Article: EUROPEAN COURT CONDEMNS FRANCE ON PAPON

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European court condemns France on Papon

PARIS, Jul 25, 2002 (United Press International via COMTEX) -- The European Court of Human Rights ruled Thursday France violated the European Human Rights Convention by blocking Nazi war collaborator Maurice Papon from seeking judicial appeal and a right to a fair trial.

The Strasbourg-based court's decision comes a day after a French judge rejected an appeal to free 91-year-old Papon, who is serving a 10- year jail sentence for overseeing the deportation of Jews to Nazi concentration camps in World War II.

The European Court said France violated convention articles granting defendants a right of access to a court and a right of ...

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