‘They Were Shot, Beaten, and Forced to Confess’: Families Accuse Police of Torture and Framing Sons in Sambhal Violence

The Public Prosecutor's Office of Barcelona, in coordination with the Human Rights and Democratic Memory Unit of the Attorney General's Office, has opened proceedings for the first time...

The Public Prosecutor's Office assumes its first own case following the complaint of a victim of torture in 1977 at the Via Laietana police station in BarcelonaThe Barcelona Court closes the door to investigate the torture of the Francoist police by criminal means If the judges do not investigate, the Public Prosecutor's Office will do so.The Public Prosecutor's Office has opened criminal proceedings for the first time to investigate the torture…

The Public Prosecutor's Office of Barcelona, in coordination with the Human Rights and Democratic Memory Unit of the Attorney General's Office, has for the first time opened criminal proceedings to investigate the torture perpetrated during Francoism by members of the Political-Social Brigade in units of the Superior Police Headquarters of Via Layetana (Barcelona).According to a press release announced by the Public Prosecutor's Office, investig…

The police officers previously convicted of assaults and aggravated injuries following the violent aggression of Vasilis Maggos will be returned to torture charges, according to a recent judgment of the single judge of Volos. In June 2020, Vasilis Maggos described from his hospital bed, in a Facebook publication, his arbitrary detention, the violent assaults and torture inflicted by the police of Volos. Près d’un mois plus tard, il a été retrouv…

For the first time in Spain, the Barcelona Public Prosecutor's Office has opened a criminal investigation into the torture of the Francoist police following a complaint filed by Blanca Serra, an independent leftist activist who was arrested in 1977 at the Via Laietana police station in Barcelona.

For the first time in Spain, the Barcelona Public Prosecutor's Office has opened a criminal investigation into the torture of the Francoist police, following a complaint filed by Blanca Serra, an independent leftist activist who was arrested in 1977 at the Via Laietana police station in Barcelona.According to a press release that EFE reports, the Public Prosecutor's Office has opened this pioneering investigation under the new democratic memory …