Like five of his co-accused, Abrini brought an action before the judge in summary proceedings once morest the Belgian State, denouncing inhuman and degrading transfer conditions. The defendants evoke intimate strip searches, the constraint to wear a mask on the eyes and the imposition of very high volume music in the van.
“I compare the Paris trial (relating to the attacks of November 13, 2015, editor’s note) with what is done here. In Paris, everything was done to ensure that the accused were placed in the best possible conditions. I had no mask on the eyes, no bulletproof vest, no music. I listened to music, but that, what is imposed on us, is not music”, explained Abrini, implying that the sound which is imposed to disorient the defendants during their transfer is aggressive. Some have spoken of “heavy metal” music, others of “hard rock”.
“I want to be here but calmly, calmly. We have nothing more to lose. We are already heavily condemned,” said the accused. “To come here (to Justitia in Haren, editor’s note) it’s an obstacle course. To have a pen, a fucking pen, it’s complicated”, he got carried away, speaking of “Hitlerian methods” of the police. “Under these conditions, I will not come,” he repeated.
