#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’…
Human Rights
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…
Teenagers urge Congress to act to protect children
• Save the Children campaign to combat child poverty, protection from violence • Congressional reps say they’ll work to enact comprehensive child…
#VIDEO: Cáritas focus on dignity, rights of homeless
• Catholic relief agency video stresses human dignity of Spain’s homeless • With ‘more than 40,000 on the streets, we’re not respecting…
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…
Congress urged to apologise over Franco-era abuses
• Historical Memory activists seek official censure of 1936 military uprising • ARMH calls for apology, national day commemorating Franco-era victims Spain’s…
Caixa Forum Madrid opens ‘Somos Migrantes’ show
• ‘We are Migrants’ photo exhibit runs through Jan 8th at Caixa Forum Madrid • Works by 14 photographers shows plight of…
Ex-Franco Minister rails at ‘Historical Memory’ law
• Utrera Molina, under investigation on rights charges, lashes out at legislation • Former minister signed 1974 garroting death warrants for anti-Franco…
Catalonia drops psychiatric test for transexuals
• Move announced as part of region’s desire to ‘de-pathologise’ transexuality • Special unit set up in Barcelona to handle all gender…
NGOFILE: UNICEF Comité Español ~ UNICEF Spain
• Unicef España ~ United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund Spain • UNICEF Comité Español is the Spanish National Committee for the United…
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…
Groups protest move to privatize migrant centres
• Activists protest Ciudadanos party’s move to privatize migrant centres • Spain’s CIE internment centres in violation of human rights, refugee norms…
Nearly 200 Franco-era victims found in mass graves
• Remains of 185 men and women killed by Franco-era forces found in Valladolid • Forensic team says additional mass graves may…
EC gives Spain 60 days to fix asylum procedures
• EC gives Spain 60 days to correct irregularities in processing asylum seekers • Spain could be hauled before European Court of…
#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…
NGOFILE :: Ayuda en Acción ~ ActionAid
• Ayuda en Acción ~ ActionAid • Ayuda en Acción (ActionAid) is the Spanish affiliate of ActionAid International, a global non-governmental organization…
NGO denounces persistence of racism across Spain
• SOS Racismo detected 247 racist incidents in 2015, including 96 ‘hate crimes’ • Sub-Saharan migrants most prone to suffer racist aggression,…
#VIDEO: UN warns Spain over Ceuta migrant policies
• Asylum seekers returned to Morocco before being properly ID’d, processed • UHNCR says mass rejection of asylum seekers violates international accords…
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…
Spain celebrates global humanitarian aid workers
• Since 2006, Spain’s ‘Dia del Cooperante’ celebrates overseas aid workers • Despite cuts, Spanish NGOs still provide humanitarian aid in 110…
NGOFILE :: ACCEM ~ Spanish Catholic Committee on Immigration
• Asociación Comisión Católica Española de Migraciones (ACCEM) ~ Spanish Catholic Committee on Immigration • The Asociación Comisión Católica Española de Migraciones…
NGOFILE :: Defender a quien defiende
• Defender a quien defiende ~ To Defend Those Who Defend • Defender a quien defiende is a coalition of Spanish human…
NGOFILE :: Oxfam Intermón
• Oxfam Intermón • Oxfam Intermón is the affiliate in Spain of the international development aid organisation Oxfam. Originally founded in 1956…
NGOFILE :: Women’s Link Worldwide
• Women’s Link Worldwide • Women’s Link Worldwide is an international organization with offices in Spain and Latin America that uses the…
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 :: APDHE ~ Human Rights Association of Spain
• Asociación Pro Derechos Humanos de España (APDHE) ~ Human Rights Association of Spain • The Asociación Pro Derechos Humanos de España,…
Franco victims denied justice, says Baltasar Garzón
• Ex-judge, human-rights lawyer says Spain’s courts hostile to Franco victims • Garzón says Supreme Court part of efforts to silence dictatorship’s…
NGOFILE :: Amnistía Internacional España
• Amnistía Internacional España ~ Amnesty International Spain • Amnistía Internacional España (Amnesty International Spain) is the Spanish section of the global…
NGOFILE :: CEAR ~ Spanish Committee for Refugee Aid
• Comisión Española de Ayuda al Refugiado (CEAR) ~ Spanish Committee for Refugee Aid • The Comisión Española de Ayuda al Refugiado…