Tag: gag law
No change to Spain’s ‘gag law’, as parties fail to find common ground on reforms
AN ATTEMPT by the Spanish government to reform the country’s so-called ‘gag law’ failed this week, after the ruling Socialist Party and junior coalition...
Amnesty International report calls on Spanish government to ban rubber bullets
THE LATEST report from Amnesty International on Spain is calling for the government to ban the use by police of rubber bullets, which it...
Spain fails in latest bid to extradite Mallorca rapper from Belgium
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...
GAG LAW: What happens when you are accused of ‘disrespecting’ a police officer in Spain
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’
Mallorca rapper Valtonyc who ‘insulted’ Spain’s royal family faces new extradition hearing in Belgium
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...
Belgian court refuses to extradite Spanish rapper charged with glorifying terrorism
A BELGIAN court has rejected a Spanish request to extradite rapper Valtonyc sentenced to prison for charges related to insulting the monarchy in his...
Spain moves towards repealing controversial ‘gag law’
The congressional committee, chaired by the PP, has delayed the process of repeal
LEAKED: Thousands of Spanish police details and passwords in ‘revenge attack’
The dumped information gave access to the police's social security database
Alicante scraps woman’s €800 fine for police car photo
The fine was issued under the controversial new “gag law”
€800 fine for photographing police car in a disabled space in Alicante
The fine was issued under the controversial new “gag law”
Greenpeace kicks off protests before ‘gag law’ is passed tomorrow
?Greenpeace activists kick off the anti-gag law protests by draping a yellow banner near parliament
Topless woman’s head squashed by police in gag law protest
A topless female protested had her head squashed by police today whilst showing her contempt for Spain’s new gag law
First ever hologram protest held in Spain in response to ‘gag law’
Thousands of holograms were beamed onto the lower house of parliament
Spain’s ‘gag law’ approved by senate
The controversial new security law will be ratified next month