TOMA NIKOLAEV CASE

[Roma Virtual Network]

 

BULGARIA ON TRIAL IN
TOMA NIKOLAEV CASE

 

By Grattan Puxon

 

It was 'painfully clear' the application for the extradition

of Roma journalis Toma Nikolaev Maldenov should be

dismissed, a court in London was told on Wednesday (22 May).

 

However, Westminster Magistrates Court decided

to adjourn the case until 6 June so that legal

arguments concerning the validity of the European

warrant issued at the request of Bulgarain prosecuters

can be fully aired.

 

Counsel for the defence Mark Summers, chair of the

Extradition Lawyers Association, stated that in his

opinion the European warrant executed for the arrest

and two-day detention of Nikolaev lacked validity since

it failed to give sufficient details of the incident at a

Sofia poilice station which had led eventually to the

present proceedings.