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22 Feb 2018, 9:25 am
A magistrate of the Second Chamber of Spain's Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered [order, PDF, in Spanish] the arrest of former Catalan member of parliament Anna Gabriel i Sabaté for failing to appear before the court to answer sedition charges in connection with the Catalan independence referendum and declaration of secession [JURIST report] in October. [read post]
4 Sep 2012, 12:47 pm
The deposit outflow in Spain reflects a broader capital flight problem that is by far the most serious in the euro zone. [read post]
25 Jun 2009, 7:40 am
[JURIST] The Spanish Congress of Deputies [official website, in Spanish] voted 341-2 [press release, in Spanish] Thursday to limit use of the country's universal jurisdiction [AI backgrounder; JURIST news archive] statute to those offenses committed by or against Spaniards, or where the perpetrators are in Spain. [read post]
27 Feb 2012, 7:26 am
Garzon was charged with abusing power by ordering the exhumation [JURIST report] of 19 mass graves in Spain in order to assemble a definitive national registry of Civil War victims, despite a 1977 law that provides amnesty for Franco-era crimes. [read post]
23 Feb 2015, 12:35 pm
Spain's Senate is currently considering reform to both the Penal Code and the Basic Law on the Protection of Public Security. [read post]
12 Feb 2014, 10:25 am
[JURIST] Spain's Parliament [official website] on Tuesday approved a bill [press release, in Spanish] that will diminish the powers of Spanish courts to pursue cases of genocide and other crimes against humanity committed abroad. [read post]
15 May 2008, 3:29 am
[JURIST] UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and counterterrorism Martin Scheinin [official website; JURIST news archive] praised anti-terrorism efforts in Spain [JURIST news archive] Wednesday, but urged Spanish officials to reform the country's legal standards for treatment of terror suspects [UN OHCHR press release]. [read post]
3 Nov 2009, 1:05 am
[JURIST] Judge Eloy Velasco of the Spanish National Court [official website, in Spanish] on Monday indicted seven people for their alleged involvement in helping the suspected perpetrators of the 2004 Madrid train bombings [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news archive] flee Spain after the attacks. [read post]
29 May 2008, 12:57 pm
If your law school runs a clinic that promotes human rights in the Iberian peninsula or Latin America, you may wish to apply for the King of Spain Human Rights Prize (III Premio Rey de España de Derechos Humanos). [read post]
13 Mar 2018, 10:31 am
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) [official website] on Tuesday held [decision, in French] that Spain violated Article 10 of the European Convention of Human Rights [text, PDF] when the country convicted two of its citizens, Enric Stern Taulats and Jaume Roura Capellera, for setting fire to photograph of the nation's royal couple stating that the "conviction amounted to an interference with their right to freedom of expression. [read post]
19 Aug 2015, 10:16 am
[JURIST] A women in Petrer, Spain was fined 800 Euros ($885) on Monday for taking a photograph of a police car parked in a handicap spot and posting it temporarily to her Facebook page. [read post]
26 Sep 2016, 12:41 pm
Rato also served as economic minister of Spain, was a member of the Popular Party and headed Bankia until it nearly collapsed in 2012. [read post]
1 Mar 2017, 7:43 am
Spain's Supreme Court dismissed [press release, in Spanish] a petition on Tuesday that sought to exhume the body of former dictator Francisco Franco and move the remains to a different location. [read post]
7 Jul 2017, 6:47 am
[JURIST] The Constitutional Court of Spain [official website, in Spanish] ruled [text, PDF, in Spanish] Wednesday that provisions of the Catallan budget that allocated funds to the upcoming independence referendum are illegal. [read post]
15 Nov 2007, 5:24 am
Iberia Lineas Aereas de Espana, Spain’s largest airline, received a takeover approach valued at as much as 3.7 billion euros ($5.4 billion) from a group of investors including Spanish billionaire Alicia Koplowitz. [read post]
8 Feb 2008, 8:25 am
[JURIST] A Spanish National Court judge Friday blocked [JURIST report] two Basque political parties from fielding candidates in Spain's March general elections, ruling that the parties were connected to ETA [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news archive], the armed Basque separatist movement. [read post]
26 Feb 2010, 3:31 am
[JURIST] Spain's Senate [official website, in Spanish] on Wednesday gave final approval [press release, in Spanish] to a bill that will ease restrictions on abortions [JURIST news archive]. [read post]
25 Mar 2011, 12:53 pm
[JURIST] Spanish National Court judge Baltasar Garzon [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] on Thursday filed a petition [press release] with the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) [official website], challenging a case brought against him in Spain that alleges abuse of power in investigating crimes committed under the Franco dictatorship [BBC backgrounder]. [read post]
25 May 2010, 7:29 am
[JURIST] Several international human rights and jurist organizations on Monday petitioned the UN [text, PDF] to support Spanish judge Baltasar Garzon [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] in his inquiry into human rights violations during the Spanish Civil War [LOC backgrounder] and to ask Spain to end his criminal prosecution. [read post]
24 Jan 2012, 8:04 am
In 2008, Garzon ordered the exhumation [JURIST report] of 19 mass graves in Spain in order to assemble a definitive national registry of Civil War victims,... [read post]
