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Iceland revokes 400-year-old legal right in Westfjords district to kill Basques on sight

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Iceland revokes 400-year-old legal right in Westfjords district to kill Basques on sight  Empty Iceland revokes 400-year-old legal right in Westfjords district to kill Basques on sight

Post by Guest Wed May 27, 2015 4:33 pm

In late April, one of the world's strangest laws was quietly revoked. Authorities in Iceland's Westfjords district, the scenic northwestern corner of the Scandinavian island nation, repealed a 400-year-old decree ordering the death on sight of any Basque person found in the region.



http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/iceland-revokes-400-yearold-legal-right-in-westfjords-district-to-kill-basques-on-sight-10278592.html



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