Translation of "Déclaration de culpabilité par voie d'acte d'accusation " (French → English) :

whereas Spyros Danellis is accused of falsely accusing a third party of an unlawful act with the intent of having him prosecuted for it, and of making false statements about a third party which could damage that party’s reputation and good name, knowing such statements to be untrue;

1. Strongly condemns all convictions on the basis of the criminal charge of ‘mass rioting’ and finds them arbitrary and politically motivated; emphasises that according to reports the authorities have failed to prove the guilt of the accused, that the trials were held behind closed doors, that detainees were denied the opportunity to call their witnesses and to meet discreetly and on a regular basis with their legal representatives, that the lawyers of the accused received several warnings from the Ministry of Justice and that some of them have been d ...[+++]isbarred; declares, therefore, that the trials were not conducted in an impartial manner;

However, the authorities may inform the public of investigations and voice a suspicion of guilt[15], as long as the suspicion is not a declaration of the accused’s guilt[16] and they show discretion and circumspection.

An Interinstitutional Declaration, annexed to the present piece of legislation, specifies the number of transit points to be attributed to each of the acceding countries.

The case law of the European Court of Human Rights indicates that an accused should not be declared guilty until a court has established his or her guilt, and that pre-trial detention should be the exception rather than the rule.

17. Believes that a minimum common standard should impose a requirement on the Member States to furnish suspects and defendants, as soon as they come into contact with a law enforcement official, with a written, readily comprehensible 'Letter of Rights’ which sets out their fundamental rights in a language they understand, and that in any event they should be informed by an official of the existence of charges against them; points out that this letter is not intended to take the place of the obligation to advise suspects that anything they say may be used in evidence against them, but should supplement that obligation; considers that t ...[+++]his letter must be furnished in a language the defendant immediately understands as soon as he/she comes into contact with a law enforcement official, and that a receipt should be signed by the defendant and set down in record, except in cases where in front of a lawyer he/she waives this right and declines to sign; is of the opinion that this letter must not replace the obligation to caution but should supplement it and that this letter must be furnished at the time the suspect or defendant first enters police custody and a receipt signed by the defendant and set down in record;