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Spain approves transfer of migrant minors from Canary Islands to other regions

News Desk19th March 202524th March 2025

19th March 202524th March 2025934

Spain’s minority coalition government approved a reform on Tuesday aimed at redistributing thousands of unaccompanied migrant minors across the country, alleviating pressure on the Canary

Mallorcan rapper returns to Spain from Belgium after years avoiding extradition

News Desk30th October 20236th November 2023

30th October 20236th November 20231642

A Mallorcan rapper who fled Spain after he was sentenced to jail for praising terrorism in his songs returned to the country on Sunday, after

Court rejects investigating torture claim of trade unionist during Franco era

News Desk13th October 202319th October 2023

13th October 202319th October 20231188

A court in Barcelona this week rejected a claim by a Spanish man who says he was tortured by police during the Franco dictatorship. In an

Madrid court hears first case of allegations of Franco-era police torture

News Desk15th September 202324th September 2023

15th September 202324th September 20231552

A judge in Spain heard evidence on Friday of alleged torture during the rule of the country’s late dictator Francisco Franco, in what rights groups

Amnesty slams Spain & Morocco for ‘multiple human rights violations, a cover-up & racism’

News Desk13th December 202221st December 2022

13th December 202221st December 20221913

Amnesty International said on Tuesday that a failure by Morocco and Spain to properly investigate the deaths of 37 migrants at the border of Spanish

Calls for investigation after death toll rises to 37 at Melilla border fence

News Desk26th June 202228th June 2022

26th June 202228th June 20224437

Updated on Sunday 26 June at 12h. The number of people who were killed after they tried to scale a border fence between Morocco and

‘CatalanGate’: politicians, activists accuse Spain of ‘huge & illegal’ spying

News Desk19th April 202225th April 2022

19th April 202225th April 20223079

Catalan pro-independence politicians and activists have accused Spain of spying on dozens of its leaders’ cell phones with Pegasus spyware, after details came to light

Spanish government approves fund to exhume graves at Valley of the Fallen

Catherine Howley31st March 20216th April 2021

31st March 20216th April 20212608

A total of €665,000 has been approved by the Spanish government for the exhumation and identification of some 33,000 victims of the Spanish Civil War

Rapper Pablo Hasél detained by police, after barricading himself in at Lleida University

Catherine Howley16th February 202117th February 2021

16th February 202117th February 20213070

#UPDATED – 16 Feb The Catalan police (Mossos d’Esquadra) have now detained the rapper Pablo Hasél, who had been asked to turn himself in to serve

ECHR rules Spain did not violate Human Rights with immediate deportations

News Desk16th February 20208th March 2020

16th February 20208th March 20202267

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled on Thursday that Spain did not violate the European Convention on Human Rights when it immediately deported two

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