t allowed to wash” – explained the lawyer Mihailis Dimitrakopoulos, referring to the hours spent in the police cell.
“Actions contrary to the ECHR” – “Eva Kaili – as stated in a document drawn up in agreement with the same former Vice-President of the European Parliament – is accused, but there is always the presumption of innocence. We are in Europe, these acts violate the European Convention on Human Rights. This is the Middle Ages“.
The publication request – Eva Kaili, through her lawyer, expressed the desire for these facts to be made public “because transparency is the soul of the judiciary”. “We hope – he added – that there is a fair trial. We are in Europe”.
Only two meetings with the daughter – In addition, the lawyers of the former Vice-President of the European Parliament have pointed out that “in six weeks of detention” there have only been two meetings with his 23-month-old daughter. For us, this is a “break” with “common sense” and with “reasonable action in relation to the situation,” they explained. If the judges decide today to extend the detention, Kaili will not be able to see her daughter again “until February,” they added.