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Re:Clarifications regarding arrest of climate activist by lima on Monday September 06, 2021 @04:54PM (#28438005)
> The real scandal here is why the French authority is making such request on an activist, why Interpol processed it (as far as I understand there are no crimes in play here?), and why the Swiss authority recognizes the request?

This seems easy to answer - according to French media[1], they were activists illegally occupying[2] buildings to protest rising real estate prices. This is illegal in Switzerland, too. What's the scandal? Authorities using their powers?

[1]: https://www.lesnumeriques.com/vie-du-net/protonmail-a-fourni...

[2]: https://www.lefigaro.fr/societes/a-paris-un-local-du-restaur...

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Re:Clarifications regarding arrest of climate activist by cocoggu on Tuesday September 07, 2021 @05:23AM (#28442701)
Illegal, okay, but is it a crime? I mean, after WWII interpol asked countries to not fill requests on nazis criminals because they did crimes of political nature and interpol needs to stay politically neutral [0]. But now, for an anti-capitalist activist it's not political?

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interpol#cite_ref-14

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Re:Clarifications regarding arrest of climate activist by lima on Tuesday September 07, 2021 @03:50PM (#28449032)
> Illegal, okay, but is it a crime?

According to Swiss law, yes.

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