Sebastien Raoult, detained in Morocco for cybercrime, faces up to 116 years in prison in the United States. He is soon to be deported to the other side of the Atlantic. This Wednesday, December 28, his lawyer Maitre Philippe Ohyon seized the UN Committee against Torture to prevent the transfer.
Sébastien Raoult, who was arrested in Morocco for cybercrime and has been threatened with extradition back to the US. This Wednesday, December 28, the world His lawyer revealed that he had appealed to the UN Committee against Torture.
116 years imprisonment
According to the latest information from Me Philippe Ohayon, his client was notified of the extradition order by a prison guard from his cell. Last August, the Moroccan Court of Cassation issued a “favorable opinion” on his extradition. The only details missing are the opinion of the Moroccan prime minister, who is responsible for making the final decision Western France.
The 21-year-old former computer science student was arrested on May 31 at the airport based on a red notice issued by Interpol at the request of US justice as he was preparing to return to France.
The teenager was charged by a US judge with aggravated identity theft, conspiracy to commit wire fraud and abuse and being a member of a cybercriminal group. He faces up to 116 years in prison.
The lawyer pleads with the group
Maitre Ohione took over the anti-torture group to halt the transfer. It is based on “several extraditions offered by Morocco in recent years” and blocked by this UN body, notes BFM-TV. “The Committee considers that Moroccan law does not allow sufficient control against the risk of inhuman and degrading treatment,” the lawyer explained to our colleagues. South West.
Me Ohayon asked the committee to “take the same position as the European Court of Human Rights, according to which when the person faces a real life sentence, i.e. until he dies, he cannot be extradited without diplomatic guarantees of the possibility of sentence adjustment”. .
The French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which did not confirm the existence of the extradition order, assured several media outlets that the Frenchman “has received five diplomatic visits since his imprisonment, which have been able to confirm the conditions of his detention, his health. And respect for the rights of the defense”.
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