The Bogotá High Court has ordered the immediate release of former President Alvaro Uribe
Thus, the former president of Colombia will be released in second instance while his appeal against the sentence is decided. He was sentenced to 12 years' imprisonment for bribery.
The GeneralCourt of Bogotá has ordered the immediate release of former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe (2002-2010), after being sentenced in the first instance to 12 years' imprisonment for bribery.
"This measure is based on the protection of the fundamental right to individual freedom of the citizen Alvaro Uribe Vélez "and overrides thedecision of Judge Sandra Heredia , who in her sentence sentenced him to 12 years' imprisonment ordered "immediate deprivation of liberty".
Uribe, founder and leader of the right-wing Democratic Center party , was convicted in Colombia of bribery and procedural fraud in the so-called "century trial," which began in 2012.
Three days after this conviction became known, the lawyers of the former president filed an appeal to theBogotá High Court on the grounds that the judge had violated his fundamental rights .
The judgement states that the letter called into question a number of procedural decisions which "show that the judge and prosecutor allegedly acted with partiality, abuse of functions, disrespect, defence of political and ideological interests and hatred of the citizens and the former president under trial".
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