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...
Rape and Sexual Assault
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...
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...
