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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]
24 May 2005, 8:52 am
[JURIST] Spain's Interior Ministry Tuesday announced the arrests of three more suspects in connection with the 2004 Madrid train bombing [BBC backgrounder], al-Qaeda's deadliest attack on Europe. [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]
28 Oct 2015, 11:20 am
[JURIST] Judge Juan Pablo Gonzalez of Spain's National Court [CJA backgrounder] charged five suspected leaders of the Basque separatist movement Euskadi Ta Askatasuna (ETA) [BBC backgrounder] Tuesday with crimes against humanity for their participation in the 2004 attacks that left 12 people dead. [read post]
17 Jan 2008, 7:44 am
[JURIST] Spain's highest court of appeal said Thursday that 25 appeals have been filed against verdicts handed down against convicted participants in the 2004 Madrid train bombings [JURIST news archive], both from defendants and from victims, and that it expects to receive more appeals within the next few days. [read post]
30 Oct 2014, 11:18 am
Spain's Council of State unanimously decided that the government should ask the Constitutional Court [official websites, in Spanish] to declare the vote illegal. [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]
16 Oct 2008, 1:43 pm
[JURIST] Spanish Judge Baltasar Garzon [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news archive] Thursday ordered the exhumation of 19 mass graves in Spain, launching an investigation into the disappearances of tens of thousands of people beginning in the Spanish Civil War [BBC backgrounder], and continuing through the early years of Francisco Franco's dictatorship [BBC backgrounder]. [read post]
3 Jun 2011, 8:27 am
[JURIST] The Supreme Court of Spain [official website, in Spanish] on Friday overturned the convictions of four individuals charged with distributing neo-Nazi [JURIST news archive] propaganda. [read post]
6 Apr 2018, 3:58 pm
[JURIST] David Kaye [official profile], the UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression urged [press release] Spain on Friday not to press rebellion charges against Catalonian leaders. [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]
6 Jun 2013, 9:55 pm
Following on from their previous challenge to the adoption of the unitary patent system on the basis of the concept of enhanced cooperation, and as eventually dismissed by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), Spain and has launched further challenges; this time directed to Regulations underpinning the Unitary Patent System. [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]
11 Apr 2011, 11:03 am
Garzon's order was a part of his investigation [AP report] into a network of businesses alleged to have given money and other gifts to members of Spain's Popular Party, in exchange... [read post]
25 Feb 2015, 8:24 am
[JURIST] Spain's Constitutional Court [official website, in Spanish] on Wednesday ruled that a November 9 Catalonia independence vote was unconstitutional [press release, PDF, in Spanish]. [read post]
26 Jan 2007, 4:59 pm
[JURIST] Spain Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos [official website, in Spanish] argued for an expanded European constitution [official website; JURIST news archive] in his opening statement at the "Friends of the EU Constitution" summit [press release, in Spanish; additional declaration in English, PDF] that got under way in Madrid Friday. [read post]
11 Feb 2008, 12:53 am
[JURIST] Spanish police on Monday arrested 13 suspected members of Batasuna [BBC backgrounder], the banned political arm of the armed Basque separatist group ETA [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news archive], one month before Spain's March general elections. [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]
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]
15 Nov 2012, 2:53 am
Just a few days ago, Spain’s Finance Minister Luis de Guindos said… “In Spain right now, we have nearly a million empty housing units. [read post]
