EU officials said they need to balance the rights of defendants with the need to crack down on terrorists after the assets of two alleged al Qaeda suspects, who didn't know they were blacklisted, were frozen.
Europe's highest court ruled Wednesday, Sept. 3, that the European Union had violated the rights of two suspected al Qaeda operatives by freezing their assets without first informing them that they had been blacklisted as terror suspects.
The Luxembourg-based European Court of Justice, however, acknowledged that the suspects could have avoided punishment if they had been warned in advance by the authorities.
It therefore agreed to maintain the asset freeze for "no more than three months" in order to give the EU time to "remedy the infringements found."
The European Commission welcomed the fact that the court had upheld the EU's right to adopt "targeted sanctions against individuals." Read more ...
Europe's highest court ruled Wednesday, Sept. 3, that the European Union had violated the rights of two suspected al Qaeda operatives by freezing their assets without first informing them that they had been blacklisted as terror suspects.
The Luxembourg-based European Court of Justice, however, acknowledged that the suspects could have avoided punishment if they had been warned in advance by the authorities.
It therefore agreed to maintain the asset freeze for "no more than three months" in order to give the EU time to "remedy the infringements found."
The European Commission welcomed the fact that the court had upheld the EU's right to adopt "targeted sanctions against individuals." Read more ...
Source: Deutsche Welle
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