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EU COMMISSION WARNS OF EUROPEAN ARREST WARRANT MISUSE
- SOURCE: BBC NewsApril 11 2011
The human rights charity Fair Trials International says EAWs are often used for minor crimes, which "puts huge pressure on the police and courts".
It says extraditing people for petty crimes is "grossly disproportionate".
The group also cites some "serious cases of injustice" involving EAWs. They include the case of Deborah Dark, a British woman pursued across Europe because of an EAW issued by France, although she had been cleared of drug charges years previously.
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- EUROPEAN COMMISSION CRITICISES “DISPROPORTIONATE” USE OF ARREST WARRANT The European Commission expresses concerns about the way the European Arrest Warrant is being used across Europe.
- The European Arrest Warrant Our casework repeatedly demonstrates the human cost of EU extradition
- Deborah Dark British grandmother pursued by the French authorities to serve a prison sentence for a twenty year old conviction she knew nothing about
