November  28 questions about Maartens case were asked in Dutch parliament

Questions from MP De Wit (Socialist Party) to the minister of Justice

1.
Are you planning to extradite Maarten Blok, the Dutch alternative-globalisation 
activist who is suspected of simple assault of an officer during the EU Summit 
in Sweden? 1)

2.
Is it true that for another suspect (possibly several suspects) a transfer of 
criminal prosecution was requested, such that it is very likely that not all of 
the suspects requested by Sweden will be extradited by the Netherlands? If so, 
why this exception?

3.
How do you square the following arguments with the argument that it is practical 
to try Maarten Blok in Sweden since the facts took place there:
- He is a citizen of the Netherlands and the Netherlands is responsible for his 
well-being, as is formulated, among other places in the European Convention on 
Human Rights;
- Not a single other country has extradited suspects to Sweden in connection 
with the incidents in Gothenburg;
- Amnesty International has reported that the Swedish police used excessive 
force against demonstrators, and the Swedish courts imposed unusually severe 
punishments on them, including solitary confinement and insufficient access to 
legal representation 2)
- Sweden has admitted that it has manipulated the evidence to the disadvantage 
of the demonstrators by dubbing in inflammatory chants;
- The evidence, including exonerating videos and statements by the Swedish 
police about Maarten Blok, is available in the Netherlands.

4.
Are you of the opinion that the trial in Sweden will be fair and in accordance 
with the standards of the Netherlands? If so, how do you respond to the above 
arguments? If not, are you prepared to make use of the Treaty on Transfer of 
Criminal Prosecution so that Maarten Blok can be tried in the Netherlands?

1) Het Parool, November 25, 2003
2) Amnesty International Yearly Reports 2001 and 2002