https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Spain in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Rwanda's intelligence chief Karenzi Karake has been arrested in London on the request of Spain where he is wanted for on war crime charges. https://www.thelocal.es/20150623/rwanda-war-criminal-arrested-on-request-of-spain Tue, 23 Jun 2015 11:24:31 +0200 rwanda-war-criminal-arrested-on-request-of-spain Morocco's foreign minister said on Monday said his country was not troubled by a Spanish court's genocide charges against 11 former officials accused of killing and torture in Western Sahara. https://www.thelocal.es/20150414/rabat-conscience-clear-on-western-sahara Tue, 14 Apr 2015 10:57:02 +0200 rabat-conscience-clear-on-western-sahara A Spanish judge has upheld genocide charges against 11 Moroccan ex-officials accused of killings and torture in Western Sahara -- a penultimate step towards calling them to trial. https://www.thelocal.es/20150410/morocco-genocide-in-w-sahara-case-upheld Fri, 10 Apr 2015 10:54:06 +0200 morocco-genocide-in-w-sahara-case-upheld Eight Egyptian drug smugglers who were caught on a boat in international waters with 10 tonnes of hashish have been freed after Spain introduced controversial new legal rules which stop the country's judges from trying crimes committed overseas. https://www.thelocal.es/20140408/spains-new-trial-laws-see-drug-suspects-go-free-2 Tue, 08 Apr 2014 16:19:00 +0200 spains-new-trial-laws-see-drug-suspects-go-free-2 Spain's controversial decision to shelve several high profile international human rights cases received its first test on Monday after a judge refused to close the file on the death of a Spanish cameraman during the US invasion of Iraq in 2003. https://www.thelocal.es/20140317/judge-universal-law Mon, 17 Mar 2014 15:04:00 +0100 judge-universal-law Lawmakers in Spain voted on Thursday in favour of a bill that will reduce the capacity of the country's courts to pursue cases of human rights abuses committed abroad. https://www.thelocal.es/20140227/spain-votes-to-scrap Thu, 27 Feb 2014 17:13:00 +0100 spain-votes-to-scrap The Spanish Government on Thursday defied opposition pressure and voted to shelve high profile international investigations into crimes including alleged Chinese genocide in Tibet and possible torture in the US prison facility of Guantanamo Bay. https://www.thelocal.es/20140221/spain-votes-to-shelve-tibet-genocide-case Fri, 21 Feb 2014 10:28:51 +0100 spain-votes-to-shelve-tibet-genocide-case