Extreme-Right politics in Spain
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Amnesty for illegals
The Spanish cabinet approved an amnesty providing residence and working papers for up to 800,000 illegal immigrants.
31 December 2004 (24 words)
Franco veteran joins war parade
The Socialist government made a controversial gesture by allowing the national day parade of 12 October to be led by veterans of both sides in the civil war.
15 December 2004 (66 words)
Racism in Spanish football exposed
Black English footballers abused
11 December 2004 (343 words)
Huelva: racist murderer sentenced to 32 years
The trial of four men and one minor for the murder in Huelva (Andalucia) of a Moroccan national and attempted murder of two others on 17 April 2003 has ended.
4 December 2004 (149 words)
Lessen penalties on undocumented workers call
An academic study for the Jaume Bofill Foundation has suggested that penalties for hiring undocumented workers should be lessened.
1 December 2004 (74 words)
Fascist symbols to be banned
Almost thirty years since the death of Franco, parliament has decided that the remaining symbols from the fascist era should be removed - these include the fasces (adopted from the Romans as a symbol of authority) and streets named after Franco.
28 November 2004 (51 words)
Violence against Chinese footwear businesses in Elche
On 16 September local anger against the competition of Chinese shoe businesses broke into violence in the Elche area of Alicante.
23 November 2004 (265 words)
'Race-mixing' claim furore
The former president of Catalonia, Jordi Pujol, has spoken of the dangers of miscegenation for the future of the region.
27 August 2004 (131 words)
Neo-Nazis beat up the homeless
Two soldiers, who are members of the Social Republican Movement, which puts on neo-Nazi gigs, have been arrested for beating up and stabbing a homeless man in Madrid in August.
26 August 2004 (78 words)
New Gypsy platform in Catalonia
Gypsy associations in Catalonia have decided for the first time to create a common front to defend their historic claims more vigorously and have regrouped around the new 'Democratic Platform of the Gypsy People of Catalonia'.
26 July 2004 (111 words)
Brutal beating of Algerian in Madrid
Six youths brutally beat an Algerian, Karin T.(37) in Human Rights Street, Madrid, close to the M-30 mosque.
7 June 2004 (87 words)
SOS Racismo warns against xenophobia
According to the 2003 Annual Report from SOS Racismo, the Spanish Law for Foreigners has actually ended up increasing racism and xenophobia.
1 June 2004 (126 words)
Skinhead violence across Spain causes concern
Reports of serious violence during racial attacks or gang fights from across the country, suggest that levels of racial harassment linked to the far-Right skinhead scene since December have been extremely high.
4 April 2004 (370 words)
Madrid: skinheads create anti-Muslim, anti-black climate
As skinheads threatened a crusade against Madrid's Arabs and black people, the police chief outlined a plan of protecting the university campus and intensifying patrols in Arab neighbourhoods and especially around mosques and neighbouring markets.
23 March 2004 (92 words)
Muslims fear backlash after Madrid terror attack
In the wake of the Madrid bombing of 11 March, Muslims across Spain fear a racial backlash.
20 March 2004 (520 words)
Hammerskin arrests at Madrid v Barcelona football match
During the Madrid v. Barcelona match the civil guard arrested thirteen members of Hammerskin, a highly organised international Nazi group with links to radical football supporters such as Ultrasur from Real Madrid.
28 February 2004 (95 words)
Amar Amhamdi murder was racially motivated
The public prosecutor has modified his finding about a murder of a Moroccan man near Barcelona in July 2000; it was racially motivated.
25 February 2004 (254 words)
El Ejido and Cartaya mayors accused of fomenting racism
The People's Party mayor of El Ejido (the site of racist confrontations about migrant workers in 2000) and the Socialist Party mayor of Cartaya claimed at a meeting in Barcelona that migrants presented many problems: they drank; were dirty businessmen; and did not know how to look at women.
7 February 2004 (145 words)
Baeza: gang fight prompts xenophobia
Following a gang fight outside a disco in Jienense, Baeza, a young Spanish man died after being stabbed by a Moroccan youth.
29 January 2004 (107 words)
Catalonia: campaign to defend Reus mosque
A group of people including trade unionists and left-wingers have launched a campaign to defend the Carrilet mosque in Reus, Tarragona in Catalonia.
16 January 2004 (136 words)
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