No extradition due to India torture fears

Niels Holck who will not be extradited to India to face weapons smuggling charges. Archive.
Niels Holck who will not be extradited to India to face weapons smuggling charges. Archive.
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A five-judge panel of the Danish High Court has unanimously upheld a lower court verdict not to extradite Niels Holck to India to face charges of weapons smuggling because he would risk inhumane treatment in India.

"As the charges against (Niels Holck) are of rebellion against the Indian authorities, the Court finds that extradition to face charges in India would involve a real risk that he would be subjected to treatment that contravenes the European Human Rights Convention Article 3,” the court said.

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