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 Spain's government on Thursday froze its proposed controversial reform of a top legal body that critics including Brussels had warned could undermine the judicial system's independence. https://www.thelocal.es/20201023/spain-suspends-judicial-reform-that-upset-brussels Fri, 23 Oct 2020 14:25:18 +0200 spain-suspends-judicial-reform-that-upset-brussels The proposed reform of a top Spanish legal body has sparked a storm of controversy, with critics warning it risks undermining the judicial system's independence in concerns echoed by Brussels. https://www.thelocal.es/20201022/analysis-how-spains-judicial-reform-plan-is-raising-a-red-flag-in-brussels Thu, 22 Oct 2020 17:04:02 +0200 analysis-how-spains-judicial-reform-plan-is-raising-a-red-flag-in-brussels A trial echoing the la Manada gang-rape case is being heard as an incident of 'sexual abuse'. https://www.thelocal.es/20190823/analysis-why-are-gang-rape-accusations-treated-as-sexual-abuse-in-spain-another-trial-fails-another-victim Fri, 23 Aug 2019 12:29:52 +0200 analysis-why-are-gang-rape-accusations-treated-as-sexual-abuse-in-spain-another-trial-fails-another-victim A nightclub worker who was handed two years jail for killing a thief in a case that made waves in Spain has had his prison sentence suspended, a court said Monday. https://www.thelocal.es/20190723/justice-court-suspends-sentence-for-polemic-thief-killer Tue, 23 Jul 2019 11:11:41 +0200 justice-court-suspends-sentence-for-polemic-thief-killer At the helm of the hugely divisive trial of Catalan separatist leaders, Supreme Court judge Manuel Marchena is performing a difficult balancing act, alternating firmness and leniency in live proceedings. https://www.thelocal.es/20190220/focus-at-catalan-separatist-trial-judge-marchena-walks-tightrope Wed, 20 Feb 2019 17:19:23 +0100 focus-at-catalan-separatist-trial-judge-marchena-walks-tightrope Spanish judges and prosecutors stopped work Tuesday in an unprecedented strike to call for greater judicial independence and better working conditions. https://www.thelocal.es/20180523/spanish-judges-strike-to-demand-greater-independence Wed, 23 May 2018 11:30:43 +0200 spanish-judges-strike-to-demand-greater-independence As Catalonia's separatist crisis drags on, Spain's judiciary has found itself on the back foot, accused of engaging in the type of partisanship normally associated with repressive dictatorships. https://www.thelocal.es/20171108/spains-judiciary-rejects-claims-it-lacks-independence Wed, 08 Nov 2017 10:00:00 +0100 spains-judiciary-rejects-claims-it-lacks-independence 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 Spain's High Court was forced to shelve a 12-year inquiry into the killing of a Spanish journalist by a US shell in Iraq because a change in law has seen judicial powers limited. https://www.thelocal.es/20150610/spain-forced-to-drop Wed, 10 Jun 2015 11:21:21 +0200 spain-forced-to-drop Spain's foreign minister announced that Spain will propose that the United Nations create an international court specialised in terrorism crimes. https://www.thelocal.es/20150414/spain-to-propose-that-un-set-up-terrorism-court Tue, 14 Apr 2015 10:48:17 +0200 spain-to-propose-that-un-set-up-terrorism-court 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 Public trust in the Spanish judiciary has plummeted in the last three years with only Bulgarians and Slovakians showing less faith in their judicial systems. https://www.thelocal.es/20150310/confidence-in-spanish-justice-system-at-all-time-low Tue, 10 Mar 2015 18:01:00 +0100 confidence-in-spanish-justice-system-at-all-time-low Two years after five young women were killed in Madrid Halloween party disaster, the mother of one victim makes a passionate plea for justice as the case judge also slams Spain’s court system. https://www.thelocal.es/20141031/halloween-tragedy-jail-terms-an-insult-mum Fri, 31 Oct 2014 17:01:00 +0100 halloween-tragedy-jail-terms-an-insult-mum Spain's top judge said on Tuesday the penal country's system isn't up to dealing with the complex corruption cases it faces and urged the new justice minister to roll out radical reforms aimed at greater efficiency. https://www.thelocal.es/20141022/spains-justice-system-only-fit-for-chicken-thieves-corruption Wed, 22 Oct 2014 13:20:00 +0200 spains-justice-system-only-fit-for-chicken-thieves-corruption A Dutchman convicted of sexually assaulting three women in Spain has been in prison for the last 11 years despite DNA results 7 years ago suggesting he wasn't the culprit. https://www.thelocal.es/20140915/dutchman-in-spanish-jail-waits-for-dna-justice Mon, 15 Sep 2014 19:14:00 +0200 dutchman-in-spanish-jail-waits-for-dna-justice A Spanish mother who killed her daughter's rapist has finally been sent to prison where she is due to serve a five-and-a-half-year sentence for the 2005 killing. https://www.thelocal.es/20140509/court-jails-mum-who-torched-daughters-rapist Fri, 09 May 2014 12:57:00 +0200 court-jails-mum-who-torched-daughters-rapist