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 A UN torture watchdog has asked the Swiss authorities not to extradite a convicted Basque militant who claims she was tortured in Spain. https://www.thelocal.es/20170425/un-asks-switzerland-not-to-extradite-spaniard-after-torture-claims Tue, 25 Apr 2017 12:08:48 +0200 un-asks-switzerland-not-to-extradite-spaniard-after-torture-claims The European Court of Human Rights has slammed Spain for failing to properly investigate claims of police torture of prisoners, imposing stiff fines and telling the country to do more to protect the human rights of people in detention. https://www.thelocal.es/20141009/eu-blasts-spain-over-torture-record-ehcr-caballero-eta-terrorism-human-rights Thu, 09 Oct 2014 13:58:00 +0200 eu-blasts-spain-over-torture-record-ehcr-caballero-eta-terrorism-human-rights In a first for Spain, five soldiers have been charged with war crimes over allegations they tortured prisoners at any army base in Iraq in 2004. https://www.thelocal.es/20141001/five-spanish-soldiers-hit-with-torture-charges-iraq-spain Wed, 01 Oct 2014 13:08:00 +0200 five-spanish-soldiers-hit-with-torture-charges-iraq-spain For the first time ever, a Spanish soldier has been jailed for allegedly mistreating military prisoners as part of ongoing investigations into a brutal attack at a Spanish army base in Iraq in 2004. https://www.thelocal.es/20140703/spanish-solider-jailed-on-iraq-torture-charges-military Thu, 03 Jul 2014 13:13:00 +0200 spanish-solider-jailed-on-iraq-torture-charges-military Four Spanish Civil Guard officers have been handed a joint 10-year prison sentence by a Majorca judge after they tortured a handcuffed British tourist in a prison cell on the Balearic island. https://www.thelocal.es/20140624/spanish-cops-jailed-for-10-years-for-torturing-brit Tue, 24 Jun 2014 13:09:00 +0200 spanish-cops-jailed-for-10-years-for-torturing-brit A public prosecutor in Spain is seeking long prison sentences for four police officers who allegedly tortured two Brits while they were in custody in 2009. https://www.thelocal.es/20140415/police-face-prison-after-torturing-brits Tue, 15 Apr 2014 12:25:00 +0200 police-face-prison-after-torturing-brits Two Spanish ex-policemen have refused to be extradited to Argentina to stand trial for allegedly torturing prisoners decades ago during the Franco dictatorship in Spain, a Madrid court said on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.es/20131205/spain-ex-police-refuse-extradition-for-argentina-torture-trial Thu, 05 Dec 2013 17:23:00 +0100 spain-ex-police-refuse-extradition-for-argentina-torture-trial Shaolin master Juan Carlos Aguilar, arrested by police on Sunday after the torture of a prostitute that left her in a coma, has confessed that he also murdered a woman last week in what he has described as similar circumstances. https://www.thelocal.es/20130604/shaolin-torturer-confesses-to-bilbao-murder Tue, 04 Jun 2013 12:36:00 +0200 shaolin-torturer-confesses-to-bilbao-murder Basque police have found bone remains in a Bilbao gym run by the martial arts expert who on Sunday was arrested after he allegedly tortured and left a prostitute in a coma. https://www.thelocal.es/20130603/human-remains-found-in-shaolin-torturers-gym Mon, 03 Jun 2013 14:07:00 +0200 human-remains-found-in-shaolin-torturers-gym