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...
Rape and Sexual Assault
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...
Spain’s coalition parties at loggerheads over amending sexual consent law
The unity of Spain’s first-ever coalition government has faced its toughest test in three years of power this week, with the two ruling parties, the...
Barcelona court denies bail appeal from Dani Alves, as viewed as ‘flight risk’
A court in Barcelona denied an appeal from Brazilian footballer Dani Alves on Tuesday to be freed on bail while the investigation of a sexual assault...
Spanish government seeks to close loophole in sexual consent law
The Spanish government pledged on Tuesday to amend a new sexual consent law that was passed in August last year, since it has since allowed...
Dani Alves moved to ‘safer prison’ with smaller wards
Dani Alves, the Brazilian footballer who was jailed without bail on Friday for an alleged sexual assault in Barcelona before the New Year, has been transferred...
Spanish minister accuses judges of ‘machismo’ after loophole in Spain’s new rape law used to reduce sentences
Spain’s main opposition party and the country’s association of magistrates have called for the government’s Equality Minister, Irene Montero, to resign, after she accused judges of...
Spanish government secures its ‘Only Yes is Yes’ sexual consent law
The Spanish Congress voted on Thursday in favour of a new law that makes consent a key determinant in sexual assault cases, freeing victims of...
