Policing and criminal justice system in Spain
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Immigrant death toll surges
The Association for Human Rights in Andalucia has claimed that 289 would-be immigrants died in the sea between Spain and Morocco last year, up from 236 in 2003.
31 December 2004 (130 words)
Councils refuse to hand over data to police
The Foreigners Law demands that immigrants register themselves with their local councils and that this information be then handed on to the police.
27 November 2004 (329 words)
Santa Coloma: man shot dead by police
On 23 June, around 150 Moroccan immigrants gathered in the central square of Santa Coloma de Gramenet to protest at the death on 17 June of Farid Bendaoued, who was shot by a police officer from the Catalan force during a drugs raid on a house.
2 June 2004 (175 words)
Derisory fine for mosque arson attack
A councillor from Cervera and member of the Platform for Catalonia was fined a mere e25 for having attempted to burn down the mosque in the capital of Segarra in March 2002.
19 May 2004 (139 words)
Ceuta: Police accused of killing Mohamed Ezzoubair
Police in Ceuta have been accused of shooting a 26-year-old Moroccan, Mohamed Ezzoubair on 6 April, and then attempting to cover up his killing.
13 April 2004 (167 words)
Barcelona council protects migrants' data from the police
Barcelona council had provided legal ammunition to town hall officials as to how to deny police requests under the new Foreigners' Law on undocumented migrants.
13 February 2004 (164 words)
Almunécar judge suspended after Moroccan illegally detained
An ex-judge has been disciplined to six months suspension from work and a fine of 2,000 euros as compensation to the Moroccan man, Mohammadi B., whom he illegally kept in prison.
1 January 2004 (83 words)
Alicante: civil guard accused of unlawful raid
Twelve members of the civil guard burst into the headquarters of the United Workers (CCOO) in Torrevieja, Alicante, without a warrant and detained six undocumented workers.
1 January 2004 (110 words)
Barcelona police accused of beating immigrants
Doctors of the World has accused Barcelona police of beating up six foreigners in the St Andrew barracks.
24 October 2003 (111 words)
Skinheads mount battle in Catalan town of Castellar del Vallés
At least 15 young skinheads were identified by the local police in Castellar before the cacerolada (banging of saucepans), an event staged for the purpose of protesting against violent incidents in the previous days and the 'indiscriminate charge' by the Civil Guard against local residents in the early hours of the previous Sunday.
18 September 2003 (180 words)
Barcelona courts refuse to consider racial motive for murders
The case of Hamid Saada
2 July 2003 (321 words)
Two cases of police sexual abuse of immigrants
Seville: police officer jailed for sexually humiliating Colombian
11 June 2003 (351 words)
Murcia: trial of guards accused of killing African prisoner
In April, four prison guards and the chief of the Murcia provincial prison stood trial for aggravated homicide and abuse of authority, following the death, in December 2000, of Mohamed Ibrahim Yandani, a 28-year-old Ghanaian detainee.
30 April 2003 (293 words)
Spain accused of torture of 'terror' detainees
The Council of Europe's Committee for the Prevention of Torture has issued a report based on the findings of a fact-finding mission in 2001 detailing allegations of torture by the security forces of those detained under suspicion of committing acts of terrorism.
14 March 2003 (222 words)
Focus on Almeria: campaigners gather evidence of police abuse
The General Workers Union (UGT) has called on the Government Sub-Delegate to carry out an exhaustive inquiry into police harassment of Moroccan workers in Almeria.
2 March 2003 (335 words)
Malaga: case reopened into fire at police station which claimed seven lives
Malaga's Provincial Court has ordered the reopening of the case involving a fire which killed seven migrants at Malaga police station on 27 December 2002, to check whether police safety measures at the station were defective.
28 February 2003 (596 words)
San Sebastián: South American immigrants allege police harassment
In October 2002, the immigrant association Adiskidetuak drew attention to increasing harassment and detention of South American immigrants in various towns in Guipuzcoa, notably San Sebastián and Irún.
1 January 2003 (123 words)
Immigration and terrorism dominate Ibero-American summit
Spain and Portugal attempted to make security and the fight against terrorism key issues at the 12th Ibero-American summit in the Dominican Republic in November.
15 November 2002 (156 words)
Preliminary investigation into death of Ecuadorian criticised
In October 2002, a judge concluded preliminary investigations into the case of four men accused of the murder of the Ecuadorian Wilson Pacheco in January 2002 in Barcelona.
23 October 2002 (205 words)
The Perejil/Tourah affair: facts and consequences
Relations between Morrocco and Spain have reached their lowest point for decades over the islet, which is known as Perejil (Parsley) in Spain and either Tourah or Leila in Morocco, located 800 meters off the Moroccan coast and 10 kilometers west of Ceuta.
23 October 2002 (474 words)
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