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Spain’s new government at risk, as five Podemos deputies break away from coalition partner Sumar

THE FIVE deputies in Spain’s Congress who belong to the Podemos party have decided to break away from the leftist alliance Sumar, which is...

Pedro Sanchez sworn in as Spain’s prime minister in presence of King Felipe VI

SOCIALIST PARTY leader Pedro Sanchez was sworn in as prime minister on Friday morning, the day after he won an investiture vote in Congress...

Spain’s High Court accepts criminal case against Luis Rubiales over unsolicited kiss: Football Federation chief could face up to...

SPAIN’S national High Court has accepted a case filed by the public prosecutor against the now ex-Football Federation chairman, Luis Rubiales, over his unsolicited...

Podemos accepts defeat over inclusion of Equality Minister Irene Montero on election candidate lists

LEFTIST party Podemos (We Can) has been forced to accept the demotion of one of its most high-profile politicians, Irene Montero, as it is...

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...

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’...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Minister in Spain laughs off accusations that government is ‘legalising bestiality’

SOCIAL RIGHTS Minister Ione Belarra has laughed off accusations that the Spanish government is ‘decriminalising bestiality’.  The leader of the leftist Podemos party said during...

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...

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...

Three sex offenders who raped minors see sentences cut under Spain’s new ‘only yes means yes’ law

THREE more sex offenders in Spain have had their prison sentences reduced under the country’s controversial new ‘only yes means yes’ sexual assault law.  A...

Spain’s equality minister left in tears after sexist comments made in Congress by far-right Vox

SPAIN’S Equality Minister Irene Montero was left in tears on Wednesday after once again being attacked in the Congress of Deputies by opposition politicians....

Lawyer for member of ‘wolfpack’ gang of convicted rapists to request lower sentence for client under ‘only yes means...

THE LAWYER for a member of the notorious ‘wolfpack’ gang, five men who were convicted for a 2016 rape at the Running of the...

EXPLAINER: What Spain’s new ‘only yes means yes’ law means for rape victims in Spain

SPAIN'S Congress approved a ‘yes means yes’ law on Thursday, qualifying all non-consensual sex as rape. The legislation passed with 205 votes in favour, 141...

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