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24 Jun 2023, 5:03 am
Last year, the Ombudsman ruled that Spain did not uphold domestic and international law in a similar migrant crossing tragedy where 23 people died because Spain “carelessly” returned migrants to Morocco. [read post]
11 Apr 2006, 12:08 am
[JURIST] A judge in Spain charged 29 individuals Tuesday for their involvement in the March 2004 Madrid train bombings [JURIST news archive]. [read post]
5 Sep 2008, 1:24 am
[JURIST] Spain has created a panel of legal and health experts to consider liberalizing the country's current abortion laws, Equality Minister Bibiana Aido [personal blog, in Spanish; TypicallySpanish backgrounder] told reporters [government release, in Spanish] on Thursday. [read post]
25 Apr 2010, 6:25 am
[JURIST] Thousands gathered in cities across Spain Saturday to protest the impending trial of crusading National Court judge Baltasar Garzon [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] on charges [JURIST report] he exceeded his jurisdictional authority with his investigation [JURIST report] into alleged war crimes committed during and after the Spanish Civil War [LOC backgrounder] under the hardline [read post]
15 Jul 2008, 6:55 am
[JURIST] The Spanish Justice Ministry Tuesday filed a challenge in Spain's Constitutional Court [official website, in Spanish] to block a planned Basque region referendum on increased autonomy. [read post]
8 Dec 2004, 9:32 am
Rabei Osman Sayed Ahmed, an Egyptian national, was arrested by Italian police in Milan in June, but was formally extradited to Spain on Tuesday. [read post]
20 Feb 2007, 4:48 pm
[JURIST] The prime ministers of Spain and Italy have pledged to support Germany in reviving the European Constitution [JURIST news archives]. [read post]
12 Jun 2009, 2:13 am
CNA reported last week that Spain's ruling Socialist government is considering eliminating religious symbols in military barracks, hospitals, jails and public schools, as well as during State funerals or inauguration ceremonies for public officials. [read post]
12 Jun 2006, 5:59 am
[JURIST] Spain's National Court said Monday it would investigate allegations that the US Central Intelligence Agency [official website] used an airport on the island of Mallorca in its alleged "spider's web" of extraordinary rendition flights to transport terror suspects. [read post]
6 Mar 2009, 12:58 am
[JURIST] A panel of legal and medical experts headed by Spanish Minister of Equality Bibiano Aido [official website, in Spanish] on Wednesday proposed sweeping reforms [press release, in Spanish] to Spain's current abortion [JURIST news archive] laws. [read post]
15 Nov 2005, 3:12 am
Spain's Defense Minister Jose Bono [BBC profile] said that the country had no evidence of the flights [read post]
10 Mar 2009, 7:18 am
[JURIST] Spain's General Council of the Judiciary (CGPJ) [official website, in Spanish] on Tuesday said that there will be an investigation into the failure of Judge Baltasar Garzon [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] to report his earnings while on sabbatical in the US. [read post]
15 Dec 2006, 10:12 am
Francisco Franco's authoritarian regime [BBC backgrounder; LOC backgrounder] that ruled Spain from 1939 to 1975 following a bitter three-year civil war. [read post]
18 Sep 2009, 5:31 am
[JURIST] The Spanish Council of State [official website, in Spanish] unanimously approved on Thursday the proposed law [text, DOC in Spanish; summary, in Spanish] to reform the existing framework [text, in Spanish] that governs abortion in Spain, finding that proposed reforms constitutional. [read post]
28 Jul 2006, 1:46 pm
Francisco Franco's authoritarian regime [BBC backgrounder; LOC backgrounder] that ruled Spain from 1939 to 1975 following a bitter three-year civil war. [read post]
1 Feb 2009, 5:37 am
[JURIST] Spain is considering legislation to limit the the scope of universal jurisdiction [AI backgrounder] applied by the country's National Court [CJA backgrounder], according to Spanish media reports [CadenaSer report, in Spanish] Sunday. [read post]
21 Nov 2013, 12:26 pm
[JURIST] Spain's ruling People's party on Thursday introduced strict new laws against public protests, which would impose fines on activists who take part in unauthorized protests. [read post]
17 Dec 2009, 6:36 am
[JURIST] Spain's lower house of parliament, the Congress of Deputies [official website, in Spanish] on Thursday approved [press release, in Spanish] a bill [text, PDF; in Spanish] that would ease restrictions on abortions [JURIST news archive]. [read post]
10 Dec 2009, 11:48 am
The Associated Press is reporting that a bill pending in the Spanish parliament that would liberalize Spain's abortion laws has been amended to require parental consent for teens. [read post]
10 Mar 2018, 1:47 pm
Spain said Friday it would extend by one year a law that makes it easier for descendants of Jews who were forced to flee five centuries ago during the Inquisition to get citizenship. [read post]
