Quote Originally Posted by Neverna
The French should have flown the pirates back to France to face a judge - or have a judge sitting waiting on the ship.
Problem reading?

Quote Originally Posted by koman
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) said that French authorities should have brought the pirates before a judge "without delay" when they arrived on French territory after being held at sea. The EU’s top human rights court said French authorities were wrong to keep the pirates in custody for an additional 48 hours before bringing them before a judge. "Nothing justifies such an additional delay," the court said in its verdict, adding that it constituted a "violation of their rights to freedom and security".