Spain halts Saudi ‘smart bombs’ sale over Yemen war
Spain’s new Socialist government has reportedly confirmed cancellation of the sale of 9.2 million euros’ worth of laser-guided smart bombs to Saudi…
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NGOs protest Spanish arms sales on eve of Saudi visit
A coalition of peace, human rights and development NGOs has called on Spain’s monarchy and government not to authorize an estimated 2-billion-euro…
Supreme Court acquits Twitterer of extolling terrorism
► Tweets on 1973 ETA bombing of Franco minister did not incite to violence ► Spain’s Tribunal Supremo (Supreme Court) issued a…
Ciudadanos unblocks PP obstruction of ‘Gag Law’ reform
► Move isolates PP, paves way for repeal of controversial security measures ► After nearly a year of parliamentary delays orchestrated by…
Are there really ‘political prisoners’ in Spain?
► Jailed Catalan leaders not considered ‘political prisoners’ by Amnesty Intn’l► The president of the executive committee of Catalonia’s Parlament, Rogert Torrent,…
NGOs mark Tarajal border tragedy with call for justice
► CEAR, AI lead commemoration of migrants’ deaths in Ceuta border crossing ► Spanish NGOs working to protect the rights of immigrants…
NGOs, trade unions demand action on LGBTI legislation
► LGBTI Equality Law currently stalled in congressional amendment process ► Twenty-six Spanish non-governmental organisations and trade unions have called on political…
Progressive Spain’s Top Ten Video Posts for 2017
Following are 2017’s ‘Top Ten Videos’ posted at Progressive Spain — our second annual selection based on a combination of the power,…
Leftwing, regional parties split on Franco-era measures
• Catalans, Basques fail to join PSOE, Podemos to halt ‘Valley of Fallen’ funding • PSOE balks at supporting Podemos-backed challenge to…
Greenpeace calls for coastal ‘protection at all costs’
• NGO says 53 Spanish coastline areas under threat from renewed construction • Coastal construction across Spain up 57% since 1993, 150%…
NGOs urge Spain to do more to stop migrant drownings
• Drownings of 49 migrants off Spain’s coast boosts first-half 2017 total to 109 • Across Mediterranean, 2,000 have died so far…
Prison sentence given 21-year-old for satirical Tweets
• Series of satirical Tweets from 2013-15 land Murcian student jail sentence • Tweets joked about ETA assassination of Franco minister four…
Progressive Spain’s Top Ten Video Posts for 2016
Following are 2016’s ‘Top Ten Videos’ posted at Progressive Spain … for your viewing pleasure over the year-end holidays … See you…
Migrants storm Ceuta fence seeking asylum
• Nearly 450 successfully scaled 6-metre, barbed wire fence to request asylum • N. Africa migrant detention centre meant to hold 512,…
UN puts Spain on notice over Garzón disbarment
• Garzón disbarred in 2012 over allegations related to handling of Gürtel case • Ex-judge’s attorneys claim real reason was probe into…
#VIDEO: Trafficking, sex slavery problem in Spain
• Médicos del Mundo say 14,000 women victims of sex traffickers in Spain • Madrid’s Universidad Pontificia says 30-40,000 at risk of…
Activists say healthcare restrictions violate treaties
• REDER network cites 338 incidents of healthcare denial from April-July • Group monitors healthcare denial to migrants, chronically ill, unemployed An…
NGOFILE :: Amnistía Internacional España
• Amnistía Internacional España ~ Amnesty International Spain • Amnistía Internacional España (Amnesty International Spain) is the Spanish section of the global…
Court ruling puts Spain trial of Jesuit killers on hold
• Salvadoran Supreme Court rescinds country’s Amnesty Law protecting military • Extradition of suspects in Jesuits’ murder on hold, pending trial in…
NGOFILE :: Amnistía Internacional España
• Amnistía Internacional España ~ Amnesty International Spain • Amnistía Internacional España (Amnesty International Spain) is the Spanish section of the global…
Basques say Spain hinders Franco-era rights inquiry
• Legislators fault ‘delaying and obstructionist’ tactics over Franco-era abuses • Resolution says Rajoy gov’t blocking Argentine judge’s ongoing rights probe Legislators…
Survey sees most Spaniards welcoming refugees
• 97 percent of Spaniards surveyed in favor of accepting refugees into Spain • 18 percent would welcome refugees into home, 31…
Historic Memory activists want full public access to Spain’s Falangist and Franco-era military archives
• Researchers file requests with 30 gov’t agencies and foreign embassies • Prominent Historic Memory activist attorney Eduardo Ranz and journalist José…
Argentine judge wants to question 19 Franco-era officials on rights abuses, crimes against humanity
• Judge Servini brings Franco-era rights investigation to Spain next month • Argentine judge Maria Servini has filed a request with the…
Women’s rights group files suit in Argentina over systematic Franco-era gender violence, rights abuse
• Complaint says ‘liberated’ and Republican women targeted under Franco • An international women’s rights organization based in Spain filed a complaint…
Activists rally in Extremadura to demand Spain immediately increase intake of Syrian refugees
• Only 12 of 16,231 Syrian refugees have so far arrived to Spain • Groups say stranded refugees face harsh winters in…
Protesters call for end to impunity over killings, rights abuses under Franco dictatorship
• Marchers include children, grandchildren of Franco-era victims • Families still seek remains of executed relatives buried in unmarked graves More than…
40 years after Franco’s death, activist wants dictator’s body removed from ‘Valley of the Fallen’
• Activist attorney, former judge Baltasar Garzón wants Franco disinterred • Calls for end to silence over Franco-era disappearances, human rights abuses…