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 From police brutality, failure to meet refugee relocation quotas, and eroding the right to freedom speech, Spain still has a long way to go on human rights, according to a report by Amnesty International. https://www.thelocal.es/20170222/seven-reasons-why-spain-is-failing-on-human-rights Wed, 22 Feb 2017 13:38:08 +0100 seven-reasons-why-spain-is-failing-on-human-rights From a “gag law” limiting free speech to officers mistreating migrants and refugees, Spain still has a way to go on human rights, according to a new report by Amnesty International. https://www.thelocal.es/20160224/six-human-rights-problems-spain-amnesty-report Wed, 24 Feb 2016 13:15:03 +0100 six-human-rights-problems-spain-amnesty-report A US judge on Friday approved the extradition to Spain of a Salvadoran former colonel linked to the 1989 murders of six Jesuit priests, in a decision lauded by rights groups. https://www.thelocal.es/20160206/us-judge-approves-extradition-of-salvadoran-over-jesuit-murders Sat, 06 Feb 2016 12:55:24 +0100 us-judge-approves-extradition-of-salvadoran-over-jesuit-murders Just 12 kilometres (seven miles) from downtown Madrid, hundreds of Romanian Roma are living without running water or toilets in third world conditions, a lawyer working with the community has told The Local. https://www.thelocal.es/20141210/rats-rubbish-and-ruins-madrids-slum Wed, 10 Dec 2014 17:34:00 +0100 rats-rubbish-and-ruins-madrids-slum A Majorca judge has banned a Senegalese man from entering Spain for a period of five years after he tried to steal less than €20 ($25,67) worth of meat from a supermarket. https://www.thelocal.es/20140924/foreigner-kicked-out-of-spain-for-stealing-meat Wed, 24 Sep 2014 19:30:00 +0200 foreigner-kicked-out-of-spain-for-stealing-meat The European Court of Human Rights ruled on Tuesday that Spain could not go ahead with plans to deport 30 Sahrawi asylum seekers from the Western Sahara because Spanish authorities had failed to properly hear their claims. https://www.thelocal.es/20140422/spain-loses-sahrawi-asylum-seeker-legal-battle Tue, 22 Apr 2014 19:59:00 +0200 spain-loses-sahrawi-asylum-seeker-legal-battle The Catalan Government has announced plans to control the wearing of burqas and other face-covering attire in public spaces "for reasons of public safety". https://www.thelocal.es/20130704/catalan-plan-for-burka-ban-unveiled Thu, 04 Jul 2013 18:35:00 +0200 catalan-plan-for-burka-ban-unveiled