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SPAIN – Police violence and crack down on the right to protest  
Freedom of assembly / Freedom of expression

SPAIN – Police violence and crack down on the right to protest  

- Original content by ECF in collaboration with Novact. Police in Spain have reacted with violence and arrests in recent protests against police aggression (in Linares, Jaen), and the imprisonment of Pablo Hasel (in Spain’s main…

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22 February 2021
SPAIN: Manifesto in defence of freedom of expression, creativity, and the right to protest
Freedom of expression

SPAIN: Manifesto in defence of freedom of expression, creativity, and the right to protest

- Unofficial translation of manifesto from Plataforma en Defensa de la Libertad de Información, accessible here.  The Plataforma en Defensa de la Libertad de Información (PDLI), No Somos Delito, Defender…

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12 February 2021
SPAIN: New government opens to reform of gag laws (UPDATED)
Freedom of assembly

SPAIN: New government opens to reform of gag laws (UPDATED)

UPDATE 2 February 2021: Defender a quien defiende alerts of a new attempt by right wing parties and far right part Vox to stall the reform of the Gag Law.…

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19 October 2020
SPAIN – European Court rules against Spain for police attack on peaceful protesteprrs in 2014
Freedom of assembly

SPAIN – European Court rules against Spain for police attack on peaceful protesteprrs in 2014

Spanish police violated the right to peaceful assembly by using disproportionate and "unjustified" force to disperse a spontaneous demonstration in Valladolid in 2014, an action that resulted in permanent injury…

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7 October 2020
SPAIN – Heavy police charges and three detainees in the protest in Madrid against selective confinements
Freedom of assembly

SPAIN – Heavy police charges and three detainees in the protest in Madrid against selective confinements

Article originally published in Spanish in elDiario.es. Since last Friday the president of the Community of Madrid, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, announced the selective closure of 37 areas in the region…

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25 September 2020
SPAIN: Human rights and support networks in times of pandemic
Photo by Sònia Calvo
COVID-19 crisis / Freedom of assembly

SPAIN: Human rights and support networks in times of pandemic

By Defender a quien Defiende On 13 March, the Spanish President Pedro Sánchez declared the state of alarm which lasted until 24 June after three extensions approved by the Congress…

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9 July 2020
COVID-19 crisis / Freedom of assembly / Initiatives and campaigns

SPAIN: Manual Burorresistiendo – self-protection tool for fighting the Gag Laws

Initiatives published by Defender a quien Defiende platform - accessible here The Burorresistiendo Manual, developed by Legal Sol with the support of the Defender a quien Defiende platform, is a self-protection…

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7 July 2020
Freedom of assembly

SPAIN: Report via Red Malla of three police abuses in May

Update on policing and abuses reported via Red Malla  

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17 June 2020
COVID-19 crisis / Freedom of assembly

SPAIN: Report via Red Malla of three police abuses in April

Update on the Spanish situation via Red Malla

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19 May 2020
COVID-19 crisis

SPAIN: Reports on four cases of police abuses during COVID-19

Update on the Spanish situation via Red Malla The Spanish government is using the “Gag Law” (approved in 2015) against all those who do not comply with the rules related…

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23 April 2020
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