Spain: Report criticises criminal justice system in counter-terrorism cases
In a report on counter-terrorism measures in Spain, Human Rights Watch criticised the use of incommunicado detention, secret legal proceedings, the limitation of defence rights during pre-trial detention and the length of pre-trial detention in terrorism cases in that...
ICJ condemns killing of Spanish judge
The ICJ condemns the murder of José María Lidón Corbi, Magistrate of the Court of Bilbao (Audencia de Bilbao), Spain.
ICJ condemns the killing of Spanish Prosecutor Luis Portero
Today, the ICJ condemned the murder of the chief prosecutor of the Andalusia regional court, Mr. Luis Portero, on 9 October in Granada.
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