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…
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Reform to Spain’s ‘Historical Memory’ law proposed
• Proposal bolsters 2007 law, creates ‘Truth Commission’ on Franco-era abuses • Spain may finally get a ‘Truth Commission’ to examine rights…
#VIDEO: Amnesty asks for ‘Justice’ this Christmas
• Amnesty International says Spain stonewalling justice for Franco-era victims • ‘Ask for Justice at Christmas’ focuses on families seeking loved ones’…
NGOFILE :: Association for the Recovery of Historical Memory (ARMH)
• Asociación para la Recuperación de la Memoria Histórica (ARMH) • Spain’s Association for the Recovery of Historical Memory (Asociación para la…
Congress looks to restore Historical Memory funding
• Protests over Madrid street names on anniversary of dictator Franco’s death • Opposition parties seen ready to reverse budget cuts to…
NGOFILE :: Association for the Recovery of Historical Memory (ARMH)
• Asociación para la Recuperación de la Memoria Histórica (ARMH) • Spain’s Association for the Recovery of Historical Memory (Asociación para la…
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…
Mola remains removed from monument in Pamplona
• General responsible for thousands of civilian deaths in Civil War disinterred • Despite objections, city also to remove remains of 1936…
PSOE Castilla-La Mancha kills ‘Historic Memory’ law
• Socialists knock back Podemos proposal for regional ‘Democratic Memory’ law • Castilla-La Mancha PSOE at odds with Podemos since withdrawal of…
POLITIFILE: Candidatura d’Unitat Popular (CUP) ~ United People’s Candidacy
• Candidatura d’Unitat Popular, CUP ~ United People’s Candidacy ~ Candidatura de Unidad Popular The Candidatura d’Unitat Popular, or CUP (‘United People’s…
Not everyone in Spain exalts Hispanic Heritage Day
• Madrid and Barcelona mayors, Podemos’ Iglesias avert celebrations today • Catalan nationalists claim sovereignty, solidarity with indigenous America “In fourteen hundred…
New forensic dig near Granada seeks Lorca remains
• Archaeologists work to find remains of three others killed with Spanish poet • Team hopes that Lorca’s remains will also be…
‘Franquista’ generals Mola, Sanjurjo to be exhumed
• Pamplona to remove remains of 1936 military coup plotters from monument • Move by city government gets backing from regional parliament…
Catalan gov’t to identify Civil War victims using DNA
• DNA samples to be taken from relatives of 4,700 victims of ‘Franquismo’ • Samples to be tested by forensic experts against…
NGOFILE :: FEFFM ~ National Federation of Forums for Memory
• Federación Estatal de Foros por la Memoria (FEFFM) ~ National Federation of Forums for Memory • The Federación Estatal de Foros…
NGOFILE :: FEFFM ~ National Federation of Forums for Memory
• Federación Estatal de Foros por la Memoria (FEFFM) ~ National Federation of Forums for Memory • The Federación Estatal de Foros…
Socialists seek compensation for Nazi camp victims
• Catalan Socialists propose to reform Spain’s 2007 Historical Memory Law • Measure would pay 135,000 euros each to German camp victims…
Battle of Ebro monolith to get makeover in Tortosa
• Local citizens vote to ‘recontextualise’, rather than remove monument • Dictator’s ‘Mayor in Perpetuity’ honor revoked by vote of municipal council…
POLITIFILE :: Partido Socialista Obrero Español
• Partido Socialista Obrero Español ~ Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party (PSOE) Spain’s Partido Socialista Obrero Español, or PSOE, was founded in 1879…
‘Manos Limpias’ ultra-right legal agenda unravels
• Leaders of ‘Manos Limpias’ and Ausbanc face charges of extortion, blackmail • Former ultra-right activists targeted politicians, judges & Spain’s Royal…
Cities in dispute over Republican flag raising
• Podemos-backed Cadiz mayor defies Madrid government by hoisting flag • Spain’s government also challenges Republican flag raising in Zaragoza • A…
New ‘Democratic Memory’ legislation for Aragón announced during homage to French ‘Brigadistas’
• Republican perspective in curriculum, monument to International Brigades • Three French members of XIV International Brigade who died in March 1938…
Bottoms up, Comrades! UK micro-brewery to launch International Brigades commemorative beer May 1st
• ‘Brigadista’ beer proceeds to help fund work of IBMT and Hope Not Hate • A micro-brewery in the north of England…
#VIDEO: Thirty-five years later, the 23-F attempted military coup that nearly ended Spain’s democracy
• Guardia Civil officers’ 1981 attempt to takeover Congress thwarted • In recent weeks, many political commentators have remarked that the current…
Judge acquits Airbus 8, citing ‘lack of evidence’ of violence on picket line during 2010 general strike
• Unions cite 300 similar cases pending under Franco-era anti-strike law • A Spanish judge has acquitted eight union members of charges…
Amnesty files lawsuit in Mexico over rights abuses, ‘crimes against humanity’ during Spanish Civil War
• Lawsuit on behalf of family of Spanish railway worker disappeared in 1936 • Amnesty International and other human rights organizations have…
Ciudad Real to discuss renaming city street in honor of last Republican general to surrender in Civil War
• Proposal to rename street in honor of Republican general causes controversy • City to begin name changes in keeping with Spain’s…
Film shows German Stuka bomber raids willfully killed Spanish civilians to test planes for WWII use
• Documentary to show German Stukas killed Spanish civilians in ‘practice’ raid • May 1938 Castellón aerial bombing solely to test Stukas…
Amnesty International says Spain has backtracked on freedoms of expression and assembly for citizens
• AI Spain director says political parties should do more to protect rights • Esteban Beltran says police power expanded, protection of…
Searchers in Granada said close to finding Civil War-era grave of poet Federico García Lorca
• PSOE-led regional government gave ‘green light’ to renewed effort • Third time since 2009 that teams search for Spanish poet’s unmarked…
Marlaska sacks officials, launching police reorganization
In his first act since being reconfirmed as Spain’s Interior Minister, Fernando Grande-Marlaska has initiated an anticipated shakeup of Spain’s national police…