PACMA calls for ‘zero tolerance’ law on animal cruelty
• ‘Ley Cero’ proposal calls for ‘zero tolerance’ of mistreatment of animals in Spain • Legislation would ban bullfighting, circuses, sacrifice of…
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#VIDEO: Amnesty says women hardest-hit by evictions
• Amnistía España cites 34,193 evictions for non-payment of rent in 2016 alone • Affordable housing crisis hits single-parent families headed by women…
NGO protests penguin captivity in Madrid’s Fundia park
• Alma Animal says it’s time to stop being accomplices to animal exploitation • Short YouTube video shows penguins in captivity at…
Oxfam, García Márquez fund target gender inequality
• Oxfam Intermón joins FNPI to offer grant for journalism on gender inequality • Three-judge panel to award $5,000 prize, publish work…
#VIDEO: Igualdad Animal launches Corte Inglés petition
• Animal-rights group wants end to sale of eggs from caged chickens by 2025 • Igualdad Animal issues video, petition to pressure…
#VIDEO: Dani Rovira appeals for new refugee ship
• Popular actor & comedian asks public to donate to Proactiva Open Arms fund • Appeal to purchase new emergency rescue boat…
FAADA film to focus on animals in food, clothing supply
• EMPATÍA documentary slated for release April 7th at cinemas across Spain • Film to shed light on the use and abuse…
Spain gets mixed review in 2016 UN development report
• Spain’s ranking on annual development survey slides one position to 1990 level • Women’s lot improves in areas of education, participation…
#VIDEO: PACMA presses gov’t on Greyhound hunting
• PACMA animal-rights party presents petition signed by 30,000 in Holland • Each year, some 50,000 Greyhounds abandoned in Spain by ‘galguero’…
#VIDEO: WWF gears up for ‘Earth Hour’ on Saturday
• Spanish TV & film actress Clara Lago helps WWF España promote Earth Hour • Millions to turn off lights to show…
NGOs press EU lawmakers on rabbit-farming conditions
• Animal-rights orgs say millions of animals suffering in cages across Europe • NGOs press EU parliament to impose sanitary norms in unregulated industry Spanish…
Greenpeace calls for action to save bee population
• Greenpeace wants a gov’t timetable for banning pesticides that are killing bees • NGO says pesticides to blame for decimation of…
PACMA urges ratification of EU animal welfare treaty
• Animal-rights party urges full ratification of Convention on Animal Protection • Group reject’s PP proposal to allow mutilation of pets for…
#VIDEO: MdM awards Luis Valtueña photo prize
• Médicos del Mundo awards Luis Valtueña prize to Russian Sergei Stroitelev • 270 photographers from 45 counties in 2017 humanitarian photo…
#VIDEO: Ygualex app targets youth gender violence
• Mobile app seeks to stem harassment, violence against school-age girls, teens • Available for Android & iOS, app lets users get…
FAADA launches ‘I Am Someone’ #VIDEO campaign
• Fundación AlmaAnimal video campaign to raise awareness on bullfighting • 12 activists X 12 months telling the story of the suffering…
#VIDEO: Proactiva Open Arms gives voice to refugees
• Barcelona-based refugee rescue group videos let refugees tell own stories • Since 2015, Proactiva has rescued refugees stranded at sea in…
#VIDEO: COGAM kicks off 2017 with gay pride video
• Madrid LGBT Collective video issues call to protect diversity, guarantee equality • 30-year-old activist group sets sights on 2017 as year…
UGT & CCOO begin rolling labour protests Thursday
• Unions to protest PP ‘intransigence’ in negotiating labour law changes • Three-days of rallies, marches to culminate in Sunday demo in…
#VIDEO: NGO marks 10 yrs fighting for animal rights
• ‘Igualdad Animal’ releases video celebrating decade defending animal rights • Spain-based international NGO works to prevent cruelty to animals in captivity The…
Madrid Socialists want ‘Primaries & Congress Now!’
• PSOE-Madrid president Manuel Robles backs call for Congress on March 21st • Madrid Socialists join growing national push for new party…
#VIDEO: Amnesty Spain calls out for volunteers
• International Human Rights Day set for Saturday, Dec. 10th • Amnesty calls for volunteers in ‘Gente como tú’ (‘People Like You’)…
#VIDEO: Doñana river dredging placed on hold
• Spanish gov’t assures UNESCO that dredging of Guadalquivir will not proceed • WWF España calls for definitive proof, says Doñana wetlands…
#VIDEO: Children’s NGO rooted in Spanish Civil War
• Plan Internacional history began in 1937 during Spain’s bloody civil war • NGO fights child poverty, focus on root causes of…
#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’…
‘Your time is up’, Sánchez tells PSOE interim leaders
• Pedro Sánchez calls for immediate party Congress to choose new leadership • Ousted Socialist leader says interim committee’s transition period has…
Food banks launch Spain’s yearly holidays collection
• Thousands of volunteers seek donations of basic foodstuffs in 4th annual drive • Annual collection effort strives to alleviate hunger over…
#VIDEO: 73,500 sign petition against ‘correbous’
• PACMA calls on Catalonia, Valencia to end bull-running, bull-baiting festivals • Party presents veterinary report showing suffering, injuries caused animals ►…
#VIDEO: PACMA denounces ‘Toro Jubilo’ cruelty
• Annual ‘bulls on fire’ festival caused animal ‘tremendous stress, anxiety’ • Bull believed to have suffered head injuries, burns to corneas…
#VIDEO: Guardiola ‘joins’ NGO refugee rescue team
• Manchester City manager backs Proactiva’s refugee rescue in Mediterranean • Since 2015, Barcelona-based NGO has rescued thousands of refugees at sea…
Sánchez launches campaign to reclaim, rebuild PSOE
• In exclusive television interview, Sánchez denounces ‘El País’ editorial threats • Calls PSOE interim caretaker ‘shameful’, says rank-and-file must reclaim party…