Top Spanish lawyer offers pro bono defence to save journalist from extradition to Turkey
By Jane Whyatt
There’s new development in the case of Turkish-Swedish journalist Hamza Yalçin. He is behind bars at Brians prison near Barcelona as the Spanish government is deciding on his future. The Turkish government demands his extradition on charges of “supporting terrorism“ and "insulting the president". Now the famous Spanish human rights lawyer, Baltasar Garzón, has offered to defend him pro bono, on behalf of FIBGAR, the human rights foundation he created. Yalçin will be represened by the law firm ILOCAD.
Lawyer Baltasar Garzón (photo Víctor Santa María from Buenos Aires, Argentina, Baltasar Garzón, Estela de Carlotto y Rigoberta Menchú en la UMET (12),…
