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Demonstration Against The Ley Mordaza 'gag Law' In Madrid, Spain 13 Feb 2022

Crime & Law

Amnesty International report calls on Spanish government to ban rubber bullets

Simon Hunter - 3 Nov, 2022 @ 18:45

THE LATEST report from Amnesty International on Spain is calling for the government to ban the use by police of rubber bullets, which it...

Photo by Javier Bauluz for gag law story only

Politics

Pulitzer prize winning photojournalist slams Spain’s Gag Law after receiving €960 fine while photographing migrant crisis

Staff Reporter - 15 Jun, 2022 @ 13:30

By Livia Cockerell

Spain fails in latest bid to extradite rapper from Belgium who insulted monarchy

Mallorca

Spain fails in latest bid to extradite Mallorca rapper from Belgium

Alex Trelinski - 17 May, 2022 @ 13:30

MALLORCAN rapper Josep Miqeul Arenas, known as Valtonyc, has won another Belgian court ruling which has again refused Spain's bid to extradite him. The Ghent...

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GAG LAW: What happens when you are accused of ‘disrespecting’ a police officer in Spain

Heather Galloway - 26 Feb, 2022 @ 13:30

When reporting a crime at her local station, Heather Galloway discovered just how easy it is to fall foul of Spain’s controversial ‘Gag Law’

Balearic Islands

Mallorca rapper Valtonyc who ‘insulted’ Spain’s royal family faces new extradition hearing in Belgium

Alex Trelinski - 23 Nov, 2021 @ 19:00

A Mallorcan rapper who fled Spain in 2018 after insulting the monarchy has another extradition hearing to fight off. In May 2018, performer Valtonyc, real...

Crime & Law

Belgian court refuses to extradite Spanish rapper charged with glorifying terrorism

Elisa Menendez - 18 Sep, 2018 @ 15:10

A BELGIAN court has rejected a Spanish request to extradite rapper Valtonyc sentenced to prison for charges related to insulting the monarchy in his...

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Spain moves towards repealing controversial ‘gag law’

Bradley Stokes - 27 Jun, 2018 @ 16:51

The congressional committee, chaired by the PP, has delayed the process of repeal

Crime & Law

LEAKED: Thousands of Spanish police details and passwords in ‘revenge attack’

Laurence Dollimore - 2 Jun, 2016 @ 13:47

The dumped information gave access to the police's social security database

Crime & Law

Alicante scraps woman’s €800 fine for police car photo

Caitlin Quinn - 27 Aug, 2015 @ 13:55

The fine was issued under the controversial new “gag law”

Crime & Law

€800 fine for photographing police car in a disabled space in Alicante

Caitlin Quinn - 16 Aug, 2015 @ 11:00

The fine was issued under the controversial new “gag law”

National News

Greenpeace kicks off protests before ‘gag law’ is passed tomorrow

Iona Napier - 30 Jun, 2015 @ 11:50

?Greenpeace activists kick off the anti-gag law protests by draping a yellow banner near parliament

National News

Topless woman’s head squashed by police in gag law protest

Iona Napier - 23 Apr, 2015 @ 13:17

A topless female protested had her head squashed by police today whilst showing her contempt for Spain’s new gag law

National News

First ever hologram protest held in Spain in response to ‘gag law’

Rob Horgan - 13 Apr, 2015 @ 10:31

Thousands of holograms were beamed onto the lower house of parliament

Crime & Law

Spain’s ‘gag law’ approved by senate

Rob Horgan - 14 Mar, 2015 @ 13:08

The controversial new security law will be ratified next month

Andalucia

Spain passes anti-protest law

Rob Horgan - 12 Dec, 2014 @ 15:31

New anti-protest law, dubbed the 'Gag Law', is introduced in Spain

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Madrid

Armed police in Spain cordon off Ukraine embassy in Madrid after it gets ‘bloody’ package of animal remains

Alex Trelinski - 2 Dec, 2022 @ 16:30

ARMED Policia Nacional officers cordoned off the area surrounding the Ukraine embassy in Madrid on Friday afternoon following the delivery of a 'bloody package'. It...

Spain sends specialist police team to investigate war crimes in Ukraine

2 Dec, 2022 @ 15:45

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New anti-corruption authority could deliver ‘more transparency’ in Gibraltar, government says

2 Dec, 2022 @ 15:20

Man Threatens To Shoot Police Officer Inside Nightclub Toilet On Spain's Costa Blanca

Man threatens to shoot police officer in nightclub toilet on Spain’s Costa Blanca

2 Dec, 2022 @ 15:00

‘Bird man’ of Andalucia soars under the famous arched bridge of Spain’s Ronda in incredible death-defying stunt

2 Dec, 2022 @ 14:05

EXCLUSIVE: Mother of missing X-Factor star Levi Davis ‘in shock’ at grim twist in five-week search

2 Dec, 2022 @ 13:50

Twelve-year Operation Shovel fizzles out with ‘Dapper Don’ Christy Kinahan Sr facing just four years in jail over passport...

2 Dec, 2022 @ 13:23

Spain’s November jobless total is lowest for the month since 2007

2 Dec, 2022 @ 12:20

3 bedroom Apartment for sale in Telde – € 190,000

2 Dec, 2022 @ 12:05

Bogus Physiotherapist Accused Of Raping Female Clients At His Murcia Home In Spain

Fake physiotherapist accused of raping female clients at his Murcia home in Spain

2 Dec, 2022 @ 11:41

Gibraltar spruces up its famous Moorish Castle, restores a whipping pole and protects valuable graves

2 Dec, 2022 @ 10:00

Malaga police catch six female pickpockets in an hour

Two dead and four-year-old injured after car overturns in Spain’s Antequera

2 Dec, 2022 @ 09:15

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