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Spain’s Supreme Court backs sentence reductions for sex offenders under ‘only yes means yes’ law

THE SUPREME COURT has ratified the decisions of lower tribunals to reduce the prison sentences of some convicted sex offenders after the Spanish government’s so-called

8 Jun, 2023 @ 09:15

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Irene Montero Presenta Un Proyecto Pa La Igualdad Efectiva Entre Hombres Y Mujeres En El Trabajo

Spain’s Socialist Party wins approval for reforms to controversial consent law, deepening split with coalition partners

LAWMAKERS in Spain’s lower house of parliament, the Congress of Deputies, today voted in favour of reforms to the controversial ‘only yes means yes’ consent

20 Apr, 2023 @ 16:11

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Spain’s prime minister says sorry for new consent law that has seen sex offenders released from jail early

SPAIN’S prime minister Pedro Sanchez has used an interview with Spanish newspapers to apologise for the unexpected effects of a new consent law, which has

16 Apr, 2023 @ 18:05

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Number of sex offenders released early under Spain’s ‘yes means yes’ consent law now exceeds 100

THE NUMBER of convicted sex offenders who have secured early release from prison thanks to a controversial new consent law has now passed the 100

13 Apr, 2023 @ 18:00

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Ministers in Spain support new law that will classify all 'non-consensual' sex as rape

No means no: Row in Spain’s government over controversial consent law rumbles on

ONGOING divisions in Spain’s coalition government over a controversial law covering consent show no sign of healing. On Monday, the Socialist Party (PSOE) made clear

10 Apr, 2023 @ 19:00

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Spain’s controversial consent law sees 721 sex offenders’ sentences reduced and 74 get early release

SPAIN’S legal watchdog has revealed the first official number of sex offenders who have benefitted from the government’s controversial ‘only yes means yes’ consent law.

2 Mar, 2023 @ 20:30

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Spain: Concentration In Repulse Of Sexual Assaults

Poll: 22% of women in Spain say they have been sexually assaulted

NEARLY 22% of women in Spain say they have suffered some kind of sexual assault during their lives. That’s a total of 3.5 million female

8 Feb, 2023 @ 18:30

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Pedro Sanchez announces windfall and temporary taxes on banks and energy companies in Spain

Spain’s Socialist Party bows to pressure and will propose changes to controversial ‘only yes means yes’ law

AFTER months of political pressure, the governing Socialist Party (PSOE) has announced that it will present changes to the new ‘only yes means yes’ law.

7 Feb, 2023 @ 17:45

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Spain’s Socialist Party commits to changing controversial ‘only yes means yes’ consent law

THE SPANISH government confirmed at the weekend that it will seek to make changes to its controversial ‘only yes means yes’ consent law. The legislation,

30 Jan, 2023 @ 17:15

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Convicted sex offenders who have seen sentences reduced under Spain’s ‘only yes means yes’ law now number 50

SOME 50 convicted sex offenders have had their sentences reduced under Spain’s controversial ‘only yes means yes’ law, which was designed to put consent at

8 Dec, 2022 @ 18:15

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Judge rules ‘no case to answer’ for those who secretly filmed women urinating in the street during fiesta in Spain and posted on porn sites

DOZENS of women who were secretly filmed urinating in the street during a fiesta in Galicia are demanding justice after the footage was posted on

7 Oct, 2021 @ 14:45

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An 11-year-old gives birth in a hospital in Murcia

Hospital authorities quickly alerted the police who discovered the father of the baby was also a minor, believed to be 14-years-old, so sexual abuse is ruled

5 Feb, 2018 @ 16:26

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Spain raises age of marriage and consent

The changes come after pressure from children’s rights organisations

17 Jul, 2015 @ 10:38

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