Spain

COVID-19 crisis

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 ...
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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 ...
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SPAIN: Report via Red Malla of three police abuses in April
Update on the Spanish situation via Red Malla ...
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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 ...
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SPAIN: Human rights organisations demand from the Ministry of Interior that the police forces act with proportionality during the state of emergency
Article originally published in Spanish on Defender A Quien Defiende, 25 March 2020 - accessible here The organisations, led by ...
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Freedom of association

SPAIN: The right to protest in Spanish Courts – Statement by the International Trial Watch
On 22 January 2020, Spain was questioned by  the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) on the OHCHR. On 21 January, the ...
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SPAIN: Statement about the Spanish new Royal Decree-Law of public security
🔸El real decreto-ley 14/2019 permite que el Gobierno cierre páginas web para prevenir desórdenes públicos. 🔸Los desórdenes públicos son uno ...
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The shrinking space for solidarity with migrants and refugees
(Transnational Institute) How the European Union and Member States target and criminalize defenders of the rights of people on the move ...
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Freedom of expression

SPAIN: Four journalists fired and one photographer threatened by the Mossos, among the new cases reported by Censorship Map
Article originally published on Media.cat - 10 February 2020 - accessible here (translated from Catalan) Six cases were reported in ...
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SPAIN: The right to protest in Spanish Courts – Statement by the International Trial Watch
On 22 January 2020, Spain was questioned by  the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) on the OHCHR. On 21 January, the ...
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SPAIN: Statement about the Spanish new Royal Decree-Law of public security
🔸El real decreto-ley 14/2019 permite que el Gobierno cierre páginas web para prevenir desórdenes públicos. 🔸Los desórdenes públicos son uno ...
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SPAIN: At least 20 journalists injured and 1 arrested during night of demonstrations in Catalonia (UPDATED)
UPDATE - 19 November 2019: As of 27 October, the count raised to 72 journalists injured. Source: Media.cat. **** (Media.cat - ...
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SPAIN: Actor detained after ridiculing ‘God and the Virgin Mary’
(The Guardian) Willy Toledo to face Madrid court after not showing up for questioning over Facebook post A Spanish actor accused ...
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Freedom of assembly

SPAIN: New government opens to reform of gag laws (UPDATED)
UPDATE 19 October 2020: On 30 September, the parliament voted in favour to reopen the process to reform the Citizen ...
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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 ...
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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, ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Institutional reactions

Council of Europe: Misuse of anti-terror legislation threatens freedom of expression
(Council of Europe) When terrorism spreads, states are often tempted to restrict fundamental freedoms for the sake of fighting it and ...
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Commissioner urges Spain to ensure that the Law on Citizens’ Safety upholds the rights to freedom of expression and freedom of peaceful assembly
(Council of Europe) In a letter addressed to the Presidents of the Congress and the Senate of Spain published today, ...
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FRA: NGO ships involved in search and rescue in the Mediterranean and criminal investigations
(FRA) This note draws attention to the recent trend of criminalising search and rescue operations (SAR) in the Mediterranean Sea ...
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SPAIN: UN expert urges not to pursue criminal charges of rebellion against political figures in Catalonia
(OHCHR) The UN Special Rapporteur on the right to freedom of opinion and expression, David Kaye, urged Spanish authorities to refrain ...
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SPAIN: Freedom of expression under threat, warn MEPs
(EUobserver) A group of 34 MEPs has called on the European Commission to check whether Spanish legislation on public offence ...
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Other resources

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 ...
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Side Event “The Right to Protest in Spain” in the UN in Geneva (21 January 2020)
On 21 January, in Geneva, the European Civic Forum took part in the event organised by Institut de Drets Humans de Catalunya (IDHC). The ...
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SPAIN: Interview with Defender a Quien Defiende – Supporting resistance against state repression
In July 2019, we interviewed the Spanish collective Defender a Quien Defiende. According to Albert Caramés Boada, Researcher and Professor ...
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SPAIN: Voice of freedom – using artificial intelligence to denouce censorship
(Translated from Voice of Freedom - No somos delito) SINGING FOR THOSE WHOSE VOICE WAS STOLEN. The Voice Of Freedom: a song performed by ...
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SPAIN: This is how we are manipulated in RTVE: women workers tell in the first person the orders they receive to misinform
(Translated in English with www.Deepl.org from VERTELE!) The Women's Collective of RTVE begins a network campaign to denounce the manipulation ...
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