Trial of Dani Alves for alleged rape starts in Barcelona
After spending over 12 months in a Spanish jail, Brazilian and former Barça football star Dani Alves will go on trial this week for allegedly...
Rape and Sexual Assault
Spanish footballer faces trial over claims he groped woman dressed as mascot
Former Celta Vigo captain Hugo Mallo will face trial in July for allegedly sexually assaulting a woman working as a mascot for Espanyol nearly five...
Spanish film director denies accusations of sexual violence by three women
Three women have accused Spanish film director Carlos Vermut of sexual violence in an investigation published in Spain’s leading daily newspaper El Pais. None of...
Prosecutors seek 9-year prison sentence for former Barça player Dani Alves
Prosecutors are seeking a nine-year prison sentence for the Brazilian and former Barça player Dani Alves for allegedly sexually assaulting a woman last year, a Barcelona...
One of Spain’s ‘wolf pack’ rapists has sentence reduced due to legal loophole
Ángel Boza, one of the five men convicted in the landmark ‘Wolf Pack’ (La Manada) gang rape case in Spain, has had his sentence reduced by...
Former Barça player Dani Alves set to be indicted for alleged sexual assault
A Spanish judge has decided to indict former FC Barcelona footballer Dani Alves following an investigation into sexual assault accusations against, a court said on Monday....
Sánchez and Feijóo clash in unruly and chaotic TV election debate
Spain’s socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and Alberto Núñez Feijóo, leader of the main opposition party, the right-wing People’s Party (PP), took part in a...
Contestant on Spain’s ‘Big Brother’ jailed for sexual assault on camera
A contestant on ‘Gran Hermano’, Spain’s version of ‘Big Brother’, has been jailed for just over a year for sexually assaulting another contestant as the...
Pedro Sánchez apologises to victims over government’s rape law loophole
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez apologised on Sunday to victims for a loophole in a recent landmark law aimed at fighting sexual violence that has...
Women’s Day rallies in Spain show disunity in feminist movement
Back in 2018, marches in Spain for International Women’s Day reached a peak as a global reference, when a successfully organised nationwide strike consolidated its...
